This Is Beirut 2024-09-18 17:17 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
A new spate of communication device explosions rocked Hezbollah areas on Wednesday afternoon, killing twenty people and wounding more than 450, according to the Ministry of Public Health. The latest wave of blasts occurred 24 hours after the simultaneous explosion of hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members killed and wounded scores of the ...
2024-09-18 15:12 - Reading : less than a minute
During a press conference held at MOPH, caretaker Minister of Public Health Firass Abiad discussed all the medical facts regarding Tuesday's pager attack.
2024-09-18 13:04 - Reading : less than a minute
Following Tuesday's unprecedented pager attack, the situation at AUBMC seems calmer today. Caretaker Minister of Public Health Firas Abiad toured multiple hospitals, assessing the situation firsthand. Abiad is scheduled for a press conference at the Ministry of Public Health at 1 PM.
This Is Beirut 2024-09-18 12:03 - Reading : less than a minute
Air France has announced the temporary suspension of flights between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Beirut, and between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Tel Aviv, until September 19 in view of the growing tensions in the Middle East. Operations should resume after an assessment of the situation. Germany's Lufthansa Group has also suspended flights to and ...
2024-09-17 23:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
During his visit to Lebanon, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, conducted a tour on Tuesday to meet with Lebanese officials, presenting them with an overview of the agency’s "alarming" situation. He outlined the financial challenges facing UNRWA in Lebanon ...
2024-09-17 22:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Cabinet collectively condemned “the heinous Israeli aggression,” perpetrated via exploding pagers, describing it as a “serious violation of Lebanese sovereignty and a blatant crime by all standards.” During the session it held on Tuesday at the Grand Serail, the Cabinet emphasized that the government had immediately initiated all ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-17 22:28 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Education Minister Abbas Halabi announced the closure of all public and private schools, high schools, vocational institutes, the Lebanese University and all private higher education institutions for Wednesday, following the pager explosions that killed nine and injured thousands, mostly Hezbollah operatives.
2024-09-17 22:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than two thousand people were injured, and eight were killed following the explosion of pagers, also know as beepers, used by Hezbollah members on Tuesday afternoon. This is Beirut spoke with cybersecurity expert Khalil Sehnaoui to better understand the incident. What is a pager, and why does Hezbollah use it? A pager is a mostly one-way ...
2024-09-17 22:16 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel has scored a major intelligence success by apparently infiltrating a supply chain to cause the simultaneous explosion of hundreds of Hezbollah pagers in a blow for the Lebanese militant group and its Iranian backers, analysts say. At least nine people were killed and some 2,800 wounded, including the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, when the ...
2024-09-17 21:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States said on Tuesday that it was not aware in advance and had no involvement in mass explosions of pagers used by Lebanon's Hezbollah, as it urged Iran for restraint in its response. "I can tell you that the US was not involved in it, the US was not aware of this incident in advance and, at this point, we're gathering information," ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-17 20:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Eleven people, including the son of Hezbollah MP Ali Ammar, were killed and 4000, mostly Hezbollah members (according to an initial assessment), as well as the Iranian ambassador to Beirut, Mojtaba Amani, were simultaneously injured across Lebanon on Tuesday in an unprecedented Israeli technological attack targeting their Pagers, according to the ...
2024-09-17 19:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
According to French diplomatic sources, French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian will arrive in Beirut early next week for a visit of up to three days. This visit represents a renewed push to urge Lebanese leaders to elect a president before the United States elections on November 5. Furthermore, “Lebanon should not wait for the outcome of ...