Alissar Boulos 2024-08-21 18:09 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Negotiations for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel appear to have broken down. One of the reasons being the tight control over the Philadelphi Corridor. This buffer zone lies between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, and its control was taken over (from Egypt) by the Israelis last May. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-21 14:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Blinken leaves the Middle East after failing to secure a breakthrough in the latest high-stakes round of ceasefire negotiations. Top US diplomat Antony Blinken headed home on Wednesday after failing to secure a Gaza ceasefire, warning both Israel and Hamas his plan may be the last chance to avert a broader war. The US Secretary of State appealed ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-21 12:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Israeli drone targeted a vehicle in Saida late on Wednesday morning, killing Khalil al-Maqdah, a general in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Fatah's armed wing. According to preliminary information, the victim was on his way to the locality of Mieh-Mieh. Israeli Strike Kills Fatah Official in Saida pic.twitter.com/vJHoRR678F — This is Beirut ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-21 01:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken appealed Tuesday to Hamas urgently to accept a ceasefire plan to ease suffering in Gaza but also entered a public spat with Israel as he capped a new round of shuttle diplomacy. The US Secretary of State closed his ninth wartime trip to the region, in which he warned that the US-backed truce proposal may be the ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-08-20 21:31 - 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 August 20, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-08-20 19:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken met Egypt's president Tuesday for talks about a Gaza ceasefire after saying Israel had accepted a US "bridging proposal" for a deal and urging Hamas to do the same. The Palestinian militant group, whose October 7 attack triggered the war, said it was "keen to reach a ceasefire" agreement but protested US ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-20 17:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions continued unabated on Tuesday afternoon between Hezbollah and Israel, as Israeli media reported the launch of "20 new rockets from southern Lebanon towards the western Galilee," after a very turbulent morning between the two sides in which Hezbollah had already fired 55 rockets in retaliation for Israel's nighttime strikes. Hezbollah ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-20 14:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army said on Tuesday it retrieved the bodies of six hostages from Gaza's southern area of Khan Younis in a joint operation with internal security agency Shin Bet. The hostages were Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, Chaim Perry, previously announced dead, and Avraham Munder, whose kibbutz of Nir Oz ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-20 13:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter killed at least 12 people on Tuesday, while the Israeli military said it struck a Hamas command center. "Our crews retrieved 12 martyrs from the Mustafa Hafiz school, which was bombed by the Israeli occupation west of Gaza City," agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-20 10:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A new round of escalation began after an intense night of Israeli airstrikes that hit deep inside Lebanon. Hezbollah launched several rocket salvos at Israeli army positions in the annexed Golan Heights on Tuesday "in response" to Israeli strikes on Lebanon the previous day. Hezbollah fighters launched "intense rocket barrages" at two Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-20 10:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to Egypt on Tuesday for talks on a Gaza ceasefire as he pushes Hamas to accept a deal. Blinken, who met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday, will afterwards head to Qatar which, along with Egypt, is brokering negotiations for a truce in the 10-month Gaza conflict. His ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-20 10:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Protesters against Israel's war in Gaza briefly breached the outer security fence of the Democratic convention in Chicago on Monday, hours before US President Joe Biden passed the torch to new nominee Kamala Harris. Biden did not directly address the security lapse in his hour-long speech, but he said "those protesters out in the street, they ...