This Is Beirut 2024-03-05 14:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati declared on Tuesday, during the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development held in Beirut at the UN House, that peace and stability are paramount for continued development. In his address, Mikati certified that "building a better future for present and future generations and making our region a haven of peace and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-05 11:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, said on Monday that Palestinians released from Israeli detention were “completely traumatized” by a “broad range” of abuse. The comments follow a New York Times report on an internal UNRWA investigation detailing accounts of abuse in Israeli detention. According to UNRWA, Palestinian detainees have ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-05 11:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Turkish authorities arrested seven people for collaborating with Israeli Mossad on Tuesday February 5, as tensions between the two countries worsen over Gaza war. Turkey on Tuesday said it had detained seven people, including a special detective, suspected of spying for Israel's Mossad intelligence service. The operation by Turkey's spy ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-05 10:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Negotiations between Hamas and international mediators were still underway in Cairo on Tuesday March 5, while US officials are increasingly critical about the impact of Israeli offensive in Gaza. International mediators and Hamas delegates were in Cairo Tuesday for talks to try to secure a pause in the war in Gaza ahead of the start of the Muslim ...
2024-03-05 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Amos Hochstein Ceasefire Palestine Hamas
A meeting was held on Sunday (March 3) in Cairo between officials from Hamas, Qatar and the United States to discuss the Gaza ceasefire agreement. If Israel agrees to the demands of the Palestinian movement and if Tel Aviv obtains – under its conditions – a comprehensive list of the names of surviving Israeli detainees, the ceasefire would ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-04 23:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's military accused the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Monday of employing "over 450 terrorists" associated with groups such as Hamas. "According to intelligence, over 450 terrorists belonging to terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip, mainly Hamas, are also employed by UNRWA," an Israeli military statement ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-04 22:42 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US envoy Amos Hochstein insisted on the need for de-escalation in South Lebanon, asserting that a truce in Gaza will not necessarily extend to Lebanon and that even when limited, war cannot be controlled. Hochstein carried out a marathon visit to Lebanon on Monday—his third since the start of the Gaza war—to continue discussions with Lebanese ...
2024-03-04 22:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hochstein left Lebanon realizing that he does not have a magic wand for a solution and that a sustainable solution may never exist because, for Hezbollah, the issue of its weapons is much more important than the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, as it amounts to a regional role exercised by Iran, and it is not yet time to curb it. Hochstein did not hear ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-04 21:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Hamas official stated on Monday that the Palestinian militant group is unaware of the current status of the hostages of the October 7 assault on Israel, who were subsequently brought to the Gaza Strip. A Hamas leader said Monday that the Palestinian movement doesn't know how many of the hostages forced to the Gaza Strip in its October 7 attack ...
gdeveloper 2024-03-04 21:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Officials announced on Monday that Belgium dispatched a military transport plane to participate in a multinational effort, including the United States, France and Jordan, aimed at delivering aid to the conflict-stricken Gaza region. Belgium on Monday sent a military transport plane to join an international operation to drop aid in war-ravaged ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-04 21:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Three Hezbollah members were killed in an Israeli bombardment of the village of Odaisseh in South Lebanon. Israel targeted a center of the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Association where the three party members, Hussein Ibrahim, Ali Hassan Soueidan and Abbas Hojeij, were killed. Their deaths were announced by Hezbollah in a statement. A ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-03-04 20:36 - 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 4th, 2024.