This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 18:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two members of Jamaa Islamiya, a Lebanese Islamist group with close ties to Palestinian Hamas, were killed in an Israeli drone strike on Friday targeting their car on the Meidoun road in western Bekaa. The individuals killed were identified as Mossaab Khalmaf and Bilal el-Khalaf. The Israeli army stated, "The Jamaa Islamiya terrorist organization ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 18:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Top Arab and European diplomats are expected to begin arriving in the Saudi capital this weekend for an economic summit and meetings on the war in Gaza, diplomatic officials said. The two-day World Economic Forum special meeting, scheduled to begin in Riyadh on Sunday, includes in its official program appearances by the Saudi, Jordanian, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 18:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The top UN court said it will rule Tuesday on charges by Nicaragua that Germany is breaching the 1948 Genocide Convention by supplying weapons to Israel for the Gaza war. Nicaragua has brought Germany before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to demand judges impose emergency measures to stop Berlin from providing Israel with weapons and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 16:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Criticism of Qatar over its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has prompted a rare pushback by the Gulf state against its detractors, analysts have said. Qatar, which has hosted Hamas' political leadership since 2012 with the blessing of the United States, has been engaged in months of behind-the-scenes talks on a possible truce in Gaza ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 15:44 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Syria has avoided getting embroiled in the Gaza war, experts said, despite a strike on Iran's Damascus consulate, blamed on Israel, that threatened to ignite a regional conflagration. The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seeking to strike a delicate balancing act between Russia and Iran, which have propped it up during 13 years ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 11:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions and risks of escalation are increasing on the southern border as an Israeli civilian was killed in a Hezbollah ambush on Thursday night in the Shebaa farms area. The Israeli army responded by heavy shelling that targeted the villages of Shebaa and Kfarchouba. It said that it targeted a military truck which led to the death of the ...
2024-04-25 22:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States military has begun construction on a pier meant to boost deliveries of desperately needed aid to Gaza, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The small coastal territory has been devastated by more than six months of Israeli bombardment and ground operations against Hamas, leaving the civilian population in need of humanitarian ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 20:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
As cross-border clashes continued between Hezbollah and Israel, the Israeli army fired flares and phosphorus shells on Thursday afternoon starting a fire at the Yaroun forest, while other areas that were bombarded on Wednesday, including Labbouneh, were again in flames on Thursday, due to the heat wave sweeping the country. An air strike ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-04-25 20:24 - 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 April 25th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 20:16 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, hectares of land have been confiscated by Israel in the occupied West Bank, while all eyes are on Gaza. As he fed his sheep costly fodder, Palestinian farmer Talib Edais looked wistfully at the hills where his herd had grazed for free until an Israeli decision last month. "Do you see these ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 13:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US and Greek vessels have shot down a number of drones and missiles sent from Houthi-controlled Yemen, in the latest red sea attack. US-led coalition forces shot down four drones and an anti-ship missile launched by Yemen's Houthis, American authorities said Thursday. A Greek vessel deployed in the Gulf of Aden as part of an EU naval coalition ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-24 23:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf warned Wednesday of "high degree of volatility" on the border between Lebanon and Israel, commenting that "the potential for escalation is acute". "We have of course cautioned Israel regarding its response to the attacks that Hezbollah initiated in the initial ...