War Diary: Day 160
Chelsea Al Arif 14/03 21:40 - 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 14th, 2024.
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Mohammed Moustafa, Palestinian Economist Turned Prime Minister
Malo Pinatel 14/03 20:28 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On Thursday, March 14, Mohammed Moustafa was designated by Mahmoud Abbas as the new Palestinian Prime Minister. Behind the name lies a seasoned economist whose proximity to the Palestinian President can do him harm. On Thursday, March 14, the name of the former prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh – who left office on Monday, February 26 – was ...
Aid Efforts Intensify for Famine-Stalked Gaza
This Is Beirut 14/03 17:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Efforts grew on Thursday to get more aid into the war-devastated Gaza Strip, where the UN warns of famine and desperate residents have stormed relief shipments. After mediators failed to reach a truce between Israel and Hamas militants for the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, which started on Monday, fighting continued with at least 69 ...
Israeli General Castigates The Country's Political Leaders
This Is Beirut 14/03 17:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israeli Brigadier General Dan Goldfus publicly criticized his country's political leaders on Wednesday, demanding them to 'be worthy' of the Israeli army. Neither Netanyahu nor Defense Minister Yoav Gallant publicly responded to his remarks which indirectly unveil a growing malaise within the Israeli society. An Israeli general leading troops in ...
US Imposes Sanctions on Israeli Settlers, Outposts
This Is Beirut 14/03 17:37 - Reading : less than a minute
The United States has imposed sanctions on three Israeli settlers and two illegal outposts accused of involvement in West Bank violence, according to information on the US Treasury Department’s website. This marks the second wave of penalties, following the sanctioning of four Israeli extremists last month. The two outposts facing sanctions ...
US Is Expected To Sanction Israeli Settler Outposts
This Is Beirut 14/03 14:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Biden administration is expected to sanction two Israeli settler outposts in the West Bank on Thursday, March 14. This represents a new step for US policy towards Israeli settler violence. The American news outlet Axios reported that two illegal settlements, which were used as a base for extremist attacks against Palestinians, will be ...
Biden Supports Limited Rafah Operation, Rather Than All-Out War
This Is Beirut 14/03 12:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Senior US officials informed Israel that Biden would support the targeting of high-value Hamas targets in Rafah – as long as it avoids a large-scale invasion. According to a Politico report published on Thursday, March 14, top US officials told Israel in private that they could support a plan more akin to precise counterterrorism operations, ...
Nasrallah to Netanyahu: You Have Lost the War in Gaza
This Is Beirut 13/03 22:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah announced that Lebanon and the southern front would be the subject of a later speech during the month of Ramadan. Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah declared on Wednesday evening that “this year, Ramadan will be marked by Gaza, its people and the support fronts in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq. These ...
Blinken: Protecting Civilians Must Be 'Job Number One' for Israel
This Is Beirut 13/03 22:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Protecting and aiding civilians must be "job number one" for Israel in the war-battered Gaza Strip, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. "Where there is a will, there is a way," Blinken told reporters after a virtual meeting with ministers on a new maritime corridor for aid into Gaza. "We look to the government of Israel to make ...
Second Aid Boat for War-Torn Gaza Readied in Cyprus
This Is Beirut 13/03 21:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A second Gaza-bound aid ship would embark from the Cypriot port of Larnaca once a boat already sailing along the new maritime corridor completes its mission, Cyprus's foreign minister said Wednesday. The Israel-Hamas war, now in its sixth month, has created a severe humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, where the United Nations has repeatedly ...
Israeli Strikes: What Message to Lebanon?
Natasha Metni Torbey 13/03 21:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In a conflict whose true nature continues to be ignored, material damage and casualties among fighters and civilians are multiplying on both sides. Wednesday morning, and in the recent context of Israeli strikes expanding into Lebanon, the city of Sour was, for the first time since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas, targeted in an ...
War Diary: Day 159
Tylia El Helou 13/03 20:24 - 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 13th, 2024.