08/04 20:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tensions persist on the southern front between Hezbollah and Israel. On Sunday night, two Hezbollah members were killed in an Israeli raid on the village of Sultaniyeh (Bint Jbeil district), including a field commander of the al-Radwan forces, according to information obtained by the Reuters news agency from security sources. The raid targeted a ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/04 23:21 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The White House said on Monday that negotiators had presented Hamas with a proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, but that it was up to the Palestinian militant group to decide. Talks in Cairo over the weekend involving CIA chief William Burns, Israel, Hamas, and Qatar were "serious," but it was too early to say whether they ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/04 10:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The French Foreign Minister has suggested sanctioning Israel over aid access to Gaza, whilst influential Senator Elizabeth Warren says Israeli actions in Gaza may be "genocide". France's Foreign Minister put forward on Tuesday the possibility of sanctions on Israel to pressure it to get humanitarian aid into Gaza. "There must be levers of ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/04 20:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel is buying 40,000 tents to shelter almost half a million Gazans ahead of a ground attack on what it claims is Hamas' last bastion in Rafah, a government source said Tuesday. Israel has invited tenders for the tents, each housing 12 people, or some 480,000 people in total, according to the proposal published on the website of the defense ...
par Tylia El Helou, 09/04 20:39 - Reading : less than a minute
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 April 9th, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 09/04 22:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France has granted refugee status to a Gazan who claims to have been forced to flee Khan Younes in 2022 due to "persecution" by Hamas. He fled the Gaza Strip in 2022 to escape Hamas' "persecution" and was granted refugee status by the French National Asylum Court (CNDA), which since February has ruled that the territory was experiencing ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/04 22:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The White House stated on Tuesday that the response by Hamas to proposals for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal at talks in Cairo has so far been "less than encouraging." "We've seen the public statements from Hamas that have been, shall we say, less than encouraging," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said, adding, however, that mediator ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/04 11:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Israel again on Wednesday that it "will be punished" for a Damascus airstrike that killed seven Revolutionary Guards, two of them generals. "The evil regime made a mistake in this regard. It must be punished and will be punished," Khamenei said in a televised speech after Eid al-Fitr prayers ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/04 12:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez insisted on Wednesday that the recognition of a Palestinian state, long resisted by Israel and its key allies, is "in Europe's geopolitical interests." Sanchez warned that Israel's "disproportionate response" in the Gaza war with Hamas risks "destabilizing the Middle East, and as a consequence, the entire ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/04 16:38 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel has continued striking Gaza on Wednesday as Gazans mark Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Israeli strikes hit Gaza on Wednesday as Muslims marked the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Palestinians gathered for morning prayers on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday amid the ruins of Gaza, which has ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/04 18:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's military confirmed Wednesday its forces had carried out an air strike in Gaza that killed three of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's sons. A military statement said "the three operatives" targeted in the strike were Amir, Mohammed and Hazem Haniyeh, adding that they were members of Hamas's military wing. The Palestinian group earlier said ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/04 20:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz said Wednesday that "Hamas is defeated" as fighting raged on in the Gaza Strip and negotiations towards a truce seemed to falter. Gantz, a former army chief and defense minister, warned of a long war, saying Israeli forces would have to fight in Gaza for years to come. More than six months into the war ...
