This Is Beirut 2024-02-27 12:39 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Despite the war situation, some 7.2 million voters were called to the polls for Israel's municipal elections on Tuesday, February 27. Israelis began voting on Tuesday in municipal elections, which were postponed twice, that could offer a gauge of the public mood nearly five months into the war against Hamas in Gaza. Soldiers already cast their ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-27 10:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Southern Lebanon awoke on Tuesday to four raids on the localities of al-Bisariya, Jabshit, al-Mansouri and el-Heniyeh. No casualties were reported. This was Israel's response to the launch of a rocket launcher from the town of Tiri towards northern Israel on Tuesday morning. Earlier, Hezbollah declared that it had targeted "the Meron air control ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-27 10:12 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The possibility of a probable truce agreement in Gaza was emerging on Tuesday, February 27, as US President Joe Biden expressed his optimism, while Qatar's Emir was due to land in Paris. A new ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could start as soon as Monday, US President Joe Biden said, in a deal that may free dozens of hostages held in Gaza in ...
2024-02-27 09:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
As per the last updates from the Paris 2 meeting held last Friday, negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip are expected to resume. Representatives from Egypt, Qatar, the United States and Israel, along with a delegation from Hamas, are scheduled to convene in Doha for discussions. This will be followed by further talks in Cairo aimed at ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 20:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
One of Hezbollah's military officials, Hassan Hussein Salameh from al-Houjjair, was killed on Monday in an Israeli strike that targeted his moving vehicle. Salameh was in al-Majadel, a village approximately 15 kilometers from the border. Two other Hezbollah fighters were also killed in earlier air raids conducted by the Israeli military against ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-02-26 20:32 - 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 26th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 19:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced on Monday the resignation of his government, which governs parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. He cited the need for change following the conclusion of the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced Monday the resignation of his government, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An active member of the US Air Force has died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington over the weekend in protest of the war in Gaza, the Pentagon said Monday. Emergency responders on Sunday had rushed to the scene just before 1:00 pm (1800 GMT) in response to a "call for person on fire outside the Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 18:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan are scheduled to conduct peace negotiations in Berlin this week, announced both ministries on Monday, aiming to address a longstanding conflict between the Caucasus nations that has persisted for decades. Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers are set to hold peace talks in Berlin this week, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 13:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army carried out at least two strikes on Hezbollah targets near the Lebanese city of Baalbeck on Monday. This is the first strike on Lebanon's east after almost five months of cross-border clashes since October 8, the day after the start of the war in Gaza. According to preliminary reports, two people were killed. The Israeli Army ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 13:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced on Monday the resignation of his government which rules parts of the occupied West Bank, saying that "new political measures" were needed given the changing reality in Gaza. "I submit the government's resignation to Mr. President (Mahmoud Abbas)," Shtayyeh said, adding that it comes in the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 12:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A full-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah would deliver a death blow to aid programs in Gaza, where humanitarian assistance remains "completely insufficient," UN chief Antonio Guterres warned on Monday. Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Guterres said that Gaza's southernmost city, where more than 1.4 million ...