2024-03-26 23:14 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Between Monday's UN resolution urging an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel's preparations for an assault on Rafah, the fate of this densely populated city in the enclave's south now teeters on the edge. The UN Security Council approved on Monday the first resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, five and a half ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-03-26 22:50 - 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 26, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-03-26 22:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States will continue dropping essential aid from the air into the Gaza Strip, the White House said Tuesday, after Palestinian militant group Hamas called for them to end following fatal drownings and stampedes. "Air drops are one of the many ways that we are helping to provide desperately needed aid to Palestinians in Gaza, and we will ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-26 21:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel recalled its negotiators from Qatar on Tuesday, after considering mediated talks on a Gaza truce "at a dead end" due to demands by Hamas, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday. The official, who is close to the chief of the Mossad who is heading up the talks, accused Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar of sabotaging the diplomatic efforts "as ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-26 21:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army's spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, officially confirmed in a press conference that Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of Hamas’ military wing, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike carried out in the central Gaza Strip earlier this month. “We have checked all the intelligence,” Hagari said in a televised ...
2024-03-26 21:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
After nearly 6 months of war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to be caught between internal dissent and international pressure as he fights for his survival. The war he is waging against Hamas has gradually lost its legitimacy in the eyes of the international community, as civilian casualties mount without significant ...
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 ...