This Is Beirut 18/08 17:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's prime minister on Sunday accused Hamas of being an obstacle in negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire deal and called for more pressure on the Palestinian militants ahead of a new round of talks later this week. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comments came with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken set to arrive in Israel later on Sunday ...
This Is Beirut 18/08 11:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A fighter in the ranks of the Hezbollah-affiliated Saraya Al Muqawama (Resistance Brigades), Fadi Kassem Kanaan, was killed Sunday morning in an Israeli drone attack targeting a motorcycle in the Jannam area, on the outskirts of the town of Shebaa, in the Hasbaya district in southern Lebanon. The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the ...
This Is Beirut 18/08 10:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Norway announced on Saturday that it is closing its office in the West Bank town of Al-Ram following Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz's decision to revoke the diplomatic status of eight of its employees who work with the Palestinian Authority. "This decision was made due to Norway's recognition of a Palestinian-Hamas state after the October 7 ...
Vanessa Kallas 17/08 21:11 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for August 17, 2024.
This Is Beirut 17/08 15:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In recent field developments on Saturday, an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle in the Qadmous area east of Tyre, resulting in the death of one person according to the Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health. Initial reports indicated that the deceased is a Hezbollah member. It was also reported that another ...
Bassam Abou Zeid 17/08 13:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
During closed-door discussions with international envoys, notably American and French officials, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati clearly conveyed his inability to stop the conflict in the south or de-escalate the mounting tensions. He emphasized that his efforts are limited to relaying messages to Hezbollah and urging restraint. However, the ...
This Is Beirut 17/08 12:50 - Reading : less than a minute
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that more than 110,000 people have been displaced from southern Lebanon since October due to the ongoing exchange of fire and mounting violence between the Israeli army and Hezbollah. In its latest update released on Friday evening, the office explained that 35 percent of ...
This Is Beirut 17/08 11:32 - Reading : less than a minute
Gaza's civil defense agency said an Israeli air strike early Saturday killed 15 people from a Palestinian family, including nine children and three women. The strike hit the home of the Ajlah family in Al-Zawaida neighbourhood of central Gaza, civil defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal told AFP. The Israeli military did not offer an immediate ...
This Is Beirut 17/08 09:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that an Israeli strike in Al-Kfour industrial zone in the Nabatieh region, in the south of the country, caused the deaths of at least ten people, including a woman and her two children. According to the ministry's updated toll, the number of dead has risen to ten, all of Syrian nationality, ...
This Is Beirut 16/08 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
UN chief Antonio Guterres called on Friday for two seven-day breaks in the Gaza war to vaccinate more than 640,000 children against polio, which has been detected in the territory's wastewater. The UN health and children's agencies said they had detailed plans to reach children across the besieged Palestinian territory and could start this ...
Lyne Sammouri 16/08 21:15 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for August 16, 2024.
This Is Beirut 16/08 18:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas said Friday the Palestinian group rejected "new conditions" in a Gaza ceasefire plan the United States presented after two days of talks with Israeli negotiators in Qatar. As international pressure mounted for a ceasefire after more than 10 months of war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, US President Joe Biden said: "We are closer ...