par This Is Beirut, 28/09 17:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The UN refugee chief said Saturday that more than 50,000 people had fled to Syria amid escalating Israeli air strikes on Lebanon. "More than 50,000 Lebanese and Syrians living in Lebanon have now crossed into Syria fleeing Israeli air strikes," Filippo Grandi said on X. He added that "well over 200,000 people are displaced inside Lebanon." A ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 17:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell voiced regret Friday that no power, including the United States, can "stop" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he appears determined to crush militants in Gaza and Lebanon. "What we do is put all diplomatic pressure on a ceasefire, but nobody seems to be able to stop Netanyahu, neither in Gaza ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 17:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military announced, on Saturday, that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut the previous night. "Hassan Nasrallah is dead," military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani announced on X. Captain David Avraham, another military spokesman, also confirmed to AFP that the Hezbollah chief had ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 17:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel's army chief vowed on Saturday to "reach" anyone who threatens Israeli citizens, after the military said strikes in Beirut the previous day had killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. "This is not the end of our toolbox. The message is simple, anyone who threatens the citizens of Israel, we will know how to reach them," Lieutenant General ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 17:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei has released a statement in response to the ongoing strikes across Lebanon and the Beirut suburb of Dahieh, saying that Lebanon will make Israel "regret their actions". On Friday, Israel launched a large airstrike on the neighborhood that reportedly killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. In the statement ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 18:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
EU Recommends All Airlines Avoid Lebanese and Israeli Airspace Airlines should avoid Lebanese and Israeli airspace for the coming month, the European Union said Saturday, amid an escalation in air strikes and rocket fire between Israel and Hezbollah. The European Commission and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) warned in a statement ...
28/09 18:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon announced a new death toll on Saturday following Hezbollah’s declaration of solidarity with Gaza on October 8. The death toll now stands at 1,640, with the number of injured at 8,408. Among them, 11 were killed and 108 were wounded during the attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday night. The ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 21:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The language of concern and restraint streaming from global foreign ministries is failing to quell the fires of conflict in the Middle East, with the death Friday of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike bringing the region still closer to war. Israeli bombings in Lebanon and Hezbollah rocket launches have crescendoed, even as ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 21:19 - Reading : less than a minute
France on Saturday called on Israel to stop striking Lebanon, as the killing of the head of Hezbollah sparked fears of a widening war in the Middle East. Speaking with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Paris wanted "an immediate halt to Israeli strikes in Lebanon" and was "opposed to any ground ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/09 22:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel had "settled the score" with the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an air strike in Beirut. "We settled the score with the one responsible for the murder of countless Israelis and many citizens of other countries, including hundreds of Americans and dozens of French," he ...
par ici, This Is Beirut, 29/09 11:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The World Food Program (WFP) has launched an emergency operation to provide food aid to one million people affected by the recent escalation of the conflict in Lebanon, the UN agency announced on Sunday. The Rome-based WFP is “distributing food rations, bread, hot meals and parcels to families in camps across the country.” “A further ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/09 12:46 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army confirmed on Sunday the death of the vice-president of Hezbollah's executive council, Nabil Qaouk. “We have assassinated Nabil Qaouk, head of Hezbollah's preventive security unit,” the Israeli army radio reported. For the time being, Hezbollah has neither confirmed nor denied this news.
