par This Is Beirut, 26/04 22:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A delegation from Gaza war mediator Egypt arrived in Israel on Friday for a bid to reignite stalled ceasefire and hostage-release negotiations between Israel and Hamas, Israeli and Egyptian media reported. The signs of fresh truce talks come alongside Israeli preparations for a military push in Gaza's southern city of Rafah, and with spillover ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/04 21:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On his way back from addressing journalists at the scene in the city of Ramla, Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was involved in a spectacular car crash in which three people were lightly injured, police said. An AFP photographer at the scene saw two damaged cars, one which had flipped over. Israeli media reported Ben ...
par Lyne Sammouri, 26/04 19:58 - 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 26th, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 26/04 19:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
There are some 37 million tonnes of debris to clear away in Gaza once the Israeli offensive is over, a senior official with the UN Mine Action Service said on Friday. And unexploded ordnance buried in the rubble would complicate that work, said UNMAS' Pehr Lodhammar, who has run mine programs in countries such as Iraq. It was impossible to say ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/04 18:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two members of Jamaa Islamiya, a Lebanese Islamist group with close ties to Palestinian Hamas, were killed in an Israeli drone strike on Friday targeting their car on the Meidoun road in western Bekaa. The individuals killed were identified as Mossaab Khalmaf and Bilal el-Khalaf. The Israeli army stated, "The Jamaa Islamiya terrorist organization ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/04 18:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Top Arab and European diplomats are expected to begin arriving in the Saudi capital this weekend for an economic summit and meetings on the war in Gaza, diplomatic officials said. The two-day World Economic Forum special meeting, scheduled to begin in Riyadh on Sunday, includes in its official program appearances by the Saudi, Jordanian, ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/04 18:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The top UN court said it will rule Tuesday on charges by Nicaragua that Germany is breaching the 1948 Genocide Convention by supplying weapons to Israel for the Gaza war. Nicaragua has brought Germany before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to demand judges impose emergency measures to stop Berlin from providing Israel with weapons and ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/04 20:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
As cross-border clashes continued between Hezbollah and Israel, the Israeli army fired flares and phosphorus shells on Thursday afternoon starting a fire at the Yaroun forest, while other areas that were bombarded on Wednesday, including Labbouneh, were again in flames on Thursday, due to the heat wave sweeping the country. An air strike ...
par Chelsea Al Arif, 25/04 20:24 - 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 25th, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 25/04 20:16 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, hectares of land have been confiscated by Israel in the occupied West Bank, while all eyes are on Gaza. As he fed his sheep costly fodder, Palestinian farmer Talib Edais looked wistfully at the hills where his herd had grazed for free until an Israeli decision last month. "Do you see these ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/04 14:01 - Reading : less than a minute
A tanker truck was the target of an Israeli drone attack in Doures-Baalbek on Thursday, which resulted in damaging the vehicle and injuring the driver. Momentum has been increasing since yesterday night as the Israeli warplanes launched three consecutive raids on Maroun el Ras, causing property and infrastructure damage in electricity and water ...
par Ali A. Hamadé, 25/04 12:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In a surprising twist of events, the United States House of Representatives recently passed a bill allocating substantial financial and military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. This legislation — in a gridlock for over six months — that apportions an astronomical amount of $95 billion, finally received bipartisan support. The bill ...