This Is Beirut 01/08 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran held a funeral ceremony on Thursday with calls for revenge after the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in a strike blamed on Israel. The Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers for Haniyeh ahead of his burial in Qatar, having earlier threatened a "harsh punishment" for his killing. In ...
This Is Beirut 01/08 05:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Many members of the UN Security Council expressed concern on Wednesday about the risk of escalation in the Middle East, citing a critical situation following the death in Tehran of the leader of Hamas in a strike blamed on Israel. A few hours after the death of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian movement, the Council held an emergency ...
This Is Beirut 31/07 23:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued an order on Wednesday, for a direct Iranian strike on Israel in response to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, according to three anonymous Iranian officials briefed on the matter. Khamenei gave the order at an emergency meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council ...
This Is Beirut 31/07 22:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel "delivered crushing blows to all our enemies," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, explicitly mentioning the killing of Hezbollah leader Fouad Shokr in south Beirut. Netanyahu's televised statement lasted for approximately five minutes and did not make any reference to the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in ...
This Is Beirut 31/07 22:01 - Reading : less than a minute
The United States Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs has updated its travel advisory to Level 4, indicating an upgrade in the United States policy on travel bans to Lebanon. The Embassy strongly urged its citizens to avoid southern Lebanon and to depart the area, including all parts south of the city of Saida. The statement ...
Hala Abdallah 31/07 21:44 - 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 July 31, 2024.
This Is Beirut 31/07 21:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two Al Jazeera journalists were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli strike in Gaza, the Qatar-based channel reported, as war rages in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. "Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Refee have been killed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip," the network reported, adding ...
Sana Richa Choucair 31/07 20:58 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Negotiations over the Gaza ceasefire and hostages have already been complex. How might they shift following the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, killed on Tuesday night in Iran? Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed on Tuesday night in an Israeli strike in Iran, where he was attending the investiture of the new Iranian President, ...
Cian ward 31/07 17:34 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Following the killing of Haniyeh in Iran on Wednesday, the region may be on the precipice of war, as an Iranian response seems likely, which may pull its entire so-called "axis of resistance" into war. In the early hours of Wednesday, Israel struck a building in Tehran in an attack that killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. [readmore ...
This Is Beirut 31/07 15:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the United States was "not aware of or involved in" the killing of Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran. "I can't tell you what this means. I can tell you that the imperative of getting a ceasefire, the importance that that has for everyone, remains," Blinken said in an interview ...
This Is Beirut 31/07 11:14 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Following Ismail Haniyeh's death on Wednesday, a fundamental question remains: Who will take over Hamas's leadership now? The leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Iran, on Wednesday morning. [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/israel-hamaswar/277344"] Following his death, Hamas’ future leader ...
This Is Beirut 31/07 07:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, killed in Iran on Wednesday, had made a name for himself in 2006 when he became Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority following his movement's surprise victory in the legislative elections. He was a long-standing advocate of reconciling armed and political struggle within the group, and enjoyed good ...