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US Tells Top Israeli Officials Gaza Civilian Toll "Unacceptably High"

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told two top Israeli officials Monday of the "unacceptably high" civilian casualties in Israel's bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip, his spokesman said. The Israeli military has launched several deadly attacks in recent days including on a refugee camp and multiple UN-run schools where civilians were ...

Israel Charges One, Detains Two, for Iran Intelligence Links

Israeli authorities charged on Tuesday one Israeli and detained two others for spying for Iran, the Shin Bet security service said. The agency said that Iran has sought, in recent months, to recruit Israelis to carry out missions in the country and that the person charged had been asked, but refused, to carry out a murder and set fire to a ...

Gaza Civil Defense Reports 44 Killed in Three Strikes

The civil defense agency in the Gaza Strip said three air strikes killed more than 40 people within an hour across the war-stricken Palestinian territory. Israel confirmed carrying out two of the strikes that civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal said killed at least 44 people and left dozens more wounded. The Gaza Health Ministry stated that at ...

Hezb Attacks Settlements After Consecutive Israeli Raids

Following a violent night on the southern border, Hezbollah claimed responsibility on Wednesday morning for Katyusha missile attacks on the settlements of Saer and Gesher Haziv. On Tuesday night, Israel once again bombed Umm al-Tut, where three Syrian children died early in the evening in a raid. Night raids also targeted Bustan, Wadi el-Zarka ...

Gaza 'Support Front:' The Staggering Cost on Lebanon 

After the July war in 2006, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah flabbergasted the Lebanese by declaring a “divine victory” against Israel. Lebanon had paid a heavy cost for this so-called “victory” with countless human losses and massive destruction, from which it took years to recover. Once again, Nasrallah disregarded the ...

War Diary: Day 285

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 17th, 2024.  

Two Dead Due to Israeli Attacks

Israeli drone strikes escalated in Lebanon on Thursday. A raid targeted a vehicle in the Tyre caza, on the road to Jbal el-Botm, killing one person. A fire also broke out on the outskirts of Aitaroun in Blida after a raid by the Hebrew State. #LEBANON A raid targeted a vehicle in the Tyre caza, on the road to Jabal el-Botm, killing one person ...

Amnesty International Urges Israel to End Indefinite Detention and "Rampant Torture" of Palestinians

Amnesty International, on Thursday, called on Israel to end the indefinite detention of Gaza Palestinians and what it called "rampant torture" in its prisons. "Israeli authorities must end their indefinite incommunicado detention of Palestinians from the occupied Gaza Strip, without charge or trial ... (which is) in flagrant violation of ...

Israeli Parliament Opposes Palestinian Statehood

An Israeli parliament vote to oppose a Palestinian state as an "existential threat", just days ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington, brought Palestinian and international criticism on Thursday. The 120-member Knesset, late on Wednesday, passed by 68 votes to nine a resolution that said a Palestinian state on land ...

War Diary: Day 286

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 18th, 2024.

Houthi Attack on Tel Aviv, One Dead

A drone claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels slipped through Israel's vaunted air defence system on Friday to hit a Tel Aviv building near a US embassy annex, killing one person. The Houthis fired at Tel Aviv a "new drone called 'Yafa', which is capable of bypassing the enemy's interception systems," the Iran-backed Yemeni movement's spokesman, Yahya ...

War Diary: Day 287

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 19th, 2024.