This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 19:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced on Monday the resignation of his government, which governs parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. He cited the need for change following the conclusion of the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced Monday the resignation of his government, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An active member of the US Air Force has died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington over the weekend in protest of the war in Gaza, the Pentagon said Monday. Emergency responders on Sunday had rushed to the scene just before 1:00 pm (1800 GMT) in response to a "call for person on fire outside the Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 18:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan are scheduled to conduct peace negotiations in Berlin this week, announced both ministries on Monday, aiming to address a longstanding conflict between the Caucasus nations that has persisted for decades. Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers are set to hold peace talks in Berlin this week, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 13:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army carried out at least two strikes on Hezbollah targets near the Lebanese city of Baalbeck on Monday. This is the first strike on Lebanon's east after almost five months of cross-border clashes since October 8, the day after the start of the war in Gaza. According to preliminary reports, two people were killed. The Israeli Army ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 13:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced on Monday the resignation of his government which rules parts of the occupied West Bank, saying that "new political measures" were needed given the changing reality in Gaza. "I submit the government's resignation to Mr. President (Mahmoud Abbas)," Shtayyeh said, adding that it comes in the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 12:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A full-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah would deliver a death blow to aid programs in Gaza, where humanitarian assistance remains "completely insufficient," UN chief Antonio Guterres warned on Monday. Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Guterres said that Gaza's southernmost city, where more than 1.4 million ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 10:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's military proposed a plan for evacuating civilians from "areas of fighting" in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced on Monday, after he said that a ground invasion of the Palestinian territory's southern city Rafah was necessary. Foreign governments and aid organizations repeatedly expressed fears that an invasion of ...
2024-02-26 08:59 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Aside from wishful thinking and peaceful yearnings, we have not seen, so far, concrete proposals on how to put an end to the ongoing cycles of violence and move to another stage of discursive conflict resolution. While reviewing the various proposals, we observe that very few of them have come up with working solutions that are likely to draw the ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-02-25 23:06 - 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 February 25th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-02-25 21:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Qatari Emir is expected in Paris on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Gaza, according to the French presidency. French capital had previously hosted negotiations concerning a truce in the enclave. Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, whose country has played the key mediation role in the Gaza war, visits Paris this week for talks ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-25 21:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Jordan's King Abdullah II warned on Sunday of a wider regional war if Israel presses on with its military campaign in the Gaza Strip during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in March. At a meeting with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Abdullah warned "of the continuation of the war on Gaza during the holy month of Ramadan, which will increase ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-25 19:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
After a relatively calm Sunday morning, hostilities resumed in southern Lebanon with renewed artillery exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel. Israeli bombardments intermittently targeted the outskirts of Kfarhamam, Rachaya al-Foukhar, Markaba, Aita al-Shaab, Kfarchouba, and Blida, where a Hezbollah fighter was killed. According to the Israeli ...