This Is Beirut, 2024-02-01 18:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Central Council member Sheikh Nabil Kaouk asserted on Thursday that "the resistance has the last word on the ground, as has always been the case." Speaking at a ceremony in memory of one of the party's fighters, he said that "pressures cannot change the situation," in response to the threats made by Israel against the pro-Iranian ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-01 11:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
As violence persists in Gaza on the 118th day of the Israel-Hamas war, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is due in Cairo on Thursday, February 1st, to discuss a proposed six-week truce. The leader of Hamas is due in Cairo on Thursday for talks on a proposed truce in Gaza as Israel keeps up its offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. Hamas was ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-31 18:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A source within the Palestinian militant group Hamas informed AFP on Wednesday that Hamas is currently reviewing plans for a three-stage truce with Israel. These plans envision a temporary halt to the Gaza war, to last several weeks. Hamas is reviewing plans for a three-stage truce with Israel, which foresee a weeks-long halt to the Gaza war, a ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-31 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Fighting persists in Khan Younis on the 117th day of the Israel-Hamas war. As the Israeli army continues to flood Hamas' tunnel networks, international calls to save UNRWA are growing. Israel's army began flooding Hamas' network of tunnels as intense fighting rages in Gaza, with the UN warning of the potential "collapse of the humanitarian ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-30 22:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In southern Gaza, Palestinians interred dozens of bodies in a mass grave on Tuesday after officials announced that Israel had returned remains it had previously exhumed from the territory. Gazans moved the bodies in blue plastic shrouds from a truck towards the newly dug mass grave east of Rafah, as witnessed by an AFP photographer. Health ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-30 17:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that the war in Gaza is not "a new round" with Hamas, and that Israel will not end the war without achieving its objectives. These, he said, were to eliminate Hamas, return the hostages and ensure that Gaza no longer posed a threat to Israel. With regard to reports of a possible hostage ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-30 15:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Fighting was still devastating Khan Younis on the 116th day of the war between Israel and Hamas, on Tuesday January 30. Meanwhile, the truce agreement drafted in Paris is reportedly being "studied" by the Palestinian movement controlling Gaza. Deadly fighting and bombardment rocked Gaza on Tuesday as international mediators pushed for a new ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-30 13:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
New Zealand halts funding to UNRWA on Tuesday, January 30, amid allegations of involvement with Hamas. Aid of around 1 million NZD is on hold. New Zealand announced on Tuesday that it was suspending funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), following accusations that some of its employees were involved in the Hamas attack on ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-30 10:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army's special forces carried out an operation in a Jenin hospital on Tuesday, January 30. Dressed as doctors, the soldiers killed three Palestinians. Undercover Israeli troops raided a West Bank hospital and shot dead three Palestinians early on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, while the Israeli army said that ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-29 22:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Rockets targeted United States and allied forces in Syria, on Monday, as confirmed by a US defense official. This incident occurred following the drone attack in Jordan, on Sunday, which resulted in the deaths of three US troops. United States and allied forces in Syria were targeted with rockets on Monday, a US defense official said, after three ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-29 21:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Qatar's Prime Minister stated on Monday that a framework for halting fighting in Gaza and securing the release of hostages will be conveyed to Hamas, following discussions with US, Israeli and Egyptian officials. A framework for a halt in fighting in Gaza and the release of hostages is to be relayed to Hamas, Qatar's Prime Minister said Monday ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-29 17:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The White House promised, on Monday, significant retaliation for the drone assault on a military base in Jordan, which resulted in the deaths of three American soldiers. President Joe Biden attributed responsibility to Iran-supported insurgents, signaling a forthcoming response. The White House on Monday vowed a "very consequential response" to a ...