Palestine

War Diary: Day 179

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 April 2nd, 2024.

Iranian President Says Israel's Syria Attack 'Will Not Go Unanswered'

Iran's President Ebrahim Raissi condemned on Tuesday a deadly air strike blamed on Israel against his country's consular annex in Damascus, saying the "cowardly crime will not go unanswered." "After repeated defeats and failures against the faith and will of the Resistance Front fighters, the Zionist regime has put blind assassinations on its ...

USA Warned at Last Moment of Israeli Attack in Syria

According to reports from Axios, the United States was notified just minutes before Israel carried out an airstrike in Syria, targeting an Iranian embassy building. Notably, Israel didn't seek explicit approval from Washington; instead, they informed the US authorities when the aircraft were already en route to Damascus. Axios also states that ...

7 Aid Workers Killed in Israeli Strike in Gaza

Food aid organization World Central Kitchen said Tuesday that an Israeli strike killed seven of its workers in the Gaza Strip. "World Central Kitchen is devastated to confirm seven members of our team have been killed in an IDF strike in Gaza," the US-based charity said in a statement. It stated that those killed were "from Australia, Poland, ...

Netanyahu Vows to Enact Al Jazeera Ban

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Monday to enact a ban on broadcasts in Israel from news channel Al Jazeera using authority lawmakers have just voted to grant him. The potential ban is a fresh escalation in the running conflict between Israel's government and the Qatari TV channel during Israel's war with Hamas militants in ...

War Diary: Day 178

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 April 1st, 2024.

Hamas Accuses Fateh of Infiltrating Gaza

Gaza's interior ministry accused the Palestinian Authority's Fateh group of sending security officials disguised as charity truck drivers into northern Gaza, sparking tensions between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority The interior ministry in Gaza accused the Fateh of deploying security officials into northern Gaza while posing as charity truck ...

Ismail Haniyeh's Sister Arrested in Israel

The Israeli police announced on Monday that they had arrested the sister of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Israel, where she lives, as part of a "terrorism" investigation by the police and Shin Bet (internal security). Sabah Abdel Salam Haniyeh, 57, an Israeli citizen, is "suspected of having contacts with Hamas operatives and identifying herself ...

Equivocations and the Ongoing Wars

The Russian and Iranian imperial wars in Ukraine, Georgia and the Larger Middle East, their similes throughout the geopolitical landscapes (Taiwan, Philippines, Eastern Armenia, Syrian-Iraqi interfaces/ China, Russia-Turkey-Azerbaidjan…), and their models of governance are redefining the landmarks of renewed fascism, political violence and ...

Hamas Apologizes to Gaza's People for the War

Hamas has apologized for the first time to Gazans for the suffering caused by the war, in a lengthy statement published Sunday evening on its Telegram channel. The Palestinian Islamist movement "apologizes" for the difficulties caused by the war against the Israeli army, which has been going on for almost six months. But it also reiterates its ...

Israeli Army Withdraws from Gaza Hospital After Major Operation

The Israeli army has withdrawn tanks and vehicles from the Al-Shifa hospital complex in Gaza following a major operation, as confirmed by the Gaza health ministry on Monday. The health ministry in Gaza said Monday the Israeli military had withdrawn tanks and vehicles from the complex housing the besieged territory's main hospital, Al-Shifa, days ...