This Is Beirut 2024-03-26 20:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Two people were killed and a third wounded in an Israeli raid in the Bekaa region, on Tuesday afternoon. Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah, which had been declining in violence in recent days, intensified again on Monday evening and during the day on Tuesday. Twice in less than three hours, Israeli aircraft attacked Bekaa, targeting Hermel ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-26 15:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Qatar said on Tuesday that negotiations for a truce in Gaza were continuing, although the warring parties were blaming each other for the lack of progress. Qatar said on Tuesday that talks between Hamas and Israel on a Gaza truce and hostage exchange are resuming, despite the warring parties trading blame over the lack of headway. Foreign ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-26 14:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Dozens of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles surrounded the Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Tuesday, where thousands of displaced people have sought refuge from the fighting, witnesses said. Witnesses told AFP that shots were being fired at the sprawling complex in the southern city of Khan Younes, but no raid was yet taking place. The Gaza Health ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-26 12:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh hailed Israel's "unprecedented political isolation" during a visit to Iran on Tuesday, the second since the start of the war. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, on a visit to Iran on Tuesday, said Israel is experiencing "unprecedented political isolation," a day after the UN Security Council called for a ceasefire in the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-26 12:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Night-time air strikes targeted positions of pro-Iranian armed groups in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) reported on Tuesday. At least nine pro-Tehran fighters, including an Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, were among 13 people killed in air strikes in eastern Syria on Tuesday, a war monitor said. "Nine ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-26 10:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US top diplomat Antony Blinken once again warned Israel against the risks of an offensive in Rafah, reiterating US opposition to such an operation, in a meeting on Monday with Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised US opposition to a major ground operation in Rafah with Israel's Defense Minister on Monday ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-25 22:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military says that they have completed a days-long operation in the Hamad neighborhood in southern Gaza’s Khan Younes. It added that the operation was carried out in cooperation with the internal security agency Shin Bet, leading to the arrest of 300 Palestinian fighters and the deaths of dozens more. It also released footage of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-25 21:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The exchange of fire continued until Monday evening between Hezbollah and Israel, with Israel raiding the town of Mays al-Jabal, leaving two civilians dead and five injured. One raid claimed by Israel targeted Hezbollah fighters in the area. The other two hit the Rass al-Dhahr area, resulting in two deaths and at least five injuries and leaving ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-03-25 21:05 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 25th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-03-25 19:42 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Office of the Prime Minister of Israel announced that Benjamin Netanyahu has called off a planned visit by an Israeli delegation to Washington. This decision comes in response to the United States' abstention from voting on the Gaza ceasefire resolution passed by the United Nations Security Council. Immediately after the United Nations ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-25 19:24 - Reading : less than a minute
A Palestinian Hamas official narrowly escaped an Israeli drone attack on Sunday in West Bekaa, a Lebanese security source told AFP on Monday. A Syrian civilian driving a utility vehicle was killed in the strike in the Souairi area in the Bekaa Valley. [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/238412"] According to the security source, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-25 19:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Monday evening, the United Nations Security Council passed for the first time a ceasefire resolution for the Israel-Gaza war, which entails a preliminary ceasefire during the month of Ramadan to make way for a “lasting” scenario. [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/latest-news/238695"] Many have had their eyes on South Lebanon ...