War Diary: Day 156
Tylia El Helou 2024-03-10 20:41 - 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 10th, 2024.
War in the Middle East
Rai: We Look Positively at the National Moderation’s Initiative
This Is Beirut 2024-03-10 13:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai reterated time and again "the urgent need to immediately elect a President of the Republic." In his Sunday sermon in Bkerke, he praised the initiative of the National Moderation Bloc and the efforts of the Quintet ambassadors aimed at facilitating an end to the presidential election deadlock. "We look positively ...
Southern Front: Flareup of Violence, Sunni Extremist Combatants Killed
This Is Beirut 2024-03-10 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah and Israel escalated exchange of heavy fire across the border Sunday with Hezbollah firing two rounds of rockets and missiles at northern Israel and the occupied Shebaa farms. Hezbollah said it fired “dozens of Katyusha-type rockets” at the Mochav farming village in the locality of Meron in the morning in retaliation to an Israeli ...
Trump-Biden Rematch: What About Ukraine and Gaza?
Ali A. Hamadé 2024-03-10 12:38 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
After an eventful Super Tuesday, during which fifteen states cast their votes for the Democratic and Republican primaries, Donald Trump and Joe Biden emerged as the undisputed leaders of the political arena. This widely anticipated scenario, foreseen by many observers, left Nikki Haley – Trump’s only serious contender – with no other option ...
War Diary: Day 155
Hala Abdallah 2024-03-09 22:57 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza and southern Lebanon. Here are the main highlights for March 9th, 2024.
Gaza: Mossad Chief Meets CIA Counterpart for Hostage Release
This Is Beirut 2024-03-09 20:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel said on Saturday its spy chief had met with his US counterpart as part of efforts to secure the release of hostages still held in Gaza. "The head of the Mossad, David Barnea, met yesterday (Friday) with the head of the CIA, Bill Burns, as part of the ceaseless efforts to advance another hostage release deal," Prime Minister Benjamin ...
South Lebanon: Five Dead and Over Nine Injured in Nighttime Raid
This Is Beirut 2024-03-09 19:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Five people were killed and more than nine injured in a raid on Saturday night carried out by the Israeli army on a house in Khirbet Selm, in southern Lebanon, as artillery exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah intensified in the evening. Earlier today, two other people were injured in a raid on Dhayra, with Israel conducting several raids on ...
US Official Urges Lebanon to Take Measures Against Hamas Funding Flow
This Is Beirut 2024-03-09 17:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Jesse Baker, deputy assistant secretary of the US Treasury for Asia and the Middle East in the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, pressed the Lebanese authorities to take “proactive measures” to prevent funds from being channeled to Hamas through Lebanon, according to a US Treasury official, who spoke with AP on condition of ...
Aid Boat Prepared to Sail from Cyprus to Gaza
This Is Beirut 2024-03-09 13:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A boat carrying desperately needed aid for war-ravaged Gaza, where the UN has repeatedly warned of famine, was prepared to sail from Cyprus as deadly fighting raged on Saturday between Israeli troops and Hamas militants ahead of Ramadan. The sea route aims to counter access restrictions, which humanitarians and Western governments have blamed on ...
Southern Lebanon: Violent Wildfires on Jabal el-Labbouneh
This Is Beirut 2024-03-09 11:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A precarious calm prevailed on Saturday morning in southern Lebanon after a long night marked by violent bombardments on the Jabal el-Labbouneh forests, one of the largest in the region, igniting wildfires within these woods. Since the start of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on October 8, the Hebrew state has ...
Canada and Sweden Resume Funding UNRWA
This Is Beirut 2024-03-09 11:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Canada and Sweden resumed their funding to UNRWA, more than one month after suspending it. Canada and Sweden announced that they will resume funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), more than a month after suspending it in line with about 15 other countries. On Saturday, Sweden said it was resuming aid to the cash-strapped UN ...
Building an Aid Port Off Gaza is "Cynical", Criticized a UN expert
This Is Beirut 2024-03-08 21:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A UN expert described US President Joe Biden's statement on the construction of a port in Gaza to facilitate food aid, as "cynical". The announcement was made during his annual State of the Union address on Thursday. US President pleaded with Israel to let more aid into the blockaded territory. "A temporary pier will enable a massive increase in ...