This Is Beirut, 2024-03-11 12:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan started on Monday in Gaza with no truce in sight as the US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators failed to reach agreement on it. The weeks of talks in Cairo aimed for a six-week truce and the release of many of the hostages taken on October 7 that Hamas is still holding. In return, Israel would free Palestinian ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-10 20:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Sunday aid delivered via a planned maritime route would go "to those who need it" in Gaza, where famine looms after five months of war. Gallant travelled to the "shores of Gaza" on a military boat to inspect "preparations being made for the construction of a sea dock" that would receive humanitarian ...
Tylia El Helou, 2024-03-10 20:41 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 10th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-10 13:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai reterated time and again "the urgent need to immediately elect a President of the Republic." In his Sunday sermon in Bkerke, he praised the initiative of the National Moderation Bloc and the efforts of the Quintet ambassadors aimed at facilitating an end to the presidential election deadlock. "We look positively ...
Ali A. Hamadé, 2024-03-10 12:38 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
After an eventful Super Tuesday, during which fifteen states cast their votes for the Democratic and Republican primaries, Donald Trump and Joe Biden emerged as the undisputed leaders of the political arena. This widely anticipated scenario, foreseen by many observers, left Nikki Haley – Trump’s only serious contender – with no other option ...
Hala Abdallah, 2024-03-09 22:57 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza and southern Lebanon. Here are the main highlights for March 9th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-09 20:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel said on Saturday its spy chief had met with his US counterpart as part of efforts to secure the release of hostages still held in Gaza. "The head of the Mossad, David Barnea, met yesterday (Friday) with the head of the CIA, Bill Burns, as part of the ceaseless efforts to advance another hostage release deal," Prime Minister Benjamin ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-09 13:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A boat carrying desperately needed aid for war-ravaged Gaza, where the UN has repeatedly warned of famine, was prepared to sail from Cyprus as deadly fighting raged on Saturday between Israeli troops and Hamas militants ahead of Ramadan. The sea route aims to counter access restrictions, which humanitarians and Western governments have blamed on ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-09 11:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Canada and Sweden resumed their funding to UNRWA, more than one month after suspending it. Canada and Sweden announced that they will resume funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), more than a month after suspending it in line with about 15 other countries. On Saturday, Sweden said it was resuming aid to the cash-strapped UN ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-08 21:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A UN expert described US President Joe Biden's statement on the construction of a port in Gaza to facilitate food aid, as "cynical". The announcement was made during his annual State of the Union address on Thursday. US President pleaded with Israel to let more aid into the blockaded territory. "A temporary pier will enable a massive increase in ...
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-03-08 21:32 - Reading : less than a minute
This Is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza and southern Lebanon. Here are the main highlights for March 8th, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-08 21:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that it remained up to Hamas to accept a ceasefire with Israel, as hopes dimmed for a new truce in the five-month-old war. "The issue is Hamas," Blinken said, a day after President Joe Biden called in his State of the Union address for an "immediate" six-week truce that would allow humanitarian aid ...