par This Is Beirut, 23/03 20:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel continued on Saturday at Lebanon's southern border. Israeli aircraft targeted the Syrian Nationalist Socialist Party office in Kfar Kila. The head of the party's information department, Maan Hamiyeh, said the office was totally destroyed in the raid, with no injuries. In Aita al-Shaab, the air ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/03 20:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A top Israeli commander has said troops will continue their operation at Gaza's largest hospital Al-Shifa until the last militant is «in their hands». Israeli forces launched the operation in and around Al-Shifa hospital on Monday, saying senior Hamas operatives were based at the sprawling compound. Days of heavy fighting have followed, with ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/03 22:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
American Task Force on Lebanon Amos Hochstein Israel
The American Task Force for Lebanon (ATFL) hosted a reception in Michigan with White House Senior Advisor Amos Hochstein and members of the Lebanese American community. The event, which took place on March 19, presented an opportunity for Hochstein to discuss US leadership in promoting peace along the Lebanon-Israel border. He briefed the local ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/03 21:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon will lodge a complaint against Israel at the UN Security Council, accusing it of disrupting navigation systems and civil aviation around Beirut airport, the foreign ministry said on Friday. Since the Gaza war erupted on October 7, the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, a Hamas ally, has been exchanging near-daily cross-border fire with the ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/03 16:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel reported the seizure of 800 hectares (1,977 acres) of land in the West Bank on Friday, deemed as "state lands" by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, marking the largest such action in decades. Israel reported Friday the seizure of 800 hectares (1,977 acres) of land in the occupied West Bank, which activists called the largest action of its ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/03 13:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Antony Blinken will head to Israel on Friday to push for a ceasefire ahead of a key UN vote on the US' ceasefire resolution. Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Israel on Friday to press for a truce in Gaza, ahead of a key UN Security Council vote on a US draft resolution on the need for an "immediate" ceasefire. The United States ...
par Tylia El Helou, 21/03 22:55 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 21st, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 21/03 19:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Palestine Israel
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken began his tour of the Middle East on Wednesday, his sixth visit to the region since October 7. The aim is to reach an agreement for a temporary pause in the fighting in order to facilitate the release of hostages held by Hamas. During his tour of the Middle East, Antony Blinken met Saudi leaders in Jeddah on ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/03 19:33 - Reading : less than a minute
The French Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday its commitment to preventing escalation between Lebanon and Israel, stating that it is “actively engaged on all fronts to achieve this goal.” In an interview with the al-Hadath news channel, Christophe Lemoine, deputy spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry, emphasized France’s efforts ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/03 14:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
UN diplomats have recently suggested expanding the buffer zone between Lebanon and Israel as a precaution to prevent further escalation between Hezbollah and Israel and a spillover of the Gaza war into Lebanon, according to the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat. In an article published on Thursday, the daily quoted a diplomat of the five ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/03 12:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The death toll rose to four on Thursday in an Israeli operation in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. "Palestine Red Crescent ambulance teams have just transported an 18-year-old young man who was killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Nur Shams camp," the group said on X, formerly ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/03 11:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Palestine Israel
The US has presented a revised UN Security Council resolution, on Thursday, calling for an "immediate ceasefire tied to the release of hostages." The United States has circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire linked to the release of hostages" in the Gaza Strip, Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...