par This Is Beirut, 10/07 19:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday that 60 percent of Hamas fighters had been "eliminated or wounded" in the Gaza war since the militant group's October 7 attacks. In a statement to parliament on the first nine months of the conflict, Gallant said that the military was "determined" to meet its goals of eradicating Hamas and ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/07 20:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A top Hamas official said on Wednesday that “intensifying” Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip would harden the Palestinian group's negotiating position in mediation efforts towards a truce. In recent days, Israeli forces have increased raids in northern Gaza as heavy fighting raged again in the far-southern city of Rafah. And ...
par Hala Abdallah, 10/07 21:12 - 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 July 10, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 10/07 21:17 - Reading : less than a minute
The Lebanese were once again panic-stricken by Israeli aircraft breaking the sound barrier over Beirut, Jezzine, Nabatiyeh, Iqlim al-Kharroub and Iqlim al-Tuffah on Wednesday afternoon. Store and house windows were smashed in several villages in southern Lebanon as a result. Israeli bombardments also continued, targeting an uninhabited house in ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/07 23:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Biden administration released half of a shipment of heavy bombs it had withheld from Israel since May over concerns the Israeli army would use them on densely populated areas of Gaza, a US official told The Times of Israel. In May, the White House announced a decision to withhold a shipment of 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound ...
par Salam Zaatari, 11/07 10:27 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hezbollah has become a major non-state actor in the Middle East since Israel’s 2006 invasion. Supported by Iran, it has received large shipments of rockets and drones and now produces its own weapons, including air defense capabilities. Its arsenal includes guided and unguided rockets, antitank artillery, ballistic and anti-ship ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/07 18:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States on Thursday imposed new sanctions against Israeli extremists over violence against Palestinians, including slapping financial restrictions on four settlement outposts in the West Bank. The State Department also blacklisted Lehava, which it described as the "largest violent extremist organization in Israel" with more than 10,000 ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/07 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than 60 news organizations, including some of the world's largest, signed an open letter Thursday calling on Israel to immediately end restrictions on international media entering and reporting from Gaza. CNN, BBC, Agence France-Presse (AFP) and the Associated Press were among 64 media groups demanding greater access to the enclave that has ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/07 20:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu G7 Israel West Bank
G7 foreign ministers condemned on Thursday the move by Israel to legalize five outposts in the West Bank, and slammed its decision to expand existing settlements and establish new ones. Settlement expansion has increased sharply since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power in late 2022, at the helm of a hardline pro-settler ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/07 20:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded Thursday that Israel retain control of key Gaza territory along the border with Egypt as part of any accord to suspend the war with Hamas. The condition conflicts with Hamas's position that Israel must withdraw from all Gaza territory after a ceasefire. Speaking after the return of Israeli negotiators ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/07 19:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants submitted a complaint to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on July 3 to address Israel’s attacks on the agricultural sector, farmers, and livestock breeders in border villages. In a statement issued on Friday, the Ministry said the complaint included “official statistics on the number of ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/07 19:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
International Court of Justice Israel
The UN's top court will next week hand down its view on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967, a case in which some 52 countries made submissions. Any opinion delivered by the International Court of Justice would be non-binding, but it will come amid mounting international legal pressure on Israel ...
