This Is Beirut 2024-08-25 18:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The flare-up of violence across the Blue Line on Sunday morning, with Israel carrying out dozens of airstrikes on South Lebanon and Hezbollah targeting Israeli territory with 320 missiles, drew local and international calls for de-escalation and restraint. The head of the Kataeb party, Sami Gemayel, considered that the continuous tit-for-tat ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-25 16:51 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Sunday's strikes in Lebanon were "not the final word" in his country's military campaign against Lebanese armed group Hezbollah."We are striking Hezbollah with surprising, crushing blows... This is another step towards changing the situation in the north and safely returning our residents to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-25 15:27 - Reading : less than a minute
Hezbollah has reportedly created tunnels and established new warehouses in the disputed areas between Yammouneh and Aqoura in the Jbeil district, north of Beirut, according to informed sources. The area, which is now considered a restricted military zone, stretches over several kilometers and includes several water basins, earning it the name of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-25 15:14 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli military's Home Front Command has lifted restrictions on gatherings, in central Israel, especially Tel Aviv and the surrounding areas, six hours after they were put in place on Sunday morning. However, restrictions remain in place for large parts of northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon. This comes as Israel and Hezbollah ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-25 13:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's Ben-Gurion airport reopened at 7 am (Beirut time) on Sunday morning, following its closure at 5:19 am, Israel's Airport Authority (IAA) has announced. This comes as Israel and Hezbollah traded strikes in the early hours of Sunday. [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/284814"] IAA estimated that 50,000 passengers were ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-25 07:41 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Hezbollah announced that two of its combatants were killed in a spate of air raids in south Lebanon at dawn Sunday, which Israel described as a preemptive operation against the Iranian-backed party. Israel claimed that the attack followed intelligence information that Hezbollah was preparing to launch a large-scale missile offensive on targets ...
Hala Abdallah 2024-08-24 20:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
From to , brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for August 24, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-08-24 20:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli airstrikes continued to target southern Lebanese villages and towns on Saturday. Hezbollah announced the death of one fighter from the town of Tulin in Southern Lebanon. In the early hours of Saturday, explosions were reported over the towns of Tamra and Iblin in Lower Galilee, northern Israel, coinciding with air raid sirens warning of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-24 19:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
George Adwan, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Administration and Justice, called on Lebanon’s outgoing Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, to convene the government and deploy the Lebanese army along the Southern border to prevent further escalation of the ongoing conflict. Adwan emphasized that "this would facilitate the implementation of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-24 16:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A top United States general began an unannounced visit to the Middle East on Saturday to discuss ways to avoid any new escalation in tensions that could spiral into a broader conflict, as the region braces for a threatened Iranian attack against Israel. Air Force General Charles Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, began his trip in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-24 15:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A source who has close knowledge of the ongoing ceasefire negotiations in Cairo stated that Israeli negotiators and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are at odds over the latter's demand for Israel to keep the so-called Philadelphi Corridor, located in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Two major issues in negotiations supported by Egypt, Qatar ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-24 12:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A senior Hamas official said the Palestinian militant group was sending a delegation to Cairo on Saturday but that they would not attend Gaza ceasefire talks in the Egyptian capital. Egypt, Qatar, and the United States have for months tried to reach a deal to end more than 10 months of war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas. "The ...