This is Beirut, 06/10 16:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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At least one person was killed and 10 others injured on Sunday during a shooting in southern Israel's Beersheba, police and emergency responders said, a day before the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack. "Paramedics have pronounced a 25-year-old female deceased and are evacuating 10 casualties," emergency service ...
This is Beirut, 06/10 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli military said on Sunday that its forces surrounded the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza in response to indications that Hamas was rebuilding despite nearly a year of strikes and fighting. “The troops of the 401st Brigade and the 460th Brigade have successfully encircled the area and are currently continuing to operate in the ...
This is Beirut, 05/10 21:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized French President Emmanuel Macron and the leaders of countries calling for a halt in arms deliveries to Israel in the context of the war against the Palestinian Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. "As Israel fights the forces of barbarism led by Iran, all civilized nations should stand ...
This Is Beirut, 05/10 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron called on Saturday for a halt to arms deliveries to Israel that are being used in the conflict in Gaza. "I think the priority today is to return to a political solution, to stop delivering weapons for the fights in Gaza," he said during a special broadcast on France Inter radio dedicated to Francophonie. "France ...
This Is Beirut, 05/10 14:25 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army warned residents to evacuate part of central Gaza on Saturday, saying the military was preparing to use "great force" against Hamas fighters in the area. The evacuation call is the first in weeks for Gaza as the Israeli military has largely shifted its focus to fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon. "Hamas and the terrorist ...
This is Beirut, 05/10 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tehran's top diplomat in Damascus on Saturday threatened an "even stronger" reaction to any aggression, as Israel readied its response to an Iranian missile attack earlier this week. "Our reaction to any attack by the Zionist regime is completely clear," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters in the Syrian capital, ...
This is Beirut, 05/10 10:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The situation in Gaza, one year after the start of the war and at a time when bombardments are raging in the Middle East, as well as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, will be at the heart of the 31st Bayeux Award for War Correspondents, which starts on Monday. “Never have so many journalists died during a conflict as in Gaza over the past year, ...
Rayan Chami, 02/10 21:18 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for October 2nd, 2024.
01/10 09:21 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu handled the joint United States-French ceasefire initiative in Lebanon much as he did US President Joe Biden’s earlier call for a truce in Gaza. Although the statement was coordinated with Netanyahu and supported by several Western and Arab nations, he later withdrew his backing and omitted any mention ...
This Is Beirut, 29/09 21:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli air strikes on Yemen killed four people on Sunday and wounded more than 30, Houthi media reported, after Israel's military said it struck targets in the Houthi territory including Hodeida. Al-Masirah TV said a port worker and three engineers were killed with 33 wounded in an "initial toll", adding ambulance and rescue teams were still ...
Ali A. Hamadé, 29/09 17:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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On Friday, September 27, Israel launched its most extensive military operation against Hezbollah since the opening of the southern front line on October 8, 2023, decapitating the group. The strike resulted in the death of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and the elimination of several key commanders of the pro-Iranian ...
This Is Beirut, 28/09 21:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The language of concern and restraint streaming from global foreign ministries is failing to quell the fires of conflict in the Middle East, with the death Friday of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike bringing the region still closer to war. Israeli bombings in Lebanon and Hezbollah rocket launches have crescendoed, even as ...