par This Is Beirut, 07/01 15:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Benny Gantz Hezbollah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a war council meeting on Sunday that the current war will not end until all the objectives have been achieved, as reported by the Israeli media Haaretz. These objectives include the elimination of Hamas, the return of all Israeli hostages and a guarantee that Gaza will no longer represent a threat to ...
par This Is Beirut, 07/01 18:26 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Beirut Airport Hackers Hezbollah
The situation at Beirut International Airport is back to normal on Sunday evening, following the hacking of the Departure and Arrival Screens that displayed an anti-Hezbollah message and lasted for one hour. According to sources close to This Is Beirut, three people were arrested by authorities for suspected involvement. At around 5 PM local ...
07/01 21:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Following Hezbollah’s attack yesterday on the Israeli Miron military base, Israeli media confirmed on Sunday that the attack caused “significant damage.” Hezbollah launched 62 rockets on Saturday as a response to the killing of Hamas’s deputy leader, Saleh al-Arouri. [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/213936"] On Sunday, ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/01 09:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Gebran Bassil Hezbollah Lebanese Forces
An Opposition MP described the alliance between the Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah as one purely based on necessity and interest, even though it is often weakened when important deadlines approach. "Hezbollah puts its interests ahead of those of its ally," he said. A Lebanese Forces MP also described this alliance as "a marriage of ...
par Charles Chartouni, 08/01 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The tangled nature and ramifications of the Gaza war convey the larger picture of a deadlocked region living through harrowing and open-ended conflicts. The unresolved conflicts have become hallmarks and permanent fixtures in a Middle East that failed to address its endemic instabilities, systemic entropies and inability to build working Statehood ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/01 14:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions remained high on Monday morning on the southern front where a missile hit a car in the area of Khirbet Selm in the Bint Jbeil district, killing senior Hezbollah commander Wissam Tawil. Tawil, who also went by the nom de guerre Hajj Jawad, is the most senior member of the pro-Iranian group to be killed in an Israeli strike since ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/01 18:03 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati affirmed on Monday that he is working on a “diplomatic solution to the situation in the South, which might be associated with halting the aggression on Gaza.” In an interview with journalist Mona Saliba on Al-Hurra, Mikati emphasized that what is required is “reviving and implementing the ceasefire ...
par Bassam Abou Zeid, 09/01 07:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Amos Hochstein Hezbollah Israel
Lebanon is stuck in the limbo of war and peace as the United States endeavors to spare it and Israel the catastrophes of a full-fledged war. The Lebanese central authority holds Israel accountable to justify its incapacity to impose peace and stability in Lebanon, but the Americans and Europeans are adamant: Hezbollah is responsible for the ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/01 09:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Well-informed sources in Saida have revealed that MP Oussama Saad, who previously participated in elections outside the Hezbollah lists as part of a Saida alliance, has decided to break with his allies and move into the ranks of independent MPs. Saad is thus positioning himself against the opposition and loyalists, considering them to be part of ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/01 12:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
airport Bassam Mawlawi BEIRUT Fadi El-Hassan Hezbollah
Caretaker Minister of Interior Bassam Mawlawi conducted an inspection tour on Tuesday at the Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut to assess the functioning of the inspection systems. He assured that a French company is assisting them to "ensure that the system is working properly again," and revealed that the breach is most likely ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/01 14:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah announced on Tuesday the targeting of the northern region command headquarters of the Israeli army in the city of Safed (Dado barracks, 12 kilometers from the border) with several explosive-laden drones. This is the deepest location targeted by Hezbollah since October 8. The attack was done in retaliation to Israel’s killing of Hamas' ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/01 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea firmly rejected an alleged plan by the Iran-backed Moumanaa axis to use the presidency as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Western envoys. "At this stage, we utterly reject the election of a symbolic president, who lacks the required attributes for the presidential position, as part of a regional ...
