This Is Beirut, 2024-07-04 21:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel has approved a new payment of more than $140 million to the Palestinian Authority after announcing it had also unblocked some funds frozen because of the Gaza war, a Finance Ministry spokesperson told AFP on Thursday. Since the start of the war on Hamas, far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has withheld payments of customs ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-04 18:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved sending a negotiating team to participate in talks with aims of reaching a hostage release and ceasefire deal with Hamas, according to an Israeli official quoted by The Times of Israel. Netanyahu spoke on the phone with United States President Joe Biden regarding the negotiations, and vowed ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-03 23:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Hamas militant group said Wednesday it has sent new "ideas" to Qatari mediators aimed at ending the nearly nine-month Gaza war with Israel. Israel confirmed that it was "evaluating" Hamas "comments" on a deal to release hostages in Palestinian territory and will respond accordingly. With the death toll from nearly nine months of war mounting ...
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-07-03 21:12 - Reading : less than a minute
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 3, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-03 20:03 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel has approved its biggest land seizure in the occupied West Bank in more than three decades, a move criticized by activists on Wednesday as detrimental to Palestinian peace hopes. The 12.7-square-kilometre (4.9-square-mile) of land in the Jordan Valley was officially declared "state property" in June, according to an official declaration ...
Rayan Chami, 2024-07-02 21:45 - Reading : less than a minute
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 2, 2024.
2024-07-02 16:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In early March, US President Joe Biden made an announcement regarding the construction of a floating dock off the coast of Gaza. The project has been a hot topic ever since. The aim is to deliver humanitarian aid to the enclave following the closure of land crossing points by the Israeli army. Beyond the humanitarian issue, what strategic ...
Lyne Sammouri, 2024-07-01 21:28 - Reading : less than a minute
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 1, 2024.
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-06-30 21:29 - Reading : less than a minute
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 June 30, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-30 19:42 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Heavy battles and bombardment hit Gaza City's Shujaiya district for a fourth day on Sunday, months after Israel declared Hamas's command structure dismantled in the northern area. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled the devastated neighborhood, where the Israeli army said it has fought Palestinian militants both "above and below ground" ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-29 23:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Explosions, air strikes and gunfire rattled northern Gaza on Saturday, the third day of an Israeli military operation that has uprooted tens of thousands of Palestinians and compounded what the United Nations called "unbearable" living conditions in the territory. An AFP correspondent reported explosions from the Shujaiya area near Gaza City, and ...
Tylia El Helou, 2024-06-29 20:53 - Reading : less than a minute
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 June 29th, 2024.