gdeveloper 19/02 22:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli drones conducted two airstrikes in the Ghazieh area, south of the city of Saida, marking the first attacks of their kind since the outbreak of conflict on the southern border. Initial reports suggest over a dozen people were wounded. According to reports, the airstrikes targeted a warehouse used for manufacturing tires and generators, as ...
This Is Beirut 19/02 22:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A residential building in Choueifat collapsed on Monday night, with preliminary reports indicating several injured. The six-storey building is located near the municipality and is known as the Ibrahim al-Suqy Building, housing 30 residents, most of whom are Syrian nationals. Preliminary information suggests that there are approximately 17 ...
19/02 20:17 - Reading : less than a minute
Following the Israeli strike on Ghazieh on Monday evening, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates issued a statement urging countries interested in restoring stability to southern Lebanon “to condemn the ongoing Israeli assaults.” In the statement, the Ministry called on the international community to pressure Israel to halt its ...
This Is Beirut 19/02 18:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In a recent statement, leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF) Samir Geagea emphasized the importance of adhering to the electoral schedule despite ongoing security challenges in southern Lebanon. With the municipal and local council terms set to conclude by the end of May, Geagea acknowledged the significant military activities hindering the ...
This Is Beirut 19/02 17:49 - Reading : less than a minute
In a recent interview with This Is Lebanon News, caretaker Minister of Information Ziad Makari reiterated his staunch opposition to the financial reorganization and bank restructuring draft law that was invalidated by the State Council. Makari emphasized that he is "against writing off depositors' money" and that he did not "justify the draft ...
This Is Beirut 19/02 17:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Early evening on Monday, Israeli warplanes carried out several airstrikes on the town of Ghazieh. Later reports indicated that two warehouses were targeted in the area. No new information has come out on the targeted individuals. Sources told This is Beirut that the first airstrike was near the “Rim” warehouse, and the second was near the ...
This Is Beirut 19/02 17:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah's network of secret tunnels in Lebanon is "more sophisticated" than that of Hamas in Gaza. According to an article published on Sunday in the French daily Libération, "Since the 1980s," the pro-Iranian militia, whose "military power is far superior to that of Hamas, has been building, with the help of North Korea, an underground ...
19/02 16:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran has warned Hezbollah not to give Israel cause to launch a full-scale war along the Israel-Lebanon border, fearing it would risk gains it believes it has made in the region since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, according to a report by the Washington Post. Iranian officials, who met with the Hezbollah leadership earlier this month, ...
This Is Beirut 19/02 16:31 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli military operations continued along the Lebanese border as tensions escalated on Monday. Before noon on Monday, Israeli warplanes carried out two raids between Yarine and al-Bustan. They also launched a missile strike targeting the al-Mahafer area in the town of Odaisseh. Additionally, the Israeli military announced that they had ...
This Is Beirut 19/02 16:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Saydet el-Jabal Gathering convened its weekly session at its headquarters in Ashrafieh. In a statement, attendees revealed that the gathering "issued its fourth call of the year 2024." The gathering called on political forces to get Lebanon out of its economic crisis, which has reached every home in the country. In this context, the gathering ...
This Is Beirut 19/02 13:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In a statement issued on Monday, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers announced caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati's intention to convene a ministerial meeting on Friday, February 23 at 3.30 PM, "with a single item on the agenda, namely the draft law on the situation of banks in Lebanon and their restructuring, which was previously ...
This Is Beirut 19/02 12:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
MP Marwan Hamadeh, member of the Democratic Gathering bloc, stressed that the situation in southern Lebanon "remains open to all possibilities," and that "the front will continue, even if at a varying pace." He also expressed hope that the Safed and Nabatiyeh strikes, in which civilians were killed last week, would lead "to curbing the targeting ...