This Is Beirut 2024-06-14 12:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli court has extended for 35 days the government's shutdown of Qatar-based television news channel Al Jazeera, the justice ministry said on Friday. Al Jazeera, which broadcasts in Arabic and English, went off the air in Israel under an initial 45-day order early last month. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has had a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-14 12:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two women were killed and 14 injured, overnight Thursday to Friday, in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a three-storey building between the municipalities of Janata and Deir Qanoun Al-Nahr in the Tyre district in southern Lebanon. غارة اسرائيلية تستهدف منزلًا في بلدة جناتا#imlebanon ...
Rayan Chami 2024-06-13 21:22 - 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 June 13th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-13 20:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Houthi
Fighting raged in Gaza Thursday, as Israel rejected a UN independent inquiry report that concluded both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes. Iraq warned of escalation on the Lebanese border as fighting continues. Israeli helicopters struck Gaza's Rafah Thursday, residents said, with Hamas militants reporting street battles in the southern city ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-13 18:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Certain Gazans are growing frustrated with Hamas, over delays in ending the war that has destroyed so many lives. Some Gazans have criticized Hamas, which rules the besieged Palestinian territory, for failing to end the war with Israel that has devastated their lives. Hamas has "led the Palestinian people into a war of annihilation", said Umm ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-13 15:41 - Reading : less than a minute
Blinken concluded on Wednesday his 8th Middle East visit since the start of the Israel-Hamas War.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-13 14:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli media reported on Thursday afternoon that sirens sounded non-stop in the Upper Galilee, targeted by Hezbollah who fired, for fifteen minutes, several salvos of rockets from southern Lebanon. At least 15 fires were reported in the area, according to Haaretz. Rockets fell as well in the Golan Heights, where two people were wounded. Maariv ...
Rayan Chami 2024-06-12 21:46 - 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 June 12th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-12 21:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On Wednesday, Hezbollah fired "at least 215 rockets from southern Lebanon into northern Israel," according to the Israeli army, following the elimination on Tuesday evening of a senior Hezbollah official, Taleb Sami Abdallah, and three other fighters in Jwaya. Wednesday thus saw a significant escalation of violence in the exchange of fire in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-12 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Palestine Hamas
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Wednesday to work to seal a Gaza ceasefire agreement, saying not all Hamas demands were acceptable but voicing hope gaps could be closed. Consulting with key mediator Qatar on the Hamas response to the plan outlined by US President Joe Biden, Blinken said the Palestinian group could have given a "clear ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-12 18:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken renewed calls on Wednesday for a diplomatic solution between Israel and Lebanon and said that a Gaza ceasefire deal would have a major effect in lowering tensions. “What I've heard from everyone concerned is there is a strong preference for a diplomatic solution,” Blinken told reporters in ...
2024-06-12 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
For the first time, complaints are emerging within Hezbollah's military wing. Key cadres are beginning to express divergent opinions, fueled by the group's perceived lack of care for their displaced families. According to a report on "Al-Hadath", some reserve fighters in the pro-Iranian militia have refused to participate in the war against Israel ...