This Is Beirut 2024-05-30 19:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas International Criminal Court
Human rights activists on Thursday criticized Beirut's decision to stop asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute alleged war crimes committed by Israel in Lebanon since the Israel-Hamas war erupted. "Our initial optimism about the Lebanese government's decision has given way to deep disappointment," said Amnesty ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-30 19:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Benny Gantz
The centrist party of Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said Thursday it had submitted a bill to dissolve parliament and hold an early election. "The head of the National Union Party, Pnina Tamano-Shata, has put forward a bill to dissolve the 25th Knesset. This follows the request of party leader Minister Benny Gantz to move forward in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-30 18:24 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel has still not replied to the roadmap submitted by Paris to restore calm on the southern border, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs' spokesman, Christophe Lemoine, said in a press briefing on Thursday. “We've had a relatively positive response from the Lebanese part, but I don't think we've had any feedback from Israel at this ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-30 09:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israeli army continued its offensive on Rafah on Thursday, while Israel's National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi stated that the conflict might continue until the end of the year. "We anticipate another seven months of engagement to solidify our gains and accomplish our objective of dismantling Hamas's power and military capabilities," Hanegbi ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 23:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said an Israeli strike on central Syria on Wednesday killed three Syrian fighters working with Hezbollah. "Three Syrian fighters working with the Lebanese Hezbollah group were killed in an Israeli strike targeting a military site... in the eastern countryside of Homs," said the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 22:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli Army said on Wednesday that it had gained "operational control" over the strategic Philadelphi corridor along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. "We have established operational control" over the 14-kilometer (8.5-mile) corridor, a military official told reporters on condition of anonymity. The seizure of the Philadelphi ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 21:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Conflict continued in southern Lebanon on Wednesday evening. Hezbollah announced targeting the Raheb, Ramia, and Shatula sites of the Israeli Army. The faction also announced that it launched "a sequential composite attack on the Baghdad site, starting with targeting the site and its defenders and the spread of its soldiers with rocket-propelled ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 21:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
France's foreign minister accused on Wednesday fellow EU members Spain and Ireland of having recognized Palestinian statehood as part of "political positioning," instead of seeking a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Spain, Ireland, and Norway on Tuesday officially recognized the State of Palestine, sparking a furious response from ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-05-29 21:09 - 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 May 29th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 15:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A World Health Organization mission reached the north of Gaza for the first time in more than two weeks, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. The mission delivered fuel, hospital beds, medicines and other medical supplies to the Al-Ahli hospital, Tedros announced on X. "Amid ongoing intense hostilities, WHO and partners still ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 11:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tensions are escalating on the southern front as a Lebanese army base at Alma al-Shaab was the target of Israeli machine gun fire, on Wednesday, with no injuries reported. Hezbollah, in a statement, announced having “targeted the spy equipment at the Raheb site.” At the same time, sirens sounded in Shtula in the Upper Galilee at the ...
Michel Touma 2024-05-29 11:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Israeli-Arab conflict has endured for more than three-quarters of a century. Throughout these 75 years, certain Arab regimes and Palestinian organizations have tried to advance on the path of “liberating Palestine.” Or so they pretended to do, yet their endeavors were limited to theatrics and eloquent speeches, failing to materialize into ...