2024-09-27 12:14 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army announced that the Arrow (or Hetz) air defense system intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen towards Tel Aviv and central Israel in the early hours of Friday. Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv, followed by explosions from the interception, with debris falling around the city. Seventeen Israelis were injured while seeking ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-26 22:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
At least 66 people were killed on Thursday in 115 raids carried out by the Israeli Air Force on Hezbollah targets, according to an unofficial latest count. Since the afternoon, raids have intensified in the Bekaa and southern Lebanon, also targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut for the fourth time in six days, where the head of Hezbollah's air ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-09-26 21:42 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for September 26, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-09-26 19:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas called Thursday on the international community to stop sending weapons to Israel in order to halt bloodshed in the West Bank and Gaza, singling out the United States. Abbas said that Washington continued to provide diplomatic cover and weapons to Israel for its war in Gaza despite the mounting death toll there, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-26 09:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
As intense Israeli military strikes continued throughout Wednesday night and are still underway on Thursday morning, the United States and France called for a temporary 21-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah to pave the way for broader negotiations, while UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a UN Security Council meeting that “all ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-26 06:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US and French leaders pressed jointly Wednesday for an immediate 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon, in a call joined by allies as the death toll mounts from Israeli strikes on Hezbollah. Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York as they voiced fears that the conflict, after a year of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-25 22:45 - Reading : less than a minute
French President Emmanuel Macron took a hard tone on Wednesday at the UN General Assembly, stressing that “there cannot and must not be a war in Lebanon.” Calling for an end to Israeli "escalation" in Lebanon along with the rocket attacks by Hezbollah on Israel., he stressed: “a war in Lebanon must not be authorized." "We urge Israel to ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-09-25 21:21 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for September 25, 2024.
Vanessa Kallas 2024-09-25 18:54 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
To leave or to stay? A question long entrenched in the minds of the common Lebanese folk. After a deadly spate of Israeli strikes last week, that targeted multiple Lebanese regions, resulting in over 500 deaths, thousands injured, and tens of thousands displaced, the answer for many has become clear: leave Lebanon while you still can, if you ...
2024-09-25 17:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
#Israel Further Expands its Airstrikes Hitting #RasOsta, Above #Jbeil, North of #Beirut pic.twitter.com/oGPX33pzQH — This is Beirut (@ThisIsBeirut_) #Israel Further Expands its Airstrikes Hitting #RasOsta, Above #Jbeil, North of #Beirut pic.twitter.com/oGPX33pzQH— This is Beirut (@ThisIsBeirut_) September 25, 2024
Rami Rayess 2024-09-25 14:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The dangerous turn of events in Lebanon in recent days, fueled by the open conflict with Israel, signals dire consequences that are likely to further worsen the existing situation. The high-stakes gamble that has unfolded for over ten months has now reached the point of no return, particularly after Israel has fully destroyed Gaza, making it ...
2024-09-25 12:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Israel's killing of top Hezbollah commanders couldn't bring the Iran-backed militant group to its knees. "Some of the effective and valuable forces of Hezbollah were martyred, which undoubtedly caused damage to Hezbollah, but this was not the sort of damage that could bring the ...