This Is Beirut, 2024-06-09 19:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A day after Israeli special forces rescued four hostages from Gaza, Palestinians recounted their panic during the intense gun battles and explosions that rocked the area and reduced buildings to rubble. While Israelis have rejoiced at the safe return of the four captives, officials in Gaza decried a "massacre" in which they said 274 people were ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-08 22:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Anti-government demonstrators are assembling at Democracy Square in Tel Aviv for their weekly gathering on June 8, 2024. Their demands include early elections, the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and a resolution for the release of hostages held by Hamas. [caption id="attachment_262237" align="aligncenter" width="1080"] ...
Rayan Chami, 2024-06-08 21:45 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This Is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for June 8, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-08 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Israeli military said Saturday its troops had rescued four Israeli hostages alive from Gaza after a "complex daytime operation." "Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40), were kidnapped by the Hamas terrorist organization from the Nova music festival on October 7," the military said in a statement, ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-06 21:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said Thursday that US President Joe Biden's proposed Gaza ceasefire deal was "just words," and that the Palestinian militant group had not received any written commitments related to a truce. On the other hand, Egyptian State-linked al-Qahera News reported, citing a high-level source, that they have received ...
Lyne Sammouri, 2024-06-05 21:46 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for June 5, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-05 20:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Egypt's intelligence chief Abbas Kamel met with Hamas members in Doha Wednesday for talks on a Gaza truce, a source with knowledge of negotiations told AFP. The lead mediators met with the Palestinian militant group to "discuss a deal for a truce in Gaza and the exchange of hostages and ...
Lyne Sammouri, 2024-06-05 12:04 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Ceasefire Gaza Hamas The Media Glossary Truce
A plan that could put an end to hostilities in Gaza. What is the three-phase ceasefire plan? Who proposed it? Who is in favor of it? What are its three phases?
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-04 23:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Slovenia's parliament on Tuesday passed a decree recognizing a Palestinian state, pushing ahead with a vote in defiance of an opposition motion to derail it. Fifty-two members of the 90-member parliament voted in favor of the government-sponsored decree to recognize a Palestinian state. The vote followed a similar move by three other European ...
Lyne Sammouri, 2024-06-04 22:37 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for June 4, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-03 23:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army on Monday announced the deaths of four hostages in the Gaza Strip, following their abduction by Hamas during the militants' attack on October 7. "(Israeli army) representatives have informed the families of Chaim Perry, Yoram Metzger, Amiram Cooper and Nadav Popplewell, who were brutally abducted to the Gaza Strip on October 7, ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-03 22:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel has shown willingness to agree to a ceasefire and hostage release deal set out by US President Joe Biden, and it is up to Hamas to make a move, a top White House official said on Monday. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's comments came despite growing doubts over the plan, which Biden described as an Israeli initiative, but has seen ...