par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-08 18:32 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The United States on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have called for an immediate ceasefire in the intense fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The United States' deputy representative at the UN, Robert Wood, said the resolution was "divorced from reality" and "would have not moved the needle forward on the ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-08 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Four pro-Hezbollah fighters were killed on Friday in an Israeli drone strike on their car in the south of Syria, a war monitor said. The four fighters "working on behalf of Hezbollah" were killed in Madinat al-Baath town in the province of Quneitra, close to the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights head Rami ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-08 13:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The UN Security Council, under pressure from Secretary-General António Guterres, will vote on an immediate ceasefire in Gaza Friday. The outcome of the session is uncertain amid Israel's relentless bombardment, severe restrictions on essentials items, and escalating violence in Gaza and the West Bank. The UN Security Council will meet on Friday ...
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A multi-rocket attack targeted the US Embassy in the well-guarded Green Zone in Baghdad Friday, December 8, amid escalating regional tensions linked to the raging war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported. Salvos of rockets targeted the US embassy in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone early Friday, ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-07 22:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on 13 individuals and entities alleged to have provided financial support to Yemen's Houthi rebels. The rebels are currently launching missiles at Israel and targeting commercial ships linked to Israel in the Red Sea. The United States on Thursday leveled sanctions on 13 individuals and entities ...
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 This Is Beirut, 2023-12-07 15:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced on Thursday that "the Lebanese government will take all necessary measures to include the reports" published by Reuters and AFP agencies about the Israeli attacks on journalists in South Lebanon on October 13 in the complaint filed against Tel Aviv with the United Nations Security Council. On ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-07 13:23 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are urging a “war crime” investigation into an Israeli strike in Lebanon that killed journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six others, including AFP photographer Christina Assi. AFP and Reuters investigations reached the same conclusions. The Israeli strike that killed one journalist ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-07 11:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Israel and Egypt to allow journalists to move freely across the Rafah crossing. During the two-month Israel-Hamas conflict, no reporters were authorized to enter Gaza via Rafah, RSF said. Media rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Israeli and Egyptian authorities on Thursday to allow journalists ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-06 23:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israeli forces clashed on Wednesday with Hamas militants in Gaza's main southern city, while the UN warned of an imminent complete breakdown in public order. This comes after nearly two months of war triggered by deadly attacks on Israel. Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in Gaza's main southern city on Wednesday, as the UN warned a complete ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-06 23:16 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In a recent resumption of hostilities along the Lebanese-Israeli southern border, tensions escalated as both sides engaged in a series of attacks throughout the day. An Israeli aerial drone conducted a raid, targeting the area between the towns of Maroun al-Ras and Yaroun with a guided missile. Simultaneously, artillery shelling pounded the same ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-06 22:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antonio Guterres Gaza Hamas Israel
The United Nations leader cautioned on Wednesday that he anticipates a complete breakdown of public order soon in Gaza due to the dire conditions caused by the ongoing and relentless Israeli bombardment. Guterres invoked Article 99, alerting the Security Council to any matter he deems a threat to international peace and security. The head of the ...