This Is Beirut 2024-04-18 19:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A high-ranking Revolutionary Guards Official warned Israel on Thursday, that the Islamic Republic would target Israeli nuclear sites should it attack Iranian atomic sites. This statement comes ahead of anticipated Israeli retaliation for Tehran's drone and missile attack on April 13. A senior Revolutionary Guards general threatened on Thursday to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-18 16:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The French weekly magazine “Le Point” released an extensive investigative series titled “Islamism, Terrorism, and Cocaine - The Billions of Hezbollah,” with a cover page photo depicting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah. The 20-page file, divided into five headlines, investigated ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-18 13:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A haunting image of a grieving Palestinian woman embracing her little niece, killed in an Israeli strike in war-torn Gaza, won the 2024 World Press Photo of the Year Award on Thursday. The picture taken by Reuters news agency's Mohammed Salem shows Inas Abu Maamar cradling the body of five-year-old Saly, who was killed with her mother and sister ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-18 13:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel escalated from Wednesday evening through Thursday morning. Two Hezbollah fighters, Mohammad Jamil al-Shami and Ali Ahmad Hmade, were killed in an Israeli strike on Kfar Kila at dawn. The residents of the villages of Marjayoun, particularly Khiam and Kfar Kila, faced a harrowing night. Between 8:00 PM on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-18 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel has the right to defend itself following Iran's attack as allies mobilize to sanction Iran. According to Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, his country has "tried to tell the United States clearly" that Iran is "not looking for the expansion of tension in the region." Israel's Prime Minister ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 22:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Qatar announced on Wednesday that it is reconsidering its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, citing attempts to exploit its mediation efforts by certain politicians to serve their personal gains. Qatar is reassessing its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas after suffering criticism, its prime minister said on Wednesday. "Qatar ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-04-17 20:22 - 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 17th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 20:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Republicans in the United States House of Representatives announced on Wednesday, a vote on a military aid package for Ukraine, including billions of dollars allocated to Taiwan and Israel. The Republican leader in the House of Representatives announced Wednesday a vote on a massive new military aid package that includes some $61 billion in ...
2024-04-17 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions rose again on Wednesday between Hezbollah and Israel, which carried out three raids early evening Wednesday on the village of Iaat in the area of Baalbeck. This attack came a few hours after Hezbollah struck an Israeli military building in Arab el-Aramche, in Galilee, in which fourteen soldiers were wounded, according to the Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 15:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Wednesday that he would host a leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Turkey this weekend. "The leader of the Palestinian cause will be my guest this weekend," Erdogan, an outspoken critic of Israel, told lawmakers. While Erdogan did not say where he would meet the Hamas ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 14:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) adopted "emergency measures" for its facilities in Syria, in anticipation of a possible Israeli retaliation to Saturday night's Iranian strike, according to the Wall Street Journal, which quotes a Syrian government adviser and activist who was briefed by Syrian elements of the IRGC. According to the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-17 14:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Settler violence in the West Bank is escalating, said the UN on Tuesday, with the tacit and explicit support of Israeli security forces. The UN voiced grave concern Tuesday over escalating violence in the West Bank, demanding that Israeli security forces "immediately" stop supporting settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied ...