War in the Middle East

CIA Chief Heading to Cairo for Hostage Talks
CIA Chief Heading to Cairo for Hostage Talks

CIA Director Bill Burns will travel to the Egyptian capital Cairo this weekend for talks on freeing hostages held in Gaza, US media said on Friday. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby declined to say if Burns would be involved but told journalists that "the United States will be present for those talks." Burns will meet Mossad chief ...

Gaza: Guterres Denounces Israel's Use of AI
Gaza: Guterres Denounces Israel's Use of AI

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed serious concern on Friday over reports that Israel was using artificial intelligence to identify targets in Gaza. According to a report in the Israeli magazine +972, Israel used artificial intelligence to identify targets in Gaza, in some cases with as little as 20 seconds of human ...

Thousands of Iranians Condemn Israel and Demand Revenge
Thousands of Iranians Condemn Israel and Demand Revenge

Thousands of people chanted against Israel and the United States at Friday's funeral for seven Iranian Revolutionary Guards, two of them generals, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria. Guards chief General Hossein Salami warned that Israel "cannot escape the consequences" of Monday's strike, which levelled the five-storey consular ...

Israel Justifies Aid Worker Killing by “Hamas Operative” Presence
Israel Justifies Aid Worker Killing by “Hamas Operative” Presence

The Israeli Army claimed on Friday that it was targeting a "Hamas gunman" when it killed seven aid workers in Gaza, admitting that it had made a series of "serious mistakes," while Warsaw asked for a "criminal inquiry" into those events. Israel said on Friday that it was targeting a "Hamas gunman" when it killed in Gaza seven aid workers whose ...

UN Rights Council Demands Halt of Arms Sales to Israel
UN Rights Council Demands Halt of Arms Sales to Israel

The UN Human Rights Council called on Friday for a halt to all arms sales to Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza, in a resolution that evoked fears of genocide against Palestinians. The UN Human Rights Council demanded on Friday a halt in all arms sales to Israel, highlighting warnings of "genocide" in its war in Gaza, which has killed more ...

Israel Loses 'Communication War' in Gaza, Says Trump
Israel Loses 'Communication War' in Gaza, Says Trump

Former US President Donald Trump said that Israel is "losing the PR war" in Gaza because of the images coming out of the territory and it must end the conflict quickly. "Every night, they're releasing tapes of a building falling down. They shouldn't be releasing tapes like that," Trump said in an interview broadcast on The Hugh Hewitt Show on ...

Israel Announces ‘Temporary’ Opening of Aid Routes Into Gaza
Israel Announces ‘Temporary’ Opening of Aid Routes Into Gaza

Israel announced on Friday that it would allow a "temporary" delivery of aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, threatened by famine, via the port of Ashdod and the Erez crossing, a day after an unusual warning from its major American partner. Israel announced on Friday that it would allow "temporary" aid deliveries into famine-threatened northern Gaza, ...

More Than 600 Lawyers Demand UK Cease Arms Exports to Israel
More Than 600 Lawyers Demand UK Cease Arms Exports to Israel

Over 600 lawyers urged the British government to halt arms exports to Israel after three Britons were killed in a strike, citing concerns over potential breaches of international law and the worsening situation in Gaza. A letter signed by more than 600 lawyers on Thursday placed more pressure on the UK government to suspend arms export licences ...

War Diary: Day 181
War Diary: Day 181

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 April 4th, 2024.

Biden and Netanyahu Wrap Up Gaza Phone Discussion
Biden and Netanyahu Wrap Up Gaza Phone Discussion

President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday amid growing domestic pressure to set conditions on US military support amid domestic outrage over the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza. In their first call since Monday's Israeli strike that killed the employees of the US-based World Central Kitchen ...

Shin Bet Thwarts Plot to Kill Ben Gvir
Shin Bet Thwarts Plot to Kill Ben Gvir

The Israeli Security Agency, also known as Shin Bet, has hindered a plot authored by Arab Israelis and Palestinians to carry out terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank, abduct Israeli soldiers, and even kill National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. A group of Arab Israelis and Palestinians working together to carry out terror acts in ...

Tenenti: Situation in Southern Lebanon Has Become \
Tenenti: Situation in Southern Lebanon Has Become "Very Worrying and Dangerous"

UNIFIL's spokesman in Lebanon, Andrea Tenenti, said on Wednesday that "the situation in southern Lebanon has become very worrying and dangerous," adding that the circle of fighting has widened since Hezbollah opened a front in southern Lebanon on October 8 in support of Hamas in its war against Israel in Gaza. "The exchanges of fire that began ...