This is Beirut 24/04 21:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Gaza rescue teams and medics said Israeli airstrikes killed at least 55 people on Thursday, as the military threatened an even larger offensive if hostages were not freed soon. Israel resumed its military assault in the Gaza Strip on March 18, after the collapse of a two-month ceasefire that had brought a temporary halt to fighting in the ...
This is Beirut 24/04 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli tank fire killed a UN worker in Gaza last month, according to initial findings from an investigation released Thursday by Israel's military, which initially denied operating in the area. The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) announced on March 19 the death of one of its employees in the central Gaza city of Deir el-Balah ...
This is Beirut 23/04 11:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah Israel Beirut International Airport Yedioth Ahronoth
Despite widespread speculation about a weakening of Hezbollah’s military presence, the group remains active in southern Lebanon and is working to rebuild its military infrastructure, according to a report published by the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth. Since the start of the ceasefire on November 27, 2024, Israeli operations in Lebanon have ...
This is Beirut 22/04 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji has reportedly summoned Iran’s ambassador to Beirut, Mojtaba Amani, following controversial statements made by the diplomat on social media, according to the al-Markazia news agency. The Iranian ambassador’s remarks, posted on X (formerly Twitter), were viewed as politically sensitive in Lebanon’s ...
This is Beirut 22/04 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Israel Damour Jamaa Islamiya Strike
An Israeli drone strike on Tuesday morning targeted a vehicle in the Baawarta area near Damour, resulting in the death of Hussein Izzat Atwi, a senior figure in the Islamist group Jamaa Islamiya. The vehicle, which was struck near a Lebanese army barracks, caught fire upon impact. Atwi, born in 1968 and originally from Hebbariyeh in the ...
This is Beirut 21/04 21:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The new US ambassador to Israel on Monday called on Palestinian militant group Hamas to accept a deal that would secure the release of hostages, in exchange for the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza. "We call upon Hamas to sign an agreement so that humanitarian aid can flow into Gaza to the people who desperately need it," Mike Huckabee said in ...
Soumia Benmerzoug 20/04 21:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel South Lebanon Hezbollah Joseph Aoun Washington
Sunday marked one of the most violent days since the February ceasefire. Through a series of targeted strikes on alleged Hezbollah positions, the Israeli army raised the level of confrontation. This offensive came just days after Hezbollah’s Secretary-General, Naim Qassem, reaffirmed the group’s categorical rejection of disarmament, declaring ...
This is Beirut 20/04 17:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An Israeli military investigation concluded Sunday that its troops did not use "indiscriminate fire" in an incident that killed 15 Gaza emergency service personnel but acknowledged failures and announced plans to dismiss a field commander. The killings occurred in the southern Gaza Strip in the early hours of March 23, just days into a renewed ...
This is Beirut 20/04 11:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Palestine Benjamin Netanyahu Washington Gulf Hamas
Qatar's chief negotiator voiced frustration over talks for a truce in Gaza in an interview with AFP, a month after Israel resumed its strikes on the Palestinian territory and another round of negotiations ended without a deal. "We're definitely frustrated by the slowness, sometimes, of the process in the negotiation. This is an urgent matter. ...
This is Beirut 19/04 23:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Saturday to bring home the remaining hostages in Gaza without yielding to Hamas' demands, insisting the military campaign in the Palestinian territory had reached a "critical stage". "I believe we can bring our hostages home without surrendering to Hamas's dictates," Netanyahu said, in his first ...
This is Beirut 19/04 21:20 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli military announced that a soldier was killed on Saturday during fighting in Gaza — the first fatality since the collapse of a ceasefire with Hamas in mid-March. According to the military, Sergeant Major Ghaleb Sliman Al-Nasasra, 35, was killed in combat in northern Gaza. Three other soldiers were wounded, including two women. Since ...
This is Beirut 18/04 22:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 80 people, Houthis said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington's 15-month campaign against the Iran-backed group. Thursday's strikes on Ras Issa aimed to cut off supplies and funds for the Houthis that control large swathes of the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, the US military ...