par This Is Beirut, 21/06 11:46 - Reading : less than a minute
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken emphasized on Thursday the “importance of avoiding further escalation in Lebanon through a diplomatic solution that allows Israeli and Lebanese families, who were displaced due to the exchange of fire on the border, to return to their homes.” Blinken was meeting Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/06 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A daily "pause" the Israeli military declared in Gaza to facilitate aid flows has had no impact on deliveries of badly needed supplies, the UN's health agency said on Friday. More than eight months of war, sparked by Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel, have led to dire humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian territory and ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/06 15:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Clashes in southern Lebanon continued on Friday, but at a slower pace than on previous days. The Israeli air force carried out a drone attack on the locality of al-Wazzani, followed by a sweep with automatic weapons. The Israeli army also carried out artillery bombardments on the outskirts of Naqoura, setting fire to a house. Bombardments hit the ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/06 19:26 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel reportedly assassinated Major General Saeed Aibar (an Iranian advisor in Syria and a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard) less than a month ago in an airstrike on Aleppo targeting his convoy just hours after his return from Iran. During his visit, he had assumed his duties as commander of the Revolutionary Guard front in Lebanon and ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/06 17:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Cypriot delegation confirmed that "Cyprus is not a party" in the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel and that it is "strongly opposed to the use of its territory by a third party to attack another country." The delegation also assured that "the land in question, on which the military maneuvers (by Israel) took place, is under British ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/06 20:39 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Days after Israel announced a daily pause in fighting on a key route to allow more aid into Gaza, chaos in the besieged Palestinian territory has left vital supplies piled up and undistributed in the searing summer heat. More than eight months of war, sparked by Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel, have led to dire humanitarian ...
par Rayan Chami, 22/06 21:06 - 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 22nd, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 22/06 22:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tens of thousands of protesters waving Israeli flags and chanting slogans against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government rallied in Tel Aviv Saturday, demanding new elections and the return of hostages held in Gaza. Large protests have occurred in the Israeli city on a weekly basis over Netanyahu's handling of the nearly nine-month-old ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/06 11:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A tense calm prevailed at the southern border on Sunday morning after a major escalation on Saturday. Hezbollah launched two drones' attacks against Israeli towns in the Upper Galilee. According to Israeli media, around noon on Sunday, alerts sounded in northern Israel for "hostile aircraft intrusions". According to the Israeli army, "a ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/06 14:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday a row with the United States over weapons delays relating to the Gaza war would be resolved soon, amid simmering tensions between the allies."About four months ago, there was a dramatic drop in the supply of armaments arriving from the US to Israel. We got all sorts of explanations, but... the ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/06 22:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant headed to Washington on Sunday for talks on the Gaza war raging since October 7 and surging cross-border tensions with Lebanon's Hezbollah movement. The visit, which Gallant said would include meetings that are "critical to this war," comes after a series of public statements by Israeli Prime Minister ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/06 22:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the Israeli military's heavy fighting against Hamas militants in the southern Gaza city of Rafah is nearly over. "The intense phase of the fighting against Hamas is about to end," he said in an interview with Israel's pro-Netanyahu Channel 14. "It doesn't mean that the war is about to ...
