This Is Beirut, 07/01 22:09 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The Gaza war raged on into a fourth month on Sunday as the Israeli army pounded the Palestinian territory with strikes, and US top diplomat Antony Blinken returned to the Middle East seeking to avoid a wider escalation. The Israeli offensive in Gaza has claimed 22,835 lives, predominantly civilians, according to the latest Hamas report. ...
This Is Beirut, 07/01 21:57 - Reading : less than a minute
Antony Blinken Palestine Hamas
During his fourth tour of the region since October 7, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking at a press conference in Doha alongside Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, deemed it "imperative" for Israel—militarily and politically supported by Washington—to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza. He ...
This Is Beirut, 07/01 21:54 - Reading : less than a minute
The leaders of the Islamist Hamas movement declared on Sunday during their daily press conference in Beirut that they will respond to Israel's assassination of the movement's leader, Saleh al-Arouri. Arouri and six other officials and members of Hamas were killed on Tuesday evening in a strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut. During the press ...
This Is Beirut, 07/01 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The health ministry in the Gaza Strip said on Sunday that an Israeli airstrike killed two journalists in the Palestinian territory. Mostafa Thuraya, a video stringer for Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency, and Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with the Al Jazeera television network, were killed while they were traveling in a car, the ministry ...
This Is Beirut, 07/01 14:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Abdullah II of Jordan called on the United States to put pressure on Israel to obtain an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza on Sunday, January 7. The King of Jordan was speaking shortly after a meeting with US top diplomat Antony Blinken. Jordan's king urged the top United States diplomat on Sunday to push for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and put an ...
This Is Beirut, 07/01 10:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Jordan on the evening of Saturday, January 7, after two stops in Turkey and Greece. This diplomatic trip is intended to de-escalate tensions surrounding the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The United States' top diplomat was in Jordan on Sunday as part of a Middle East tour aiming to ensure that the ...
Tylia El Helou, 06/01 21:50 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for January 6, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 06/01 21:43 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On the 92nd day of the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, relentless Israeli airstrikes continue to batter Gaza. The civilian population, lacking adequate shelter, grapples with severe shortages, all while international mediations struggle to yield tangible results. Israel bombed southern Gaza Saturday as the UN warned the besieged ...
This Is Beirut, 06/01 21:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Palestine Hamas
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh called on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to focus on ending the war on Saturday, January 6. Currently in Turkey, Blinken is conducting a Middle East diplomatic tour in a bid to calm rising tensions. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has called on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to use his current Middle East tour ...
This Is Beirut, 06/01 20:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Palestine Hamas
As the situation in Gaza reaches a critical point, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The discussions centered around the escalating conflict in Gaza and deliberations on Sweden's potential accession to NATO. Washington's top diplomat discussed the Israel-Hamas war with Turkey's ...
This Is Beirut, 06/01 19:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna told her Iranian counterpart Saturday that "Iran and its affiliates" must stop "destabilising acts" that could spark a broader conflict in the Middle East amid the war in Gaza. During a telephone call with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Catherine Colonna "delivered a very clear ...
This Is Beirut, 05/01 23:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Emmanuel Macron Palestine Hamas
Bombing persisted in Gaza on Friday as the international community began to assess Israel's initial proposals for the governance of the territory, following its prolonged conflict with the militant group Hamas, now entering its fourth month. Bombing continued across Gaza on Friday as the world began to digest Israel's first proposals for the ...