Israel Hamas War

Southern Front: Intensive Israeli Raids
Southern Front: Intensive Israeli Raids

Exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel continued unabated on Thursday. At around 7:20 PM on Thursday, Israeli warplanes attacked Aita al-Shaab with two air-to-surface missiles and the border town of Dhayra in the western sector with phosphorus shells. There were numerous developments on the ground throughout the day, with Israeli ...

War Diary: Day 272
War Diary: Day 272

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 4, 2024.

Israel Unblocks Some Frozen Funds for Palestinian Authority
Israel Unblocks Some Frozen Funds for Palestinian Authority

Israel has approved a new payment of more than $140 million to the Palestinian Authority after announcing it had also unblocked some funds frozen because of the Gaza war, a Finance Ministry spokesperson told AFP on Thursday. Since the start of the war on Hamas, far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has withheld payments of customs ...

Netanyahu Dispatches Negotiating Team for Gaza Talks
Netanyahu Dispatches Negotiating Team for Gaza Talks

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved sending a negotiating team to participate in talks with aims of reaching a hostage release and ceasefire deal with Hamas, according to an Israeli official quoted by The Times of Israel. Netanyahu spoke on the phone with United States President Joe Biden regarding the negotiations, and vowed ...

Iraqi Militants Warn They're Prepared to Fight Israel in Lebanon
Iraqi Militants Warn They're Prepared to Fight Israel in Lebanon

As war rages in Gaza and threatens to spread to Lebanon, Iraqi militant groups warn they are ready to enter the fray against Israel and the United States. A field commander of the so-called Islamic Resistance in Iraq said there would be "escalation for escalation" in the event of a full-scale war in Lebanon. The commander, speaking to AFP on ...

Hamas Sends Mediators 'Ideas' for Halting Israel War
Hamas Sends Mediators 'Ideas' for Halting Israel War

The Hamas militant group said Wednesday it has sent new "ideas" to Qatari mediators aimed at ending the nearly nine-month Gaza war with Israel. Israel confirmed that it was "evaluating" Hamas "comments" on a deal to release hostages in Palestinian territory and will respond accordingly. With the death toll from nearly nine months of war mounting ...

War Diary: Day 271
War Diary: Day 271

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 3, 2024.

Israel Approves Biggest West Bank Land Seizure in Decades
Israel Approves Biggest West Bank Land Seizure in Decades

Israel has approved its biggest land seizure in the occupied West Bank in more than three decades, a move criticized by activists on Wednesday as detrimental to Palestinian peace hopes. The 12.7-square-kilometre (4.9-square-mile) of land in the Jordan Valley was officially declared "state property" in June, according to an official declaration ...

Hezbollah Commander Killed East of Tyre
Hezbollah Commander Killed East of Tyre

In the latest military developments on the southern front, an Israeli drone targeted a car on the Al-Haush road east of Tyre. Two people were killed, including Mohammad Nehmeh Ali Nasser, the commander of Hezbollah’s “Aziz” unit, according to information obtained by This is Beirut. The second victim was Mohammad Ghassan Khashab. #LEBANON - ...

War Diary: Day 270
War Diary: Day 270

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 2, 2024.

Southern Border: Israel Breaks Sound Barrier in Multiple Regions
Southern Border: Israel Breaks Sound Barrier in Multiple Regions

The tit-for-tat strikes over the southern border resumed on Tuesday morning. An Israeli drone fired three missiles on the town of Taybeh, without any reported injuries. One of the missiles was reported to have targeted the transformer in the Taybeh project. However, according to information gathered by This is Beirut, the Taybeh power transformer ...

War Diary: Day 269
War Diary: Day 269

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 1, 2024.