This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 21:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Conflict continued in southern Lebanon on Wednesday evening. Hezbollah announced targeting the Raheb, Ramia, and Shatula sites of the Israeli Army. The faction also announced that it launched "a sequential composite attack on the Baghdad site, starting with targeting the site and its defenders and the spread of its soldiers with rocket-propelled ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 21:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
France's foreign minister accused on Wednesday fellow EU members Spain and Ireland of having recognized Palestinian statehood as part of "political positioning," instead of seeking a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Spain, Ireland, and Norway on Tuesday officially recognized the State of Palestine, sparking a furious response from ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-05-29 21:09 - 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 May 29th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 15:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A World Health Organization mission reached the north of Gaza for the first time in more than two weeks, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. The mission delivered fuel, hospital beds, medicines and other medical supplies to the Al-Ahli hospital, Tedros announced on X. "Amid ongoing intense hostilities, WHO and partners still ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 11:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tensions are escalating on the southern front as a Lebanese army base at Alma al-Shaab was the target of Israeli machine gun fire, on Wednesday, with no injuries reported. Hezbollah, in a statement, announced having “targeted the spy equipment at the Raheb site.” At the same time, sirens sounded in Shtula in the Upper Galilee at the ...
Michel Touma 2024-05-29 11:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Israeli-Arab conflict has endured for more than three-quarters of a century. Throughout these 75 years, certain Arab regimes and Palestinian organizations have tried to advance on the path of “liberating Palestine.” Or so they pretended to do, yet their endeavors were limited to theatrics and eloquent speeches, failing to materialize into ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 10:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Algeria has put forward a draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling for an end to Israel's Rafah offensive, and an immediate ceasefire that includes the release of all hostages. Algeria has presented a draft resolution to UN Security Council members calling for an end to Israel's offensive in Rafah and an "immediate ceasefire," ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-28 23:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US military has suspended aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip by sea, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, after its temporary pier was damaged by bad weather. Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters, high seas and a North African weather system had caused a section of the pier to come away on Tuesday morning. "The rebuilding ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-28 22:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The cross-fire exchange between Hezbollah and the Israeli army continued on Tuesday with the same intensity. Israeli warplanes flew at low altitudes over Tyre and its surroundings. These planes have been conducting mock raids since 4:45 PM over the entire South, particularly over Saida. Simultaneously, at around 5:30 PM today, Israeli warplanes ...
Rayan Chami 2024-05-28 20:41 - 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 May 28, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-05-28 18:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel's war in Gaza since the October 7 attack has revived a global push for Palestinians to be given a state of their own. Norway, Spain, and Ireland on Tuesday became the latest countries to recognize a State of Palestine, breaking with the long-held view of Western powers that Palestinians can only gain statehood as part of a negotiated peace ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-28 17:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Desperately needed medical evacuations from Gaza -- already very limited -- came to a full stop when Israel launched its military offensive on Rafah three weeks ago, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The United Nations health agency has long been pleading for Israeli permission to evacuate more critically ill and severely wounded ...