Netanyahu to Launch Rafah Offensive With or Without Truce

This Is Beirut 2024-02-25 17:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given assurances that the Israeli offensive at Rafah will go ahead with or without a truce on Sunday February 25, while negotiations at this level are progressing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the military operation into Gaza's Rafah, where 1.4 million Palestinians are sheltering ...

Truce Talks for Gaza: An Israeli Delegation soon in Qatar

This Is Beirut 2024-02-25 10:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel's war cabinet has discussed the next steps for negotiations towards a hostage deal and ceasefire in its war with Hamas, as concern deepens over the increasingly desperate situation faced by civilians in the devastated Gaza Strip. An Israeli delegation that had travelled to Paris for fresh talks on a hostage deal returned to brief the ...

War Diary: Day 141

Chelsea Al Arif 2024-02-24 22:44 - Reading : less than a minute

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This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza and southern Lebanon. Here are the main highlights for February 24th, 2024.

South Lebanon: Exchanges of Fire Intensify Saturday Afternoon

This Is Beirut 2024-02-24 19:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Shelling intensified on Saturday afternoon in border villages in southern Lebanon. Israeli artillery shelled the villages of Kfar Kila, Kfarchouba, Helta, Rachaya al-Foukhar, Tayr Harfa and Rab el-Thalathine. The Israeli air force also stepped up its raids, targeting Blida, Aita al-Shaab, Rab el-Thalathine, Dhayra, Beit Lif, Beraachit, Ramya, ...

Houthis Cause Oil Spill in the Red Sea

This Is Beirut 2024-02-24 18:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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According to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), a Houthi attack targeting a ship in the Red Sea on February 18 has caused an oil slick. CENTCOM said in a post published Saturday on X that the ship in question, a Belize-flagged British bulk carrier named the Rubymar, is currently "anchored but slowly taking on water." On Feb. 18 between 9:30 p.m. ...

Israeli War Cabinet Meeting on Negotiations in Paris

This Is Beirut 2024-02-24 17:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel's war cabinet will meet later on Saturday after a delegation returned from talks in Paris on a hostage release and ceasefire deal in the war against Hamas. National security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said members would "meet this evening by telephone" to hear an update on discussions about the conflict in the Gaza Strip, which is now in its ...

Southern Lebanon: Hezbollah Fighter Killed on Friday Night

This Is Beirut 2024-02-24 13:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Fire exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel resumed on Saturday in the southern border regions. On Friday night, the pro-Iranian party announced the death of a fighter targeted by an Israeli drone strike. The date and place of the attack were not specified. Israeli artillery bombardments also targeted the outskirts of Bayt Lif, Wazzani, Ramya, ...

Israel Kills Dozens of Palestinians in New Strikes on Gaza

This Is Beirut 2024-02-24 11:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Overnight strikes on Gaza killed dozens, the territory's Ministry of Health said on Saturday, as Israel's spy chief joined talks in Paris seeking to unblock negotiations on a truce. The negotiations come after a plan for a post-war Gaza unveiled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew criticism from key ally the United States and was ...

Deathly Visages

Fady Noun 2024-02-24 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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There are around two hundred Lebanese who have fallen, arms in hand, in a “low-intensity” war sparked by Hezbollah against Israel. Today, they are deathly visages. For many, their demise came in the early weeks of war measured much like a pregnant woman counting the months and days leading to childbirth. Sometimes, they met their end in ...

US Rejects Netanyahu's Post-War Gaza Plans

This Is Beirut 2024-02-23 23:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed a post-war Gaza plan that faced criticism from the United States, a key ally. The Palestinian Authority and Hamas both rejected the plan on Friday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has unveiled a plan for post-war Gaza that drew criticism from key ally the United States and was ...

US Against Israel's 'Reoccupation' and Gaza Shrinking

This Is Beirut 2024-02-23 23:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken restated on Friday Washington's stance against Israel's reoccupation of the Gaza Strip and any efforts to diminish the size of Palestinian territory. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed on Friday Washington's opposition to any reoccupation of the Gaza Strip by Israel as well as any reduction of the ...

War Diary: Day 140

Tylia El Helou 2024-02-23 21:41 - Reading : less than a minute

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This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for February 23rd, 2024.