War Diary: Day 175
Rayan Chami, 2024-03-29 20:15 - 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 29th, 2024.
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Israel Promotes Creation of Multinational Force in Gaza
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-29 19:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
According to the Israeli media outlet Haaretz, Tel Aviv is promoting the creation of a multinational force to guarantee humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has mentioned this initiative several times in recent days, according to Haaretz. His plan is to build the force around members from friendly Arab ...
Assises de Tours: When the Adrenaline of Information Meets the Intensity of Sport
Makram Haddad, 2024-03-29 15:03 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Assises du journalisme de Tours, 2024 edition, concluded its activities after four intense days. In a finale imbued with passion, emotion and inspiration, the Assises du journalisme de Tours 2024 drew the curtain, leaving behind a lasting imprint on the media landscape. Under the bold theme of "Journalism is sport," the annual event ...
Gaza and Southern Lebanon: A Dual-Front Warfare?
Élie-Joe Kamel, 2024-03-29 14:32 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
“The US is currently exerting pressure to deter Israel from invading Rafah, but this is leading to an escalation on the Lebanese front,” asserted retired General Khaled Hamadeh. Lebanese citizens are holding their breath, closely scrutinizing every development in South Lebanon, where the war raging between Israel and Hezbollah could take a ...
ICJ Orders Israel to 'Ensure Humanitarian Assistance' in Gaza
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-28 22:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The ICJ has ordered Israel to "ensure urgent humanitarian assistance" after "famine has set in". This follows Monday's UN Security Council Resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire." The world's top court on Thursday ordered Israel to "ensure urgent humanitarian assistance" in Gaza without delay, saying "famine has set in". The ...
War Diary: Day 174
Tylia El Helou, 2024-03-28 21:17 - 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 28th, 2024
France to Provide 30 Million Euros to UNRWA
2024-03-28 19:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France has announced that it will provide 30 million euros to UNRWA, so long as it "completes its mission ... devoid of any call to hatred or violence." France will provide 30 million euros ($32 million) for the embattled UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA if it commits to neutrality, the foreign ministry said Thursday, without giving a timeline ...
No Respite on the Southern Border After Deadly Wednesday Attack
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-28 14:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Amid the announcement of the adoption of a UN resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza three days ago, the hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel on the southern border in Lebanon seems to ablaze further. The Iran-backed group claimed several rocket and shell attacks on the Shlomi and Goren settlements and the new headquarters of the ...
Douaihy to TIB: We Ask for an Immediate Ceasefire
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-03-28 12:13 - Reading : less than a minute
MP Michel Douaihy told This is Beirut that the Lebanese government is not meeting the standards to fight what is happening on the southern border of Lebanon and that an immediate ceasefire should be attained. Douaihy also stressed that the pillar for the implementation of all those strategies is the election of a president.
Israel Backtracks on Canceled Rafah Talks
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-27 22:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel wants to reschedule talks in Washington to discuss a possible offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah, days after it canceled the trip in protest at a UN ceasefire resolution, a US official said Wednesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily scrapped the visit on Monday after Israel's closest ally, the United States, abstained on the UN ...
War Diary: Day 173
Tylia El Helou, 2024-03-27 20:47 - 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 27th, 2024.
New Poll Shows US Opinion Now Disapproves Israeli War in Gaza
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-27 19:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Gallup Organization poll published on wednesday shows that American public opinion disapproves of Israel's actions in Gaza. After narrowly supporting Israel's military action in Gaza in November, Americans now oppose the campaign by a solid margin. Fifty-five percent currently disapprove of Israel's actions, while 36% approve it, according to a ...