This Is Beirut, 2024-01-02 16:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel launched pre-dawn airstrikes near the Syrian capital on Tuesday at a time of heightened regional tensions over the Gaza war, according to Syria's official news agency SANA, citing a military source. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in Britain, reported that Israel targeted a military position, also housing members of ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-02 11:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The US aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which was deployed to the eastern Mediterranean after the deadly attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7, will return to the United States “in the coming days,” the Navy announced on Monday. Sent to “contribute to our regional deterrence and defense posture,” the carrier will “redeploy to its ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-02 10:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Explosions and rocket attacks shook the entire Gaza Strip throughout the night into Tuesday, January 2, following a warning from the Israeli army that its conflict with Hamas in the region will continue until 2024. Nearly three months of fighting have resulted in almost 22,000 casualties in Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, causing ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-01 18:42 - Reading : less than a minute
Two dozen people were killed overnight in Israeli strikes in Gaza after Hamas fired a barrage of rockets towards Israel at midnight.
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-01 17:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Tasnim news agency on Monday, reported that the Alborz warship from Iran has navigated into the Red Sea via the strategically significant Bab el-Mandeb strait. This comes amid increased tensions surrounding the globally crucial waterway. Iran's Alborz warship has entered the Red Sea through the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait, Tasnim news ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-01 11:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The conflict in Gaza escalated into the new year, with Hamas launching rockets at Israel. In Gaza, overnight strikes killed at least 24 people, contributing to a total death toll of 21,822, mostly women and children. The war in Gaza continued into the new year on Monday, with Hamas firing a barrage of rockets at Israel just as the clock struck ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-01 10:23 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli Army has reported the loss of 30 soldiers due to accidents or friendly fire incidents since October 7, as detailed in an official statement cited by Haaretz. According to information from The Jerusalem Post, this somber tally includes 18 fatalities resulting from “friendly fire,” two from “exceptional fire incidents,” and nine ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-31 19:20 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The situation in Gaza continued to deteriorate on Sunday, December 31st, as the world prepares for New Year's celebrations. On a regional scale, tensions are sharply escalating in Iraq, Syria and the Red Sea. Israeli strikes pounded Gaza on Sunday as both sides near the end of a dark year, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the war ...
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, ...
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 ...