This Is Beirut 2024-10-01 17:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri met with various Lebanese officials in Ain el-Tineh on Tuesday amid the dire security situation and an eventual Israeli ground operation in the south. Berri stressed the urgency of national solidarity, stating, “Our top priority is to protect our people and prevent further military escalation. We must stand ...
2024-10-01 17:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Several countries have issued reactions on Tuesday to Israel's ground incursion in Lebanon, after the Israeli military began what it said were “ground raids” against Hezbollah militants in the area. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned on Tuesday Israel's ground operation into Lebanon and urged the United Nations and other ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-01 16:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli Army’s Arabic Spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, announced on Tuesday that Israel carried out “dozens of targeted military operations in southern Lebanon in the past few months.” According to Adraee’s statement on X, “These operations aim to neutralize Hezbollah's combat infrastructure, which poses a threat to towns in northern ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-10-01 15:47 - Reading : less than a minute
During these challenging war times, the Lebanese people are struggling with their feelings and stress symptoms. How do we foster our mental health?
This Is Beirut 2024-10-01 15:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United Nations warned Israel on Tuesday against a "large-scale ground invasion" of Lebanon, after the Israeli military began a ground assault. "With armed violence between Israel and Hezbollah boiling over, the consequences for civilians have already been terrible,” Liz Throssell, spokeswoman for the UN rights office, told reporters in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-01 15:16 - Reading : less than a minute
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, issued a grave statement on Tuesday regarding the ongoing violence across Lebanon. "What we feared has materialized," she remarked, highlighting strikes across Lebanon, including in central Beirut, and incursions across the Blue Line. "The escalating violence ...
Malo Pinatel 2024-10-01 15:01 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Since Monday, the Israeli military has significantly intensified its strikes across Lebanon, killing over a thousand Lebanese civilians in the process. A key objective of this campaign is to counter the main threat Hezbollah poses to Israel: its arsenal of rockets and precision-guided missiles. This concern is echoed by the Israeli government's ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-01 13:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The command of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) issued a statement on Tuesday emphasizing that any crossing into Lebanon constitutes a violation of Lebanese sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as a breach of Resolution 1701. The statement stressed, "We urge all parties to refrain from these acts of escalation, which ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-01 13:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel has "no intention of invading Lebanon" or staying there "for months," according to its ambassador to France. Israel has "no intention of invading Lebanon" or staying there "for months," declared its ambassador to France on Tuesday, following the Israeli Army's announcement overnight that ground troops had crossed the border to combat ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-01 12:55 - Reading : less than a minute
The road leading towards Cola, near the Arab University, was blocked on Tuesday after an unexploded missile was discovered in a building that was targeted by the Israeli Army during Sunday night’s airstrikes. Authorities are currently working to remove the missile safely and proceed with a controlled detonation. Traffic remains redirected as ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-01 12:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged the United Nations on Tuesday for “additional support to provide basic assistance to displaced Lebanese civilians.” He made the plea during a meeting with UN organizations and ambassadors from donor countries as part of the Lebanese government's response plan to address the displacement crisis ...
2024-10-01 09:21 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu handled the joint United States-French ceasefire initiative in Lebanon much as he did US President Joe Biden’s earlier call for a truce in Gaza. Although the statement was coordinated with Netanyahu and supported by several Western and Arab nations, he later withdrew his backing and omitted any mention ...