par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-12 10:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Are there any conditions that Israel has demanded to prevent further escalation at the border? Diplomatic efforts are currently underway to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701, aimed at de-escalating clashes in southern Lebanon. Artillery exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah have persisted since October 8, 2023. However, what ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-11 21:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel reportedly used US-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an attack on southern Lebanon in October, injuring at least nine civilians. According to a Washington Post article published on Monday, remnants of three 155-millimeter artillery rounds were found in Dhayra, near the Israeli border, where four homes were burned and nine people ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-11 20:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli army resumed on Monday afternoon after a slight period of calm in the morning. In an exchange of artillery fire on both sides of the border, the mukhtar of Taybeh, Hussein Mansour, was killed by a shell that landed on the outskirts of the town’s border. The Israeli army also shelled the center of Kfar ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-11 15:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker wrote an article in the National Interest on December 9 comparing the July 2006 war in Lebanon to that in Gaza today. Former US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker drew a comparison between Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas and the ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-11 11:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Artillery exchange continued on Monday morning between Hezbollah and the Israeli Army in southern Lebanon. The latter announced that it had intercepted eight missiles from Lebanon, fired towards the western sector of the Galilee, where alarm sirens sounded early in the morning. Two of these missiles landed in an unpopulated area. In retaliation, ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-10 22:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In the most severe day of bombing since the beginning of the war on Gaza on October 7, Israel intensified its airstrikes on southern Lebanon Sunday, leading to extensive destruction and confirmed injuries. Residential areas in Aytaroun witnessed significant Israeli air raids that resulted in injuries and massive damage that evoked destruction in ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-10 17:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On the 65th day of the war in Gaza, and as the confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel enters its third month, footage of a neighborhood in Aytaroun in South Lebanon evokes destruction in Gaza. الغارات الاسرائيلية دمرت حياً كاملاً في بلدة #عيترون حيث سويت العديد من المنازل ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-09 21:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army intensified on Saturday afternoon in the border areas of southern Lebanon. In the evening, an Israeli shell hit a watchtower for the Spanish battalion in UNIFIL in Ebel al-Qamh. Hezbollah issued several statements claiming responsibility for attacks on various Israeli targets, including ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-09 13:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli bombardment on the southern Lebanese border continued on Saturday after a violent night. Two violent raids targeted Aita el-Shaab during the night, destroying homes and raising fears of loss of life. Residents were still searching for survivors under the rubble on Saturday. Artillery shells targeted the area of Kfarchouba from the ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-07 21:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Intense urban combat persisted in and around Gaza's largest cities on Thursday, as the deadliest conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas entered its third month. Heavy urban combat raged in and around Gaza's biggest cities on Thursday, as the bloodiest-ever war between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas entered its third month ...
par Samar Kadi, 2023-12-06 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Hamas’ Lebanon branch has been going out of its way to “clear up” what it called “the misunderstanding” provoked by its announcement on Monday, December 4, of the establishment of the “al-Aqsa Flood Vanguards.” “We want to clarify the confusion and misunderstanding that the statement has caused. We want to assure the Lebanese that ...
par Assaad Bechara, 2023-12-06 14:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hamas’ announcement in Lebanon regarding the formation of the "Vanguards of the Al-Aqsa Flood" didn’t come as a surprise to observers. Hamas shares a political, security and military operations room with Hezbollah, and some of its key figures are based in Beirut in order to coordinate with the so-called Axis of Moumanaa (Iran and its allies) ...