This Is Beirut 07/01 22:09 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The Gaza war raged on into a fourth month on Sunday as the Israeli army pounded the Palestinian territory with strikes, and US top diplomat Antony Blinken returned to the Middle East seeking to avoid a wider escalation. The Israeli offensive in Gaza has claimed 22,835 lives, predominantly civilians, according to the latest Hamas report. ...
This Is Beirut 07/01 21:57 - Reading : less than a minute
Antony Blinken Gaza Hamas Israel
During his fourth tour of the region since October 7, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking at a press conference in Doha alongside Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, deemed it "imperative" for Israel—militarily and politically supported by Washington—to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza. He ...
This Is Beirut 07/01 21:54 - Reading : less than a minute
Al-Arouri BEIRUT Gaza Hamas Israel
The leaders of the Islamist Hamas movement declared on Sunday during their daily press conference in Beirut that they will respond to Israel's assassination of the movement's leader, Saleh al-Arouri. Arouri and six other officials and members of Hamas were killed on Tuesday evening in a strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut. During the press ...
07/01 21:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Following Hezbollah’s attack yesterday on the Israeli Miron military base, Israeli media confirmed on Sunday that the attack caused “significant damage.” Hezbollah launched 62 rockets on Saturday as a response to the killing of Hamas’s deputy leader, Saleh al-Arouri. [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/213936"] On Sunday, ...
This Is Beirut 07/01 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The health ministry in the Gaza Strip said on Sunday that an Israeli airstrike killed two journalists in the Palestinian territory. Mostafa Thuraya, a video stringer for Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency, and Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with the Al Jazeera television network, were killed while they were traveling in a car, the ministry ...
This Is Beirut 07/01 15:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Benny Gantz Hezbollah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a war council meeting on Sunday that the current war will not end until all the objectives have been achieved, as reported by the Israeli media Haaretz. These objectives include the elimination of Hamas, the return of all Israeli hostages and a guarantee that Gaza will no longer represent a threat to ...
This Is Beirut 07/01 14:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
american diplomacy Antony Blinken Gaza
Abdullah II of Jordan called on the United States to put pressure on Israel to obtain an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza on Sunday, January 7. The King of Jordan was speaking shortly after a meeting with US top diplomat Antony Blinken. Jordan's king urged the top United States diplomat on Sunday to push for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and put an ...
This Is Beirut 07/01 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
According to several American officials who spoke to the Washington Post, a report by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) highlights the risk that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will try by all means to open up a wider front in Lebanon, in order to ensure his political survival. The risk of such a conflagration had already been ...
This Is Beirut 07/01 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
According to a Qatari official and an Israeli source quoted by Axios, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told family members of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, who had come to meet him in Doha, that the assassination in Beirut of Saleh al-Arouri on January 3 would significantly complicate efforts to reach a new ...
This Is Beirut 07/01 10:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Ayman Safadi Gaza greece
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Jordan on the evening of Saturday, January 7, after two stops in Turkey and Greece. This diplomatic trip is intended to de-escalate tensions surrounding the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The United States' top diplomat was in Jordan on Sunday as part of a Middle East tour aiming to ensure that the ...
This Is Beirut 07/01 10:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Israeli army announced on Sunday, January 7, that it had dismantled Hamas' military capabilities in northern Gaza. Meanwhile, an Israeli raid in Jenin, occupied West Bank, left at least six people dead and several injured. Israel said that it had "dismantled" Hamas' military leadership in northern Gaza as its war against the Palestinian group ...
This Is Beirut 07/01 10:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Early on Sunday afternoon, the Israeli warplanes attacked Hezbollah military targets in the areas of Labbouneh, Majdal Zoun and Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, according to Israeli media. It reported that secondary explosions occurred in several bombed buildings, indicating the presence of weapons. Missiles fell near Al-Manara settlement in the ...