This Is Beirut 2024-04-02 16:17 - Reading : less than a minute
On Monday, Israeli airstrikes on the Iranian consulate in Damascus killed eleven people, including Revolutionary Guard officials, prompting Iran to promise a firm response.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-02 10:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
According to reports from Axios, the United States was notified just minutes before Israel carried out an airstrike in Syria, targeting an Iranian embassy building. Notably, Israel didn't seek explicit approval from Washington; instead, they informed the US authorities when the aircraft were already en route to Damascus. Axios also states that ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-02 10:34 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Food aid organization World Central Kitchen said Tuesday that an Israeli strike killed seven of its workers in the Gaza Strip. "World Central Kitchen is devastated to confirm seven members of our team have been killed in an IDF strike in Gaza," the US-based charity said in a statement. It stated that those killed were "from Australia, Poland, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-01 23:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Biden administration is set to approve the sale of as roughly 50 American-made F-15 fighter jets to Israel, in a deal slated to be worth over $18 billion, as reported by CNN. This transaction would be the largest United States foreign military sale to Israel since October 7, with the administration also preparing to notify Congress of the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-01 21:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli attacks persisted along the southern border on Monday afternoon. The Israeli army announced in a statement on Monday that it simultaneously targeted 10 sites belonging to Hezbollah in Rachaya al-Foukhar. These sites include weapon storage facilities, missile launch pads and infrastructure. On the other hand, Hezbollah claimed three ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-01 20:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Monday to enact a ban on broadcasts in Israel from news channel Al Jazeera using authority lawmakers have just voted to grant him. The potential ban is a fresh escalation in the running conflict between Israel's government and the Qatari TV channel during Israel's war with Hamas militants in ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-04-01 20:55 - 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 April 1st, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-01 19:21 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Mohammad Reza Zahedi, an Iranian Brigadier General in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria, was killed on Monday, as a result of a reported Israeli airstrike near the Iranian Embassy in Damascus. [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/israel-hamaswar/240669"] According to the Syrian Observatory for ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-01 17:44 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israeli air strikes destroyed the Iranian embassy's consular annex in Damascus on Monday, Syrian and Iranian officials said, with a top Revolutionary Guard commander among seven members the force said were killed. Israel said it would not comment on the attack, but Iranian officials vowed a stiff response, with fears of even further violence ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-01 12:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gaza's interior ministry accused the Palestinian Authority's Fateh group of sending security officials disguised as charity truck drivers into northern Gaza, sparking tensions between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority The interior ministry in Gaza accused the Fateh of deploying security officials into northern Gaza while posing as charity truck ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-01 11:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel persisted, albeit intermittently, on Monday morning in southern Lebanon, where relative calm prevailed. The Israeli army carried out a raid on the outskirts of the village of Hebbariyeh in the Hasbaya district. The area between Rachaya al-Foukhar, Fardis in the Hasbaya district and Hamames Hill ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-01 11:27 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli police announced on Monday that they had arrested the sister of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Israel, where she lives, as part of a "terrorism" investigation by the police and Shin Bet (internal security). Sabah Abdel Salam Haniyeh, 57, an Israeli citizen, is "suspected of having contacts with Hamas operatives and identifying herself ...