This Is Beirut, 2024-05-09 21:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel has submitted its reservations about a proposal for a hostage release deal to Gaza truce mediators, and considers this round of negotiations in Cairo to have ended, a senior Israeli official said to Reuters. The Israeli delegation is returning from the Egyptian capital and Israel will proceed with its operation in Rafah and other parts of ...
Lyne Sammouri, 2024-05-09 21:37 - 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 May 9th, 2024.
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-05-08 21:27 - 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 May 8th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-08 21:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Police forcibly cleared an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at George Washington University in the United States capital on Wednesday, arresting dozens in the latest clash with students demonstrating over the Israeli offensive in Gaza. Republicans in Congress had pressured local authorities to act on the encampment, summoning Washington's ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-08 20:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
An Israeli official said visiting CIA Director Bill Burns and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed Wednesday "the possibility" of suspending military operations in Gaza's Rafah in exchange for Hamas freeing hostages. Netanyahu and the US spy chief, who has been involved in mediation efforts in the Israel-Hamas war, met in Jerusalem as part ...
2024-05-08 20:29 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
Could there possibly be two versions of a ceasefire proposal for Gaza? Could there have been a modified version unbeknownst to Israeli authorities? According to Israeli statements, the Egyptian-Qatari proposal for a ceasefire in the enclave, approved by Hamas on Monday, differs from the one previously endorsed by Tel Aviv. However, there appears ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-08 18:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip have only three days of fuel left, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, due to closed border crossings. Despite international objections, Israel sent tanks into the overcrowded southern city of Rafah on Tuesday and seized the nearby crossing into Egypt which is the main conduit for aid ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-08 18:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The opposition parliamentary delegation which recently visited Washington focused its talks with US and UN officials on the Syrian migrant crisis in Lebanon and the developments on the southern front linked to the six-month-long conflict in Gaza. Lebanese Forces MP Ghassan Hasbani, who was part of the delegation, wrote on his X account, "We met ...
Michel Touma, 2024-05-08 13:07 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hundreds of young people have recently occupied numerous campuses in the United States and some European countries, pitching tents in a similar scenario. This is a reminder of the 2006 occupation of downtown Beirut by Hezbollah and its local cohorts. Therefore, these young people are unwittingly the tree that hides the forest. On the surface, the ...
Rami Rayess, 2024-05-08 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The dangerous presidential vacuum the country has known for almost two years now, has grown even more complicated, given Lebanon’s direct link to the regional events, notably the October 7 “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation – and the ensuing Israeli attack on Gaza that is still underway despite Hamas accepting the proposed truce as a first step ...
gdeveloper, 2024-05-07 23:42 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Student protests to demand that universities break ties with Israel over the Gaza war spread across Europe on Tuesday, with police breaking up demonstrations in the Netherlands, Germany, and France. Students at some elite European universities, inspired by ongoing demonstrations at US campuses, have been occupying university halls and facilities, ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-07 23:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
Israel deployed tanks into Rafah on Tuesday, in southern Gaza, taking control of the border crossing with Egypt, an action that the United Nations stated obstructed access to the crucial humanitarian route. Israel sent tanks into Rafah in southern Gaza, seizing the border crossing with Egypt Tuesday, in an operation the United Nations said denied ...