This Is Beirut, 2024-09-27 19:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israeli airstrikes continue to target various regions in Lebanon, escalating tensions and causing widespread damage and casualties. On Friday night, an Israeli airstrike on Baadaran in the Shouf targeted a rented house belonging to displaced people from the south, resulting in several injuries. This marks the first time that raids have ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-27 18:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the UN on Friday that operations against Hezbollah will continue, dampening hopes of a 21-day truce proposed by France and the United States this week. "As long as Hezbollah chooses the path of war, Israel has no choice, and Israel has every right to remove this threat and return our citizens to ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-26 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday his government had not responded to a US-led push for a 21-day ceasefire in its campaign against Hezbollah. "It is an American-French proposal, which the prime minister has not even responded to," said a statement from Netanyahu's office, adding that he had ordered the army "to continue the ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-23 22:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanese people to move away from danger as the Israeli military pounded Hezbollah targets in the country's south and east on Monday. He asked the Lebanese citizens to “get out of harm's way now.” “Once our operation is finished, you can come back safely to your homes," Netanyahu said in a ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-22 15:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The global news channel Al Jazeera said that armed and masked Israeli forces raided its office in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Sunday and issued a 45-day closure order. It was the latest salvo in a long-running feud between the Arab broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, which has worsened during the war in ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-22 14:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had "landed a series of blows on Hezbollah" after a night of intense cross-border fire and attacks this week in Lebanon. "In recent days, we have landed a series of blows on Hezbollah that it could have never imagined. If Hezbollah did not get the message, I assure you it will ...
2024-09-18 20:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
As signs increasingly point towards an Israeli military operation against Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his intent on returning evacuated Israelis back to their homes north of Israel. "I’ve already said, we will return residents of the north safely to their homes," he says. "And that is exactly what we will ...
Malo Pinatel, 2024-09-17 11:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
In Lebanon, August 2024 was exceptionally intense, characterized by sweltering temperatures and escalating geopolitical tensions. The assassinations of Fouad Shokr in Beirut’s southern suburbs and Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran cast a month-long shadow of a potential regional war, with Lebanon once again at risk of becoming a battlefield. However, ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-14 21:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in a meeting of the security cabinet that it was only a matter of time before the war on the Israeli-Lebanese border expands, according to remarks reported on Saturday by Israel's Channel 13. “We are heading for a vast campaign of one intensity or another,” Netanyahu said in part. During the ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-05 10:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hamas on Thursday accused Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to "thwart" a Gaza truce deal after the Israeli Prime Minister said the Palestinian militant group has "rejected everything" in negotiations. The blame trading comes as Netanyahu faces pressure to seal a deal that would free remaining hostages after Israeli authorities announced on Sunday the ...
Mario Chartouni, 2024-09-03 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
For months now, general discontent with the government has been brewing within Israeli society. This Sunday, however, it seems to have reached a boiling point, as Arnon Bar-David, head of the Histadrut (Israel's largest trade union federation), has called for a general strike. So, what exactly is going on? What’s Behind the Strike? Following ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-02 21:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Monday that Israeli forces must retain control over the Philadelphi Corridor along the Egypt-Gaza border, vowing "not to give in to pressure" over the issue in Gaza ceasefire talks. "The achievement of the war's objectives goes through the Philadelphi Corridor," he said at a televised press ...