par This Is Beirut, 29/01 20:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah claimed seven attacks on Monday against Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of Jal al-Alam, the Metat barracks, the Hounin castle, the Zraiyit and Samaka barracks and the Brannit barracks, which that was targeted twice. The weapons used were Burkan-type missiles and rocket weapons, in addition to other “appropriate weapons” that ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/01 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli troops will "very soon go into action" near the country's northern border with Lebanon, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Monday, as tensions surge amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Gallant told troops near the border with the besieged Gaza Strip that others were being deployed to Israel's north. "They will very soon go into action ... ...
par Alissar Boulos, 29/01 18:32 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Social media flared up on Sunday and Monday with a smear campaign against the Maronite Patriarch, Bechara Rai, accusing him of "betrayal" and of being the "Arabic-speaking spokesperson" for Israel. In his Sunday sermon, Patriarch Rai denounced Hezbollah’s military operations against Israel on the southern border. He shared a letter, received ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/01 17:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The White House promised, on Monday, significant retaliation for the drone assault on a military base in Jordan, which resulted in the deaths of three American soldiers. President Joe Biden attributed responsibility to Iran-supported insurgents, signaling a forthcoming response. The White House on Monday vowed a "very consequential response" to a ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/01 15:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Abdallah Bou Habib, Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, called on Monday for the initiation of "indirect negotiations with Israel to resolve points of disagreement," intending to initiate the demarcation of the Israeli-Lebanese border. In an interview with Sky News Arabia, Bou Habib stressed that "Israeli aggression against Lebanon must stop, ...
par Marie de La Roche Saint-André, 29/01 15:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
According to a report published on Monday by The New York Times, Israel has submitted a dossier to the US government containing accusations against 12 UNRWA employees. Ten of them were labeled as “Hamas members,” and one was allegedly affiliated with the Islamic Jihad. The six-page dossier alleges that roughly 190 UNRWA employees, including ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/01 14:33 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Thousands of Israelis, including several far-right ministers, gathered in Jerusalem on Sunday, January 28, to call for the re-establishment of Jewish settlements in Gaza. Part of Israeli society is calling for the settlements to be repopulated, despite Benjamin Netanyahu's apparent refusal to do so. A few thousand Israelis in favor of relocating ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/01 13:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran executed four individuals convicted of plotting a sabotage operation linked to Israeli intelligence on Monday, January 29. The executed men, accused of collaborating with Mossad, were arrested in July 2022 and sentenced to death in September 2023. Iran executed four men at dawn on Monday after they were convicted of collaborating with the ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/01 11:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
After a night marked by heightened tensions, the southern front remains on edge as Hezbollah and Israel continue their attacks. On Monday morning, Hezbollah announced that it had targeted the Branit barracks with Burkan missiles. They also declared they had targeted the Hadb Yarin and Birkat Risha sites just after midnight on Sunday. Late Sunday ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/01 23:27 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 114th day on Sunday, January 28. While fighting rages in Khan Younes, a new round of negotiations was held in Paris. Deadly fighting on Sunday pitted the Israeli army against Palestinian Hamas in Khan Younes, the epicenter in the southern Gaza Strip of the war ravaging the small Palestinian territory, ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/01 19:09 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel's Kerem Shalom crossing, used daily by trucks carrying humanitarian aid, was closed by demonstrators on Sunday, January 28. The Israeli army subsequently declared it a "closed military zone." Israeli protesters blocked humanitarian aid trucks from entering the war-torn Gaza Strip on Sunday, forcing the lorries to turn around at a border ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/01 18:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
After a relatively calm morning, tensions increased again on Sunday afternoon between Hezbollah and Israel along the southern border, then again in the evening. Three people were killed in an Israeli raid in Marwahin. Israeli artillery targeted the outskirts of the villages of Marwahin, Ramya, Maroun al-Ras, Yaroun, Shihine, Jabaline, Naqoura, ...