This is Beirut, 02/09 05:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defence agency said on Tuesday that Israeli strikes on an apartment and a residential building killed 13 people overnight. Spokesman Mahmud Bassal said in a statement to AFP that Israeli warplanes hit the top floor of a residential building in southwestern Gaza City, killing 10 people. Bassal said Israeli helicopters also struck ...
This is Beirut, 31/08 18:15 - Reading : less than a minute
The Chief of Staff of the Israeli army, Eyal Zamir, vowed Sunday to target Hamas leaders abroad after the military killed Abu Obeida, spokesman for the group's military wing, in Gaza the day before. "In the Gaza Strip, yesterday we struck one of Hamas's senior leaders, Abu Obeida. This is not the end; most of Hamas's leadership is abroad, and we ...
This is Beirut, 31/08 16:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel's defense minister said on Sunday that the army had killed Abu Obeida, spokesman for the armed wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas, a day after a strike that targeted him. "Hamas terror spokesperson Abu Obeida was eliminated in Gaza," Minister Israel Katz said in a post on X, congratulating Israeli security forces "for the flawless ...
This is Beirut, 31/08 12:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hamas Gaza Israel Mohammad Sinwar
Hamas on Sunday confirmed the death of Mohammed Sinwar, its presumed leader in Gaza, more than three months after Israel said it had killed him in an air strike. Pictures released by the Palestinian Islamist group on Saturday showed him alongside other political and military leaders, described as "martyrs of the military ...
This is Beirut, 30/08 20:35 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli military has targeted a building in Gaza where Abu Obeida, spokesperson for Hamas' Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, was reportedly located, Israeli media announced on Saturday evening. The military confirmed the attack but did not disclose its target and did not clarify whether its was killed or survived. According to media reports, Abu ...
This is Beirut, 30/08 14:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The head of the international Red Cross on Saturday denounced Israel's plans for a mass evacuation of Gaza City ahead of a military takeover, insisting there was no way it could be done safely. "It is impossible that a mass evacuation of Gaza City could ever be done in a way that is safe and dignified under the current conditions," International ...
This is Beirut, 30/08 09:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gaza City witnessed intense fighting in the Zeitoun neighborhood in recent hours, with reports that four Israeli soldiers went missing and two were killed in an ambush carried out by Hamas’s armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, according to Saudi TV, Al Hadath. Israeli journalists on social media reported a series of “difficult” ...
This is Beirut, 29/08 13:38 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Israeli military declared Gaza City "a dangerous combat zone" on Friday, as it prepared to conquer the Palestinian territory's largest city after almost two years of devastating war. Israel is under mounting pressure at home and abroad to end its offensive in Gaza, where the vast majority of the population has been displaced at ...
This is Beirut, 27/08 22:54 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump prepared to host a White House meeting on post-war plans for the shattered Palestinian territory. Israel is under mounting pressure both at home and abroad to end its almost two-year campaign in Gaza, where the United Nations has declared a ...
This is Beirut, 27/08 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel on Wednesday called on the UN-backed hunger monitor, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative (IPC), to immediately retract a report that determined that famine was present in parts of Gaza. "Israel demands that the IPC immediately retract its fabricated report and publish a notice," the director general of ...
This is Beirut, 27/08 13:04 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Gaza Steve Witkoff
The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump prepared to host a White House meeting on post-war plans for the shattered Palestinian territory. Israel is under mounting pressure both at home and abroad to end its almost two-year campaign in Gaza, where the military is preparing to conquer the ...
This is Beirut, 26/08 17:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Catholicism Greek Orthodox Gaza Gaza
Catholic and Greek Orthodox priests and nuns will remain in Gaza City despite Israel's plan for a military takeover, the religious communities said in a joint statement on Tuesday. "At the time of this statement, evacuation orders were already in place for several neighborhoods in Gaza City. Reports of heavy bombardment continue to be ...