This Is Beirut, 2024-02-20 21:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
According to the White House, a US envoy will embark on a trip this week aiming to progress a hostage deal and seek assurances from Israel regarding a potential offensive in Rafah. A US envoy will seek to advance a hostage deal and press for assurances from Israel on a Rafah offensive in a trip this week, the White House said on Tuesday. Brett ...
Rayan Chami, 2024-02-20 21:04 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for February 20th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-20 17:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for discussions with Egyptian officials, as stated by the militant group. This development comes shortly after mediators indicated that the likelihood of a new ceasefire agreement with Israel had decreased. Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for talks with Egyptian ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-20 12:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Palestine International Court of Justice
What Israel does in Palestinian territories represent an even more extreme version of apartheid than what was experienced in South Africa before 1994, Pretoria told the International Court of Justice on the 20th of February. Israel is applying an even more extreme version of apartheid in the Palestinian territories than experienced in South ...
2024-02-20 12:09 - Reading : less than a minute
Former President Michel Aoun stated, “We are not bound to Gaza by a defense treaty,” hinting at the cross-border exchange between Hezbollah and the Israeli army in the South. On X, he noted that “the entity capable of coordinating fronts is the Arab League.” “However, a segment of the Lebanese people made its choice, and the government ...
2024-02-20 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
According to informed Arab circles, significant endeavors are underway to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza prior to the beginning of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan around March 11. Efforts are underway despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s unwavering determination to pursue the war until all its goals are fulfilled, and despite ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-19 23:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States has introduced a fresh draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council featuring some of the sternest language on its behalf. The resolution proposes a temporary ceasefire and asserts that an Israeli attack on Rafah under present conditions would carry "significant implications" for regional security. The United States ...
Tylia El Helou, 2024-02-19 20:56 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for February 19th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-19 20:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations human rights experts urged for an impartial investigation into reported Israeli violations against Palestinian women and girls. These alleged abuses encompass killings, rape and sexual assault. UN rights experts called Monday for an independent probe into alleged Israeli abuses against Palestinian women and girls, including ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-19 17:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah's network of secret tunnels in Lebanon is "more sophisticated" than that of Hamas in Gaza. According to an article published on Sunday in the French daily Libération, "Since the 1980s," the pro-Iranian militia, whose "military power is far superior to that of Hamas, has been building, with the help of North Korea, an underground ...
2024-02-19 16:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran has warned Hezbollah not to give Israel cause to launch a full-scale war along the Israel-Lebanon border, fearing it would risk gains it believes it has made in the region since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, according to a report by the Washington Post. Iranian officials, who met with the Hezbollah leadership earlier this month, ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-19 09:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel has threatened to invade Gaza's Rafah by the start of Ramadan if Hamas does not return the remaining hostages by then, despite international pressure to protect Palestinian civilians sheltering in the southern city. With prospects for truce talks dimmed, the United States and other governments, as well as the United Nations, have issued ...