This Is Beirut 2024-02-05 13:51 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Monday "time is running out" to reach a diplomatic solution in south Lebanon, as tensions flare between the two countries, with daily cross-border fire. "Israel will act militarily to return the evacuated citizens" to its northern border area if no diplomatic solution is reached to end the violence, Katz ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-05 10:39 - Reading : less than a minute
Clashes in southern Lebanon resumed early on Monday morning after an intense night of exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah. According to Israeli Channel 12, 8 missiles were launched from Lebanon towards the Upper Galilee. In response, the Israeli army shelled a wooded area between the towns of Tayr Harfa and Chameh and conducted an air ...
2024-02-05 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The new Cold War seems to be neither cold nor short-lasting. It has turned out to be a watershed in the life of the international community, revealing emerging fractures, rising actors and the nihilistic bent of ongoing conflicts. The harshness of the war in Ukraine, its web of lies and mystified representation have unveiled the new face of the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-04 22:53 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Palestine Hamas
Israeli airstrikes throughout Gaza claimed numerous lives overnight, while clashes continued on Sunday in the southern region of the besieged territory. Hamas was considering a proposal to cease the nearly four-month-long conflict. Israeli strikes across Gaza killed scores overnight, and battles raged Sunday in the besieged territory's south as ...
Rayan Chami 2024-02-04 21:29 - Reading : less than a minute
This Is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for February 4th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-02-04 19:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
French Foreign Minister Stephane Séjourné stated his opposition to the "forced displacement" of Palestinians into Egypt from the Gaza Strip. Israeli bombardment has driven hundreds of thousands to the border, he added. France's top diplomat Stephane Séjourné said Sunday he rejects the "forced displacement" of Palestinians into Egypt from the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-04 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Fire exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah escalated in southern Lebanon, causing casualties and increasing the number of displaced people fleeing the unrelenting violence. Heavy Israeli artillery directly targeted the outskirts of the towns of Naqoura, Yarine, Alma al-Shaab, Dhayra, Bayt Lif, Jabal al-Labounneh, and Al-Alam in the western and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-04 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah officials reportedly made it clear to Western and Arab mediators that "any discussion of the situation in southern Lebanon is postponed until after the cessation of hostilities in Gaza." According to the pro-Iranian group, "It is out of the question to separate the issue of southern Lebanon from that of Gaza." At a meeting held in the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-03 23:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Yemen's capital Sanaa, which is controlled by Houthis, was hit by a series of air strikes late Saturday, the group's television channel announced, blaming the United States and the United Kingdom. This comes after a series of strikes by the US targeting Iran-supported groups in Syria and Iraq. A joint US and UK statement said that 36 strikes on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-03 23:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
European Union Chief of Foreign Policy Josep Borrell urged all parties, on Saturday, to refrain from further escalation in the Middle East following US strikes on Iran-linked groups in Syria and Iraq. European Union Chief of Foreign Policy Josep Borrell on Saturday called on all parties to avoid further escalation in the Middle East after US ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-03 23:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Anti-government and anti-war protesters gathered in several regions in Israel on Saturday to express their anger and dissatisfaction with Netanyahu’s government and its handling of the Gaza hostage crisis, demanding Netanyahu’s swift departure. Hundreds of Israelis are participating in a demonstration calling for early elections in Haifa, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-03 22:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari announced on Saturday that Israel has targeted more than 50 Hezbollah sites in Syria and 3,400 in Lebanon since the conflict with Hamas in Gaza commenced in October. Israel has attacked more than 50 Hezbollah targets in Syria and 3,400 in Lebanon since the war with Hamas in Gaza began in October, Israeli army ...