This Is Beirut 2024-05-19 20:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Sunday, the Israeli army carried out a series of attacks on several regions of southern Lebanon, including a deadly one on Maroun al-Ras, where two Hezbollah members were killed. Israeli aircraft raided Maroun al-Ras, Alma al-Shaab, Bayt Lif and Naqoura. Two Hezbollah fighters, Hassan Yehia Nehmeh and Ali Hadi Salameh, were killed in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-19 16:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The stranglehold on aid reaching Gaza threatens an "apocalyptic" outcome, the UN's humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Sunday as he warned of famine in the besieged territory. "If fuel runs out, aid doesn't get to the people where they need it, that famine, which we have talked about for so long, and which is looming, will not be looming ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-19 14:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran confirmed that it held indirect talks with its arch-foe the United States in Oman, despite the two countries having no diplomatic relations, state media reported. Washington and Tehran have long been at odds, with tensions centered on Iran's contested nuclear program and heightened by the Gaza war between their respective allies Israel and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-19 11:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump and Joe Biden traded barbs on Sunday as the race ahead of the November 2024 Presidential Election heats up. Donald Trump used an expletive to attack Joe Biden during an address to an influential gun group on Saturday, while the incumbent president warned, in the crucial swing state Georgia, that his "unhinged" challenger is a threat ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-19 10:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said on Sunday that an Israeli airstrike targeting a house at a refugee camp in the center of the Palestinian territory killed at least 31 people, updating an earlier toll. "The civil defense crew was able to recover 31 martyrs and 20 wounded from a house belonging to the Hassan family, which was targeted by the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-18 23:13 - Reading : less than a minute
A grassroots Israeli movement, Standing Together, which since 2015 has aimed to bring together Israel's Arab and Jewish communities, has set itself the mission of protecting humanitarian aid convoys bound for Gaza from Israeli far-right militants. According to Israeli media outlet Haaretz, Standing Together plans to form a buffer zone to counter ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-18 22:57 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, estimated on Saturday that 800,000 people had fled Rafah since May 6, when the Israeli army called for evacuation before launching ground operations in the southern Gaza Strip. Heavy clashes and bombardment rocked the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Saturday, as the United Nations said 800,000 people ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-18 22:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Minister without portfolio in Israel's war cabinet, Benny Gantz threatened on Saturday evening to quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's current government, if it failed to propose a clear vision for the post-war period in Gaza. At a press conference, Gantz said he wanted the war cabinet to draw up a six-point plan by June 8. After this date, ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-05-18 21:57 - 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 18th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-05-18 15:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Austria said Saturday it will restore its funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) after suspending it over allegations that its staff were involved in the October 7 attacks. Israel alleged in January that some employees of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees may have participated in the Hamas attacks on October 7 that ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-18 13:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tensions remain at their highest in southern Lebanon, where artillery exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel have continued unabated since October 8, when Hezbollah opened this front in support of Hamas in its war in Gaza. On Saturday morning, a young fisherman was injured in an Israeli drone strike on a motorcycle in the village of Naqoura. He ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-18 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A crude oil tanker was hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen’s southwestern city of Mokha overlooking the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, maritime security firm Ambrey said on Saturday. “A Panama-flagged crude oil tanker was reportedly attacked” about 10 nautical miles southwest of Mokha, Ambrey said, adding that information “indicated ...