This Is Beirut, 2024-09-28 23:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
As word of Hassan Nasrallah's death filtered out on the streets of Beirut, supporters who had been forced to flee Hezbollah's stronghold in the Lebanese capital refused to believe the news. "They are lying," said one woman on the back of a motorbike. "Sayyed is well," she said, referring to the Hezbollah leader, who enjoyed cult status among ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-28 22:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel had "settled the score" with the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an air strike in Beirut. "We settled the score with the one responsible for the murder of countless Israelis and many citizens of other countries, including hundreds of Americans and dozens of French," he ...
Cian ward, 2024-09-28 18:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On Friday, in the space of seconds, Israel released around 10 tons of high-explosives on Beirut, in a huge airstrike that leveled a city block in Dahieh, reportedly destroying 8 buildings and killing Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah. Israeli airstrikes are ongoing against targets across Lebanon. In Beirut, they have been largely located ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-28 17:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military announced, on Saturday, that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut the previous night. "Hassan Nasrallah is dead," military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani announced on X. Captain David Avraham, another military spokesman, also confirmed to AFP that the Hezbollah chief had ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-28 15:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Following Hezbollah's announcement of the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, declarations multiplied around the world. Israel The Israeli military said on Saturday that the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, one of its "greatest enemies," made the world safer, but that the group's remaining senior members would still be ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-28 12:31 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A central figure in the Lebanese political landscape and Hezbollah's Secretary General since 1992, Hassan Nasrallah was born on August 31, 1960 in the Chrarchbouk district, near Quarantina. Born into a modest family hailing from the South Lebanese village of Bazouriyé, he was the eldest of nine siblings. After the outbreak of the Lebanese civil ...
Marc Saikali, 2024-09-24 17:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
"You can go back to your homes..." This brief statement from Hezbollah's Secretary General, following his organization’s "response" to the assassination of Fouad Shokr, raises questions. How could he say such words? On Monday, Israeli bombings claimed nearly 558 lives—a horrifying toll, almost half of the total number of casualties from the ...
2024-09-23 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The United States mediation seems ineffective, and the war is bogging down. Radicalization is continuing on both sides, and the chances of working arrangements are receding by the day. Hamas is not interested in the projected trade-off, and the Israelis, despite their fractured political landscape, are unwilling to consider any political and ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-09-19 21:14 - Reading : less than a minute
Commenting on Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's speech, Yoav Gallant, Israel’s Defense Minister, threatened that “Hezbollah will pay an increasing price as time goes by.” “Our goal is to ensure the safe return of Israel’s northern communities to their homes,” stated Gallant in a statement following Nasrallah's speech, which ...
2024-08-27 18:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
In his speech on Sunday evening, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah stated that the "primary target of the operation" conducted by his group was "the Glilot base, the main Israeli military intelligence base." This facility, located 110 kilometers from the Lebanese border, is home to Unit 8200, the technological wing of the Israeli military. In ...
Joanne Naoum, 2024-08-27 16:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In his latest speech, Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah called on the Lebanese to “rest” and “go back to their homes,” in southern Lebanon, announcing that revenge for the killing of top Hezbollah commander Fouad Shokr in an Israeli strike in Beirut’s Southern suburb had been “accomplished.” But incessant cross-border ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-08-26 18:32 - Reading : 11 minute(s)
Flights to Beirut will resume on Tuesday following a speech by Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday. Nasrallah announced that the retaliation against Israel had been "accomplished," which appears to have reassured airlines. Sunday's Hezbollah attack on Israel was part of the "response" to the murder of Hezbollah executive Fouad ...