This Is Beirut, 2023-12-31 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel is ready to allow ships to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip as part of a proposed sea corridor from Cyprus, announced Israel's Foreign Minister on Sunday, as cited by Reuters. “It can start immediately,” Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said to Tel Aviv radio station 103 FM, as reported by Reuters. Additionally, Cohen explained that Britain, ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-31 16:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli government approved the appointment of a new foreign minister to replace Eli Cohen on Sunday as part of a pre-arranged reshuffle. Israel Katz, the current energy minister, will exchange positions with Cohen in a ministerial rotation, pending parliamentary approval. Cohen will retain his position as a member of the security cabinet, ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-30 22:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The war between Israel and Hamas, which entered its 85th day on Sunday, was triggered by a bloody and unprecedented attack perpetrated by the Palestinian Islamist movement on Israeli soil from the Gaza Strip on October 7. Some 1,140 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack, according to an AFP count based on the latest Israeli figures, ...
Chelsea Al Arif, 2023-12-30 20:45 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for December 30, 2023.
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-30 13:33 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The displaced Palestinians are exhausted, as the never-ending war enters its 13th week. As international mediation continues, Gazans hope to see an end to this war, by the new year. Fighting raged on Saturday in the Gaza Strip, where displaced Palestinians found themselves "exhausted" by the relentless Israeli army offensive against Hamas in the ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-29 22:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gaza Hamas HEALTH Humanitarian crisis
In a post on social network X, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of the "growing threat of infectious diseases" in the Gaza Strip. He said that WHO staff on the ground were working daily on controlling and monitoring these infections. The WHO chief said on Friday that he was "very concerned" about the growing threat posed by ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-29 20:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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On Thursday evening, an Israeli strike on Damascus International Airport killed eleven leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the Saudi TV channel Al-Hadath. This information was denied by the spokesman of the IRGC. Eleven leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed in an air strike targeting ...
Tylia El Helou, 2023-12-29 20:12 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for December 29, 2023.
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-29 20:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A convoy of humanitarian aid from the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees was attacked by Israel in Gaza. The UN denounces the conditions under which humanitarian aid is delivered, which contravene international law. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday that the Israeli army had fired on one of its aid convoys in the Gaza ...
Alissar Boulos, 2023-12-29 18:59 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening and welcome to The Intelligent Recap. It is Friday, December 29 and the 84th day of the war in Gaza. It is also the last episode for 2023. In tonight’s news, the main focus, locally, remains the situation at the Lebanese southern border. We will also take a look at other Lebanese news including the strike in private ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-29 17:38 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Cairo Gaza Hamas Israel-Hamas Truce
Israeli bombardments continued to batter the Gaza Strip on Friday, December 29, while a Hamas delegation was expected in Cairo to discuss an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire. According to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), around 100 thousand Gazan refugees have recently reached Rafah, on the border with Egypt. Israel ...
Lyne Sammouri, 2023-12-28 21:13 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for December 28, 2023.