This Is Beirut 2024-03-13 17:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An UNRWA warehouse was struck in Gaza on Wednesday, injuring many, with casualties including UNRWA staff. This comes amid worsening humanitarian conditions in Gaza due to ongoing conflict. The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said one of its aid warehouses in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip was "hit" on Wednesday, wounding scores of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-12 23:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah on Lebanon's southern border intensified on Tuesday as the Israeli army bombed Berghoz and Dellafeh, in Hasbaya Caza, Houla, Markaba and Wadi Saluki. The Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesman, Avichay Adrae, declared in this respect that "warplanes attacked three missile launching platforms" which were ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-12 23:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A first ship carrying humanitarian aid was en route to Gaza from Cyprus on Tuesday, March 12, while Morocco sent relief supplies by land via Israel. A Spanish charity boat taking food to Gaza left Cyprus on Tuesday in hopes of opening a maritime corridor to carry sorely needed aid to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. Philippe Lazzarini, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-12 22:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli security forces announced increased presence in Jerusalem's Old City on the first Friday of Ramadan, as tensions run high over the Gaza war. Israel's police force said it will deploy thousands of officers across Jerusalem's Old City for Ramadan's first Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque, with tensions high amid the Gaza war. "We are ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-12 21:32 - Reading : less than a minute
Hamas has reportedly accepted a new American initiative aimed at establishing a ceasefire with Israel in Gaza, according to a source within the organization quoted by Al Arabiya on Tuesday. "We have accepted a modified American initiative that provides for a ceasefire and the gradual return of displaced persons" inside the enclave, the source ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-12 20:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Several American ships carrying equipment and soldiers left their home port on Tuesday, March 12, in order to build a humanitarian port in Gaza. Four US Army vessels departed a base in Virginia on Tuesday, carrying about 100 soldiers and equipment they will need to build a temporary port on Gaza's coast for urgently needed aid deliveries. The ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-03-12 20:44 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 12th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-03-12 19:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Kataeb politburo has warned against the attitude of "what's left of the government," which is one that "submits to Hezbollah's terms and adopts its views while attributing them to the Lebanese people in negotiations with foreign envoys." "This constitutes a misappropriation of power in the absence of a president and contributes to dragging ...
Roger Merheb 2024-03-12 19:32 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The sacred month of Ramadan promises to be tumultuous given the Israeli airstrikes in Baalbeck yesterday evening and this morning. Yet the Lebanese political class remains unmoved by the events unfolding along the southern and eastern borders of the country. Paralyzed or indifferent, no one really knows. However, the situation is alarming, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-12 18:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
According to the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli army shot a Jordanian citizen near the village of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, March 12, accusing him of being a threat. A Jordanian citizen has died after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities said Tuesday, with the military accusing ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-12 15:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of Qatar Majed al-Ansari said on Tuesday that Israel and Hamas remain far from reaching a deal to halt the Gaza fighting and secure the release of hostages, despite ongoing mediation efforts by Qatar. Israel and Hamas are not close to a deal to halt the fighting in Gaza and free hostages, mediator Qatar said ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-12 12:27 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israeli warplanes carried out a raid on Tuesday near Safrin on the way to Baalbeck, the second such attack in the area in two days. Less than half an hour later, another strike targeted the village of Nabi Sheet in the same area. Two rockets were fired at Nabi Sheet, one targeting a three-storey building in the heart of the village, near the ...