par Rayan Chami, 09/09 21:01 - Reading : less than a minute
Palestine Hamas Hezbollah Israel
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for September 9th, 2024.
par Philippe Abi-Akl, 10/09 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
As Washington and other global actors push for a ceasefire in Gaza, striving to broker a deal between Israel and Hamas amid the devastating conflict that has claimed over 40,000 lives so far, tensions between Israel and Lebanon are dangerously close to escalating. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed his threat of military ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/09 10:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Israeli drone targeted a car on Tuesday morning in the vicinity of the town of Saghbine on the road to Machghara in Western Bekaa. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, this strike killed one person and injured two others. On Tuesday morning, heavy Israeli shelling was observed in Khiam following the launch of an unexploded missile by ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/09 16:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli strikes continued early on Tuesday afternoon. An Israeli drone launched three missiles at a five-story building in the Kssar al-Zaatar neighborhood of Nabatiyeh, near the Serail. According to reports from the Lebanese Ministry of Health, this attack resulted in twelve injuries. Rescue and Civil Defense teams were promptly dispatched to ...
11/09 19:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel bombed a school housing displaced Palestinians in central Gaza on Wednesday, which rescuers said killed 18 people, including UN staffers, while the Israeli army said it hit a Hamas control centre. The Al-Jawni school in Nuseirat had already been bombed several times over the course of the 11-month war in Gaza. The latest strike on ...
par Bassam Abou Zeid, 12/09 15:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
From now until the US elections on November 5, all eyes will be on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who may decide to expand military operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, coinciding with the first anniversary of the "Al-Aqsa Flood" attack on October 7. Information from the US capital indicates that the Israeli army has ...
12/09 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Palestine Israel
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday for the protection of aid workers after UN staffers were killed in Gaza. He argued that a US-backed ceasefire was the best way to ensure their safety. "We need to see humanitarian sites protected, and that's something that we continue to raise with Israel," Blinken told reporters during a ...
12/09 19:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel announced on Thursday that it is revoking the press credentials of Al Jazeera journalists working in the country, four months after shutting down the Qatari television network. "The Government Press Office (GPO) is revoking the (press) cards of Al Jazeera journalists working in Israel," it said in a statement. "This is a media outlet that ...
par This Is Beirut, 13/09 11:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tensions between Hezbollah and Israel continue to escalate along the Lebanon-Israel border. Israeli warplanes have carried out airstrikes since the morning, targeting various locations such as Bint Jbeil, the outskirts of Alma al-Shaab, Dhayra and al-Salhani. In a separate incident, an Israeli Merkava tank fired two direct shells at the vicinity ...
13/09 18:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ministers from Muslim and European countries along with the European Union's foreign affairs chief gathered Friday in Madrid to discuss how to advance a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "Together, we want to identify the concrete actions that will enable us to make progress towards this objective," Spanish Prime Minister ...
par This Is Beirut, 13/09 19:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
One person was killed and seven others were injured, including four children, in an Israeli drone attack targeting a residential apartment in Al-Ahmadiya, West Bekaa, on Friday, according to the Ministry of Public Health Emergency Operations. The Israeli army had previously stated “working intensively on the northern front (with Lebanon) during ...
13/09 20:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday one of its employees was killed this week during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, the first such death in more than a decade. The agency said the employee was "shot and killed on the roof of his home by a sniper", and that it was "the first time an UNRWA staff member has been killed in ...
