par This Is Beirut, 10/06 19:58 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a US-drafted resolution supporting a ceasefire plan in Gaza, as Washington leads an intense diplomatic campaign to push Hamas to accept the proposal. The text -- passed with 14 votes in favor and Russia abstaining -- "welcomes" the truce and hostage release proposal announced on May 31 by ...
par Tylia El Helou, 10/06 21:16 - 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 June 10th, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 10/06 22:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The UN World Food Programme has suspended the delivery of aid to Gaza via a temporary US military pier in order to assess the security situation, a spokesperson said Monday. Stephane Dujarric linked the move to an Israeli hostage rescue operation over the weekend that freed four people, but which health officials in Gaza say killed 274 people and ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/06 10:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army indicated on Monday that “alarms in Haifa were apparently caused by a misdiagnosis.” Israeli media also stated that “sirens sounded in settlements which were not evacuated.” Earlier, Israeli media declared that “a Hezbollah drone reached Haifa for the first time since the beginning of the war,” describing the event as ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/06 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli drone attack on Naqoura on Tuesday caused the death of a civilian, Saleh Mahdi, who was an employee at the Lebanese Water Corporation. Another drone targeted an empty building in Kfar Kila and destroyed it. The village of Khiam was also under Israeli fire. Hezbollah announced that it targeted a building used by Israeli soldiers in the ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/06 19:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States on Tuesday promised $404 million in new aid for the Palestinians at an emergency summit in Jordan, where world leaders backed a US push for a ceasefire as the only ultimate solution to help war-ravaged Gaza. Jordan and Egypt called for urgent talks on the Dead Sea as aid groups warned conditions were worse than ever in Gaza, ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/06 19:45 - Reading : less than a minute
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Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, is back in the region for a tour aimed at securing a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel.
par This Is Beirut, 11/06 20:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli aircraft bombed a three-story house in Jouaya, injuring six people, according to preliminary information obtained by This is Beirut. Ambulances were rushed to the scene. According to the Al Arabiya television channel, a member of Hezbollah, Salim Soufan, was killed. In addition, several villages in the western sector were hit by flare ...
par Hala Abdallah, 11/06 21:18 - 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 June 11th, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 11/06 23:03 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas gave its official response to the latest truce proposal for Gaza on Tuesday, calling for a "complete halt" to Israeli "aggression" as fighting raged in the Palestinian territory. The response came after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on his eighth Middle East tour since the October 7 Hamas attack that sparked the war, pushed the ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/06 10:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Violence against children in armed conflicts reached "extreme levels" in 2023, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to a forthcoming UN report obtained by AFP on Tuesday. The United Nations' annual "Children in Armed conflict" report placed the Sudanese army as well as the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the blacklist for "the killing ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/06 11:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel continued its policy of field targeting in the south. On Tuesday evening, it targeted Hezbollah members consisting of the "highest-ranking leader" in the town of Joya in the Tyre district. Hezb announced in a statement the death of "Commander Talib Sami Abdullah," nicknamed "Hajj Abu Talib," from the town of Adchit in southern Lebanon. A ...
