This Is Beirut, 2024-06-27 12:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
When Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas in Gaza this month, it dominated the news that Saturday, but Jerusalem resident Eliana Gurfinkiel, an observant Jew, didn't find out until nightfall. The French-Israeli was following the rules of Shabbat and not using her phone. Hearing the news after everyone else "made no difference", she ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-26 21:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on Wednesday urged warring parties in the Middle East to accept "peace proposals," saying the region, including Lebanon, "doesn't need war." "The Middle East is going through a critical moment," Parolin told a press conference in Beirut during a days-long visit to Lebanon. "(The Holy See) asks for peace ...
Hala Abdallah, 2024-06-26 21:21 - 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 26th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-26 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Norway's largest pension fund said on Wednesday that it had divested from US industrial group Caterpillar because of the risk its equipment was being used by the Israeli Army in Gaza. “For a long time, Caterpillar has supplied bulldozers and other equipment that has been used to demolish Palestinian homes and infrastructure to clear the way for ...
Rami Rayess, 2024-06-26 07:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Israeli war against the Gaza Strip and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict have overshadowed the events in Sudan, including the armed conflict that has been raging since April 2023. This is happening amidst international and Arab indifference towards resolving the rift between the two warring military factions: the official Sudanese army and the ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-25 21:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon on Tuesday, warning that a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah could spark a regional war and urging a diplomatic solution. More than eight months of war in Gaza has heightened tensions across the region, with Israeli forces and Lebanon's Iran-backed ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-25 11:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Gaza civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike early on Tuesday killed 10 members of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh's family, in an attack the Israeli military did not immediately confirm. The strike hit the Haniyeh family home in Al-Shati refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, said Mahmud Basal, spokesman for the Hamas-ruled territory's ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-24 23:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron and King Abdullah II of Jordan on Monday stressed the need to support efforts to restore calm to the border between Lebanon and Israel, and to bolster stability in the Land of the Cedars. Over lunch at the Élysée Palace, they warned against a "conflagration that would be catastrophic for the region" if the ...
Rayan Chami, 2024-06-24 21:17 - 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 24th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-24 14:27 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Israeli army claimed on Monday to have killed Muhammad Salah, a senior official and weapons development expert of Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, while declaring that it was continuing its operations in Rafah. In a statement, the army said its air force had “eliminated terrorist Muhammad Salah, who was responsible for projects ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-23 22:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the Israeli military's heavy fighting against Hamas militants in the southern Gaza city of Rafah is nearly over. "The intense phase of the fighting against Hamas is about to end," he said in an interview with Israel's pro-Netanyahu Channel 14. "It doesn't mean that the war is about to ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-23 22:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant headed to Washington on Sunday for talks on the Gaza war raging since October 7 and surging cross-border tensions with Lebanon's Hezbollah movement. The visit, which Gallant said would include meetings that are "critical to this war," comes after a series of public statements by Israeli Prime Minister ...