This Is Beirut, 2024-04-26 16:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Criticism of Qatar over its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has prompted a rare pushback by the Gulf state against its detractors, analysts have said. Qatar, which has hosted Hamas' political leadership since 2012 with the blessing of the United States, has been engaged in months of behind-the-scenes talks on a possible truce in Gaza ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-24 20:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
Israel said Wednesday it is "moving ahead" with its planned operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, despite international outcry over fears for the 1.5 million Palestinians sheltering there. "Israel is moving ahead with our operation to target Hamas in Rafah," government spokesman David Mencer told a press briefing. "The four battalions ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-21 21:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel will increase "military pressure" on Palestinian militant group Hamas in a bid to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza. "In the coming days, we will increase the military and political pressure on Hamas because this is the only way to free our hostages," Netanyahu said in a video ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-21 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Benjamin Netanyahu
Washington could impose sanctions on an Israeli Army unit for possible abuses committed against Palestinians in the West Bank prior to the October 7 Hamas attack, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday. The United States appears close to sanctioning an Israeli military unit over alleged human rights violations in the West Bank, a ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-15 16:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid on Monday accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of leading to a "total loss of Israeli deterrence" in the wake of an unprecedented Iranian attack. In a scathing criticism, former premier Lapid also said that under Netanyahu, "Jewish terrorist violence" against Palestinians in the occupied ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-14 06:38 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
President Joe Biden said US forces helped Israel shoot down nearly all the drones and missiles fired by Iran Saturday, but appeared to guide the key US ally away from retaliating against Tehran by saying Israel had now shown its strength. Biden added that he was convening fellow G7 leaders on Sunday to coordinate a diplomatic response against ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-14 06:10 - Reading : less than a minute
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Sunday over Iran's unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel, the body's president said. The meeting is aiming to be held at 4:00 pm (2000 GMT) on Sunday and is at Israel's request, a spokesperson for Malta, which holds the rotating presidency this month, told the media Saturday ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-10 20:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Benny Gantz Palestine Hamas
Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz said Wednesday that "Hamas is defeated" as fighting raged on in the Gaza Strip and negotiations towards a truce seemed to falter. Gantz, a former army chief and defense minister, warned of a long war, saying Israeli forces would have to fight in Gaza for years to come. More than six months into the war ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-10 10:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Biden called Israel's handling of the Gaza war a "mistake" on Tuesday night, as global outrage grows over the humanitarian situation. This comes as Netanyahu must prove, on Wednesday in front of Israeli Supreme Court, that he has taken steps to increase the flow of humanitarian aid. US President Joe Biden issued some of his sternest criticism ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-09 22:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
The White House stated on Tuesday that the response by Hamas to proposals for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal at talks in Cairo has so far been "less than encouraging." "We've seen the public statements from Hamas that have been, shall we say, less than encouraging," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said, adding, however, that mediator ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-09 20:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel is buying 40,000 tents to shelter almost half a million Gazans ahead of a ground attack on what it claims is Hamas' last bastion in Rafah, a government source said Tuesday. Israel has invited tenders for the tents, each housing 12 people, or some 480,000 people in total, according to the proposal published on the website of the defense ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-09 15:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel continues strikes in Gaza on Tuesday as it begins preparations ahead of a future Rafah invasion, whilst Cairo negotiations continue. Israel bombed targets in Gaza on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the army will destroy Hamas despite ongoing Cairo talks toward a ceasefire and hostage deal. More than six months ...