This is Beirut, 26/11 17:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Israeli army targeted for the first time on Tuesday evening the home of a member of parliament. An airstrike on Barbour neighborhood in the heart of Beirut struck the residence of Hezbollah MP Amin Sherri, killing one brother and injuring another while he survived. Hours before a ceasefire agreement goes into effect, Israel went on a spree of ...
This is Beirut, 26/11 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Despite reports of an impending ceasefire, fighting between Hezbollah and Israel continued with increasing violence on Tuesday. The Israeli Army Radio declared that troops from the Golani Brigade reached the Litani River, an area 10 kilometers inside Lebanese territory. In parallel, the Israeli army spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, announced that ...
This is Beirut, 26/11 12:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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There is "no excuse" for rejecting the ceasefire in Lebanon negotiated by the United States and France, said Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, on Wednesday. "Let’s hope that today the government of (Benjamin) Netanyahu will approve the ceasefire agreement proposed by the United States and France," he said on the sidelines of a G7 ...
This is Beirut, 26/11 11:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Gaza's civil defense agency said Tuesday morning that 11 people were killed in nighttime Israeli air strikes and artillery shelling across the Palestinian territory. In the northern city of Jabalia, seven people were killed and several others wounded in an air strike on a residential building, civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told ...
This is Beirut, 26/11 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs directed Lebanon’s Permanent Mission to the UN in New York on Tuesday to file a new complaint to the Security Council. In this complaint, Lebanon denounces Israel's repeated targeting of the Lebanese army since the start of the war on October 8, 2023, particularly the incidents reported between ...
This is Beirut, 26/11 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Despite reports of an impending ceasefire, fighting between Hezbollah and Israel continues with increasing violence. Israeli army Arabic speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adrae, issued an evacuation warning to residents in Beirut’s southern suburb, the first of the day. Adrae pinpointed buildings in Burj a-Brajneh and Tahwitat al-Ghadir. An ...
Johnny Ftouhi, 26/11 08:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Since the signing of the Cairo Agreement in 1969, southern Lebanon has been a focal point of both domestic and regional power struggles, significantly undermining national sovereignty. The agreement, which granted the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) freedom of operation in the South, marked the start of the area’s transformation into a ...
Natasha Metni Torbey, 25/11 22:05 - Reading : 10 minute(s)
Will the long-awaited agreement between Lebanon and Israel be concluded? According to some sources and several American and Israeli media, the two sides have finally agreed on the terms of a ceasefire. Others, however, dismiss the possibility altogether. The reality is such that between diplomatic efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Lebanon and ...
This is Beirut, 25/11 22:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Syrian state television reported Israeli strikes on several bridges in the Qusayr region near the Lebanese border on Monday, with the defense ministry reporting two people were killed and five were injured in the attacks. Israel's military has intensified its strikes on targets in Syria since its conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah in neighboring ...
This is Beirut, 25/11 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US Deputy Secretary of Defense Daniel B. Shapiro was due to meet senior Israeli officials, including Defense Minister Israel Katz, in Tel Aviv on Monday to discuss the agreement (for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon) and, more specifically, the monitoring mechanism to be headed by the United States. Israeli and US officials believe that an ...
This is Beirut, 25/11 20:35 - Reading : less than a minute
A total of 3,768 deaths and 15,699 injuries have been recorded in Lebanon from October 8, 2023 — the date marking the start of the war between Hezbollah and Israel — through Sunday (yesterday), according to the Ministry of Health. The daily report, published Monday evening by the Emergency Operations Center of Lebanon's Ministry of Health, ...
This is Beirut, 25/11 20:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Explosive weapons used in a densely populated area like the Gaza Strip will continue to pose risks to civilians even after peace is restored, warns a Danish NGO in a report published on Monday. "These remnants of war, which may not explode immediately or might have been left behind during fighting, are a long-term threat to civilians, often ...