This is Beirut, 04/05 10:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel's defense minister threatened on Sunday a forceful response to a missile fired from Yemen that the army said impacted near the country's main international airport. "Anyone who hits us, we will hit them seven times stronger," Israel Katz said in a statement. A missile launched from Yemen struck near Israel's main ...
This is Beirut, 04/05 04:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israel was issuing orders to call up tens of thousands of reservists ahead of an expanded offensive in Gaza, Israeli media reported Saturday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked truce mediator Qatar. Several news outlets reported the military had begun sending the orders for reservists to replace conscripts and active-duty soldiers in ...
This is Beirut, 03/05 22:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Hamas on Saturday released footage of an apparently injured Israeli-Russian hostage held in Gaza as 11 Palestinians, including three infants, were killed in a strike on the territory, its civil defense agency said. Israel resumed major operations across Gaza on March 18 amid deadlock over how to proceed with a two-month ceasefire that had largely ...
This Is Beirut, 03/05 18:25 - Reading : less than a minute
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An Israeli drone launched two bombs targeting the outskirts of the towns of Markaba and Tallousseh, located in the caza of Marjeyoun, South Lebanon, on Saturday afternoon. In the late afternoon, an Israeli drone fired two guided missiles at a car in the village of Qabrikha, within the same caza. Another Israeli drone carried out a targeted ...
This is Beirut, 03/05 18:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem announced that his party is currently conducting a comprehensive evaluation encompassing security, military, political, and cultural domains, aiming to review its performance and draw lessons from recent developments. In an interview with Majallat Iqtidar magazine on Saturday, he stated that "Hezbollah is ...
This is Beirut, 03/05 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Yemen's internationally recognised government named finance minister Salem bin Buraik as its new prime minister on Saturday, after his predecessor quit saying he was unable to fully exercise his powers. Outgoing premier Ahmed Bin Mubarak had disputed for months with Rashad al-Alimi, who heads the Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council, ...
This is Beirut, 03/05 17:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Officials of a small Palestinian militant group that was close to ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad said their leader was arrested Saturday by the country's new Islamist-led authorities. The arrest of the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) came after the armed wing of another Palestinian ...
This is Beirut, 03/05 15:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen on Saturday urged Israel to immediately stop its attacks on Syria, after strikes including one near Damascus's presidential palace, which followed sectarian violence this week. Fresh overnight strikes were reported, coming as Israel has repeatedly said its forces were ready to protect the Druze ...
This is Beirut, 03/05 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said Saturday that an overnight Israeli strike on the Khan Yunis refugee camp killed at least 11 people, including three babies up to a year old. Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal reported 11 killed "after the bombardment of the Al-Bayram family home in the Khan Yunis camp" in southern Gaza at around 3:00 am (0000 ...
This Is Beirut, 03/05 10:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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During Israel’s 77th Independence Day torch-lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl last Wednesday, three masked Mossad operatives identified only by the initials “R,” “D” and “N” appeared publicly for the first time. Israeli media reported that these individuals led the covert “Killer Pager Operation” targeting Hezbollah members in ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 03/05 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Lebanese authorities—through the Higher Defense Council—have initiated a confrontation with the Palestinian movement Hamas, following the latter’s involvement in supporting Gaza from Lebanese territory under the full sponsorship of Hezbollah. While Lebanon has yet to address Hezbollah’s own weapons arsenal, it appears to be using the ...
This is Beirut, 03/05 02:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel launched more than 20 air strikes inside Syria late Friday, a war monitor said, following up an attack near the presidential palace in Damascus which was condemned as a "dangerous escalation" by the country's Islamist rulers. The strikes came amid Israeli warnings to the Damascus government not to harm the Druze minority, ...