This Is Beirut 2024-07-13 08:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday it had enough funds to continue operating through September, following a pledging conference for the embattled body where UN chief Antonio Guterres pleaded for help from donors. "We have worked tirelessly with partners to restore confidence in the agency," UNRWA chief Philippe ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-07-12 22:05 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for July 12, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 19:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
International Court of Justice
The UN's top court will next week hand down its view on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967, a case in which some 52 countries made submissions. Any opinion delivered by the International Court of Justice would be non-binding, but it will come amid mounting international legal pressure on Israel ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas is suggesting during ceasefire negotiations that an independent government of non-partisan figures run post-war Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a member of the Palestinian Islamist movement's political bureau said on Friday. “We proposed that a non-partisan national competency government manage Gaza and the West Bank after the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 11:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli warplanes breached the sound barrier twice over Metn and Keserwan on Friday morning. A loud sonic explosion was heard across several Lebanese regions. This is Beirut’s correspondent reported that a Lebanese Army (LAF) vehicle was targeted with Humvee machine guns from the town of Ghajar. The vehicle was directly hit with bullets. ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 11:09 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaza ceasefire talks are ongoing with negotiators on Friday discussing a hi-tech surveillance system in Rafah, on the Gaza-Egypt border. Reuters reports that discussions between Israeli and Egyptian negotiators are ongoing, on Friday, regarding the installation of a hi-tech electronic surveillance system on the Gaza-Egypt border. Negotiators ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-07-11 21:12 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for July 11, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 20:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli bombardments expanded on Thursday afternoon to several villages in the western sector, particularly the Naqoura area, Hamoul, Tayr Harfa, Alma al-Shaab, Hula, Wadi Saluki, Aitaroun and Wadi al-Zarqa in the Tyre district. The shelling led to fires in the wooded areas and olive groves near homes in Alma al-Shaab, which were extinguished by ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than 60 news organizations, including some of the world's largest, signed an open letter Thursday calling on Israel to immediately end restrictions on international media entering and reporting from Gaza. CNN, BBC, Agence France-Presse (AFP) and the Associated Press were among 64 media groups demanding greater access to the enclave that has ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 19:21 - Reading : less than a minute
Wednesday evening, the Israeli army announced that it had completed its military operations in the neighborhood of Shuja'iya, east of the city of Gaza, leaving behind a devastated neighborhood.
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 18:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States on Thursday imposed new sanctions against Israeli extremists over violence against Palestinians, including slapping financial restrictions on four settlement outposts in the West Bank. The State Department also blacklisted Lehava, which it described as the "largest violent extremist organization in Israel" with more than 10,000 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 15:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Washington Post is reporting, Wednesday, that "the framework is agreed" for a Gaza ceasefire agreement, although a lot of work still remains on finalizing a lot of complex details. According to the WP, Israel and Hamas have both signaled their acceptance of an "interim governance" plan, in which a US-backed force, drawn from supporters of the ...