Nisrine Merheb 2024-10-31 17:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
As soon as Sheikh Naim Qassem took his position as the Secretary General of Hezbollah, he subconsciously sought to embody the persona of the “martyred” former chief, Hassan Nasrallah. Suddenly, Qassem became more eloquent, issuing threats against America and weaving colloquial Lebanese into his rhetoric, mirroring the distinctive style that ...
Bouchra Al-Wajeh 2024-10-31 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Passport General Security
Since the first day of the war, General Security centers have been crowded with people displaced from their homes in the South, Beqaa, and Beirut’s southern suburbs, along with citizens from areas considered safe, all seeking to issue new passports. While some have managed to leave the country, the majority are on standby, ready to depart if ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-31 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
UNICEF’s Executive Director Catherine Russell raised the alarm on Thursday about the growing number of casualties among children in the ongoing war between Hezbollah and Israel. “Since October 4th of this year, at least one child in Lebanon has been killed and ten injured daily,” Russell said in a statement. The war is impacting thousands ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-31 13:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Najib Mikati Security Data Lebanon
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued a circular on Thursday addressing public administrations and municipalities regarding electronic platform usage and information exchanges. Mikati stressed that to mitigate security risks and potential infiltrations, public administrations, institutions, and municipalities are strongly advised against ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-31 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In a statement via X (formerly Twitter), Avichay Adraee, the Arabic spokesperson for the Israeli army, issued an urgent warning to residents of Baalbek, Ain Bourday, and Douris. He stated: “You are in a combat zone where the Israeli army intends to attack and target Hezbollah's infrastructure, interests, facilities, and means of warfare. We do ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-31 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Israeli army increased the intensity of its targeted attacks on Lebanon on Thursday. In the morning an Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle on the Kahaleh – Araya road killing two people and wounding another. This is the second time that this road is targeted in as many days. An Israeli drone also targeted a motorcycle in Qaraoun, ...
Marc Saikali 2024-10-31 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Analysts are debating a potential revision to Resolution 1701, though this remains unlikely for a simple reason: any new vote at the UN would face vetoes from China and Russia. Thus, Resolution 1701 is likely to remain unchanged. However, this doesn’t rule out the possibility that diplomats are quietly working to create an “adapted ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-30 23:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Amos Hochstein Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine
Diplomacy seems to have regained the upper hand as Israel expands and intensifies its strikes in Lebanon. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed hope for a ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Hezbollah "in the coming hours or days," describing himself as "cautiously optimistic" in an interview with the local channel Al-Jadeed on Wednesday ...
Christiane Tager 2024-10-30 21:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Since the beginning of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah on October 8, 2023, Lebanon has endured significant human and economic losses, further weakening a country that faces serious political and economic challenges. The impact of the persisting conflict is felt across all sectors. In an interview with This is Beirut, financial and ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-30 20:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
One child was killed and five injured in an Israeli strike targeting the Zira'a area near Tyre in southern Lebanon, as violence pitting Hezbollah against Israel intensified on Wednesday. A series of raids also targeted neighborhoods in Nabatieh, as well as the villages of Zefta, Jbshit and Qalaouiyeh. Earlier, the Israeli army had called on ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-30 18:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah said that it fired rockets and drones on Wednesday at three military positions in northern Israel, including near Haifa and Acre, in a simultaneous operation that it said bypassed Israeli defenses. In a statement, the Iran-backed group said it launched a "combined attack using advanced rockets and a swarm of drones," adding that they ...
David Sahyoun 2024-10-30 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Traumatism Psychoanalysis Lebanon War
As we wrote in our previous article, trauma causes a psychic collapse, a shock that leaves a person unsteady, defenseless against the seismic breach and the abrupt rupture in their sense of continuity of existence. Lebanese people have been living for far too long in a trauma-inducing environment. The repeated situations of hot and cold wars, ...