This Is Beirut 2023-12-31 13:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The US Navy sank three Houthi rebel vessels in the Red Sea after they attacked a container ship, amid rising tensions from multiple Houthi assaults on commercial and merchant vessels in the region. The US military said Sunday its Navy helicopters fired at Iran-backed Houthi rebel boats off Yemen that were attacking a cargo ship, with Yemeni ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-31 13:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Mgr. Bechara al-Rai called for the protection of civilians in southern Lebanon and denounced the smear campaign against Bishop Moussa el-Hage during his homily in Bkerke on Sunday. "We call for the removal of the rocket launchers planted between homes in South Lebanon, which trigger destructive Israeli responses. Are they being ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-31 12:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Artillery exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel continued on Sunday with varying intensity, marking the last day of the year in southern Lebanon. In the afternoon, Israeli forces shelled several border villages, causing a new escalation. The Israeli army launched two shells on Jebbin and bombed the region of Mays al-Jabal, as well as Dhayra and ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 22:56 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A precarious calm prevailed on Saturday evening on the southern front, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened at an evening press conference to inflict "severe strikes" on Hezbollah if it stepped up its attacks. Saturday afternoon was marked by hostilities between Hezbollah and the Israeli army, which carried out an air raid ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 22:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Hamas Israel-Hamas
The war between Israel and Hamas, which entered its 85th day on Sunday, was triggered by a bloody and unprecedented attack perpetrated by the Palestinian Islamist movement on Israeli soil from the Gaza Strip on October 7. Some 1,140 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack, according to an AFP count based on the latest Israeli figures, ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2023-12-30 20:45 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for December 30, 2023.
This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 17:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pro-Iran armed groups in Syria attacked two American bases in the east of the country on Saturday, December 30, in response to "probable Israeli strikes" carried out earlier in the day. Washington immediately retaliated. Armed groups affiliated to Iran targeted two American bases in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor on Saturday evening, ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 17:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, declared that “what is happening on the southern border is not the result of a legal decision.” Geagea is referring to the artillery exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel that began on October 8, the day after Hamas attacked the Jewish state. “This decision was not established by the ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 17:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNIFIL, Major General Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz, said on Saturday that the risk of a major escalation in southern Lebanon “persists.” At the same time, he stressed that “containing the conflict in the areas close to the Blue Line is a sign that the parties concerned (Hezbollah and Israel) do not want ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 13:33 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ceasefire Gaza Hamas international mediation
The displaced Palestinians are exhausted, as the never-ending war enters its 13th week. As international mediation continues, Gazans hope to see an end to this war, by the new year. Fighting raged on Saturday in the Gaza Strip, where displaced Palestinians found themselves "exhausted" by the relentless Israeli army offensive against Hamas in the ...
2023-12-30 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Several ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions have duly noted the absence of any official response condemning the recent attacks suffered by UNIFIL forces in South Lebanon that resulted in an injury. A source within the United Nations expressed astonishment at the official leniency shown by Lebanese authorities, which is causing them to ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-29 22:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gaza Hamas HEALTH Humanitarian crisis
In a post on social network X, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of the "growing threat of infectious diseases" in the Gaza Strip. He said that WHO staff on the ground were working daily on controlling and monitoring these infections. The WHO chief said on Friday that he was "very concerned" about the growing threat posed by ...