War Diary: Day 165
par Tylia El Helou, 19/03 21:05 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 19th, 2024.
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Editorial – Israel’s Right and Hamas: 'Endangered by Peace'
par Michel Touma, 20/03 13:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Since antiquity, a myth has existed in physics, entirely chimerical and unattainable, known as "perpetual motion," which would entail motion lasting indefinitely without external input. If we transpose this purely theoretical notion to our present-day reality, it becomes evident that certain political players influencing the geopolitics of the ...
Blinken Begins Mideast Tour as Israel Presses Al-Shifa Raid
par This Is Beirut, 20/03 18:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived on Wednesday in the Middle East, to strengthen endeavors for a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict, while Israeli forces continued their raid on the largest hospital in the territory. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken touched down Wednesday in the Middle East to bolster efforts for a truce in ...
War Diary: Day 166
par Chelsea Al Arif, 20/03 22:12 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 20th, 2024.
Senate Democrats Call on Biden to Push for Palestinian State
par This Is Beirut, 20/03 23:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Over one-third of the Democratic members of the US Senate urged President Joe Biden's administration to pursue "bold" measures towards the establishment of a Palestinian state, marking the latest instance of resistance against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. More than a third of the US Senate's Democrats called on President Joe Biden's ...
Israel Strikes Senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad Militant
par This Is Beirut, 20/03 23:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli strike on Wednesday killed three Palestinians in a car in the occupied West Bank, including a senior Islamic Jihad militant, the Palestinian health ministry said. AFP journalists saw a crowd gathered around the charred remains of a vehicle and blood on the pavement in the northern West Bank city of Jenin after the army said "an ...
War Diary: Day 167
par Tylia El Helou, 21/03 22:55 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 21st, 2024.
Gaza: Israeli Forces Will Continue their Operation at Al-Shifa
par This Is Beirut, 23/03 20:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A top Israeli commander has said troops will continue their operation at Gaza's largest hospital Al-Shifa until the last militant is «in their hands». Israeli forces launched the operation in and around Al-Shifa hospital on Monday, saying senior Hamas operatives were based at the sprawling compound. Days of heavy fighting have followed, with ...
Red Crescent Says Israeli Army Besieged Two Additional Gaza Hospitals
par This Is Beirut, 24/03 20:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Palestinian Red Crescent said on Sunday that Israeli forces were besieging two hospitals in southern Gaza, days after the Army began targeting Hamas in and around the territory's biggest medical center. Israel has mounted several raids at and near hospitals in Gaza since the war began last October, claiming that fighters are operating in ...
War Diary: Day 170
par Tylia El Helou, 24/03 20:19 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 24th, 2024.
Macron Warns Israel Over Any Rafah Forced Population Transfer
par This Is Beirut, 24/03 21:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that any forced transfer of people from the southern Gaza city of Rafah would constitute "a war crime." And he repeated his opposition to any Israeli military operation to fight Hamas in Rafah, where most of Gaza's population has taken shelter after months ...
Christians Attend Palm Sunday Mass in Gaza
par This Is Beirut, 24/03 22:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The faithful walked slowly in a procession past the stone facade of Gaza's only Catholic church on Palm Sunday, gathering to pray for peace as war raged around them. Holy Family Church's tranquil courtyard, filled with dozens of children and older people, belied the humanitarian crisis happening beyond its gates in Gaza City. Inside the church, ...
