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Biden Urges Netanyahu to Reach a Gaza Ceasefire Deal

par This Is Beirut, 22/08 04:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Joe Biden on Wednesday pushed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas as talks on a truce faltered. The US and Israeli leaders spoke hours after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended a tour of the Middle East aimed at reaching an accord as tensions rise in the region. In a statement on ...

Once-Eradicated Polio Haunts a War-Torn Gaza

par This Is Beirut, 22/08 12:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Palestine Israel

Gaza's first polio case in 25 years has sparked a challenging vaccination campaign amid ongoing conflict, with UN agencies preparing to vaccinate 640,000 children despite severe logistical obstacles. The Gaza Strip's first recorded polio case in 25 years has health workers and aid agencies grappling with the steep obstacles to conducting mass ...

Southern Front: Phosphorus Shells, Fires, and Hezb Retaliation

par This Is Beirut, 22/08 19:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The southern front was cautiously calm on Thursday afternoon, following heavy Israeli bombardment from dawn onward. [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/283981"] Late in the day, a large fire broke out in Wadi Hamoul, on the outskirts of Naqoura in the caza of Tyre, and forest fires flared up in Yaroun after the Israeli Army fired ...

3 Questions for General Maroun Hitti: 'Wars Begin When You Will, but Do Not End When You Please'

par Yara Germany, 23/08 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Hezbollah Israel

Since the beginning of the confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon, Israeli strikes have increasingly targeted deeper into Lebanese territory, reaching the Beirut southern suburbs and even the Bekaa Valley. Amid growing concerns about these developments and the possibility that the attacks may herald a new phase in the war, ...

Hamas Sends Delegation to Cairo, but Won't Attend Truce Talks

par This Is Beirut, 24/08 12:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A senior Hamas official said the Palestinian militant group was sending a delegation to Cairo on Saturday but that they would not attend Gaza ceasefire talks in the Egyptian capital. Egypt, Qatar, and the United States have for months tried to reach a deal to end more than 10 months of war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas. "The ...

Netanyahu Insists on Keeping Philadelphi Corridor

par This Is Beirut, 24/08 15:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Israel

A source who has close knowledge of the ongoing ceasefire negotiations in Cairo stated that Israeli negotiators and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are at odds over the latter's demand for Israel to keep the so-called Philadelphi Corridor, located in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Two major issues in negotiations supported by Egypt, Qatar ...

UN Peacekeepers Caught in South Lebanon Crossfire

par This Is Beirut, 24/08 16:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Hezbollah Israel

On the deserted border between Lebanon and Israel, Spanish United Nations peacekeepers have for more than 10 months effectively been caught in a war zone. Several Blue Helmets have been wounded in the crossfire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, which has also left dozens of Lebanese civilians dead as a result of the war between ...

Top US General Makes Unannounced Middle East Trip

par This Is Beirut, 24/08 16:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Palestine Israel

A top United States general began an unannounced visit to the Middle East on Saturday to discuss ways to avoid any new escalation in tensions that could spiral into a broader conflict, as the region braces for a threatened Iranian attack against Israel. Air Force General Charles Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, began his trip in ...

War Diary: Day 323

par Hala Abdallah, 24/08 20:47 - Reading : less than a minute

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From #Gaza to #Lebanon, #ThisisBeirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for August 24, 2024.

Two Hezbollah Combatants Killed in Israel's "Preemptive" Strike

par This Is Beirut, 25/08 07:41 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Hezbollah Israel

Hezbollah announced that two of its combatants were killed in a spate of air raids in south Lebanon at dawn Sunday, which Israel described as a preemptive operation against the Iranian-backed party. Israel claimed that the attack followed intelligence information that Hezbollah was preparing to launch a large-scale missile offensive on targets ...

Israel’s Netanyahu Warns Strikes in Lebanon ‘Not the Final Word'

par This Is Beirut, 25/08 16:51 - Reading : less than a minute

Hezbollah Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Sunday's strikes in Lebanon were "not the final word" in his country's military campaign against Lebanese armed group Hezbollah."We are striking Hezbollah with surprising, crushing blows... This is another step towards changing the situation in the north and safely returning our residents to ...

Southern Front: Calls for De-Escalation Following Sunday's Alarming Flare-Up

par This Is Beirut, 25/08 18:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Hezbollah Israel

The flare-up of violence across the Blue Line on Sunday morning, with Israel carrying out dozens of airstrikes on South Lebanon and Hezbollah targeting Israeli territory with 320 missiles, drew local and international calls for de-escalation and restraint. The head of the Kataeb party, Sami Gemayel, considered that the continuous tit-for-tat ...

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