This Is Beirut, 18/02 10:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Despite growing international calls for immediate action, the United States has once again signaled its intention to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza. Diplomatic tensions mount as Algeria pushes for the resolution. The UN Security Council could hold a vote next week, sought by Algeria, on a ...
This Is Beirut, 17/02 21:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu articulated his opposition to a two-state solution and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, during a televised press conference on Saturday. Speaking in a televised address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed rejection of a two-state solution and an independent ...
Tylia El Helou, 17/02 20:40 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for February 17th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 17/02 19:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas issued a threat on Saturday, stating that they would halt ceasefire negotiations unless immediate aid was delivered to the northern region of the Gaza Strip. This area has been flagged by aid agencies for an imminent risk of famine. Hamas threatened Saturday to suspend ceasefire talks unless urgent aid was brought into the north of the Gaza ...
17/02 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Since Hamas' attack on October 7, US President Joe Biden was the first to show his and his country’s unwavering support for Israel. But today, four months after the beginning of the war in Gaza, Biden's support has begun to falter. The Israeli-American relationship is over 75 years old, with America being the first country to recognize ...
16/02 20:55 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in southern Lebanon and Gaza. Here are the main highlights for February 16th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 16/02 19:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
As Israel threatens a massive offensive on Rafah, Egypt prepares a secure camp to receive Palestinian refugees. Since the beginning of the war, Egypt has refused any forced displacement of Palestinians on its territory. Egypt is constructing a walled camp in the Sinai Peninsula to receive displaced Palestinian civilians from the Gaza Strip, a US ...
Alissar Boulos, 16/02 19:00 - Reading : less than a minute
On this Friday, February 16th, we bring you the latest updates on the 133rd day of the war in Gaza. This week, we witnessed alarming escalations in southern Lebanon, leading to numerous civilian casualties. Additionally, Saad Hariri is in Lebanon for his father’s memorial, and the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs' comments ignite ...
This Is Beirut, 16/02 17:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Amidst the Gaza conflict, French President Macron stated that France isn't ruling out recognizing Palestine. He spoke in Paris with Jordan's King Abdullah II, following Netanyahu's rejection of a recognition plan. "The recognition of a Palestinian state is not a taboo for France," President Emmanuel Macron said at a joint press conference in ...
This Is Beirut, 16/02 16:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russia has invited Hamas and other Palestinian factions, including Fatah, to Moscow for talks on the Israel-Hamas war and other issues in the Middle East. Moscow, which for years tried to court good relations with all major players in the region, has grown increasingly critical of Israel and its Western backers amid the ongoing war in Gaza. ...
This Is Beirut, 16/02 13:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
There was growing concern on Friday over a key Gaza hospital a day after a raid by the Israeli Army, with the Hamas-run territory's Health Ministry saying several patients had died there due to a lack of oxygen. The ministry said the power was cut off and the generators stopped after the raid at the Nasser hospital in the southern city of Khan ...
This Is Beirut, 15/02 15:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
After firing a new wave of deadly strikes on southern Gaza on Thursday, Israel vowed to launch a "powerful" operation in Rafah, an overcrowded city in the southern Gaza Strip, despite growing international condemnation. After more than four months of a war that has flattened vast swathes of Gaza, displaced most of the territory's population, and ...