War Diary: Day 130
Tylia El Helou, 2024-02-13 21:19 - 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 13th, 2024.
Palestine
Nasrallah Shuns Foreign Initiatives: No Ceasefire in South Before Gaza
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-13 18:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah reiterated on Tuesday that the so-called “support front” for Gaza in South Lebanon will not abate so long as the war in the enclave is not over, rejecting any foreign initiative for de-escalation. “Over 130 days (of war in Gaza), the Israelis have not been able to achieve the goals they set, and ...
France Announces Sanctions on Violent Israeli Settlers
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-13 17:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
France announced sanctions, on Tuesday, on 28 Israeli settlers accused of committing violent acts against Palestinians in the West Bank. These measures lead to an entry ban on “extremist Israeli settlers” from entering French territory. “These measures come as violence perpetrated by settlers against the Palestinian population has ...
Lebanon, Gaza Crisis: Will Biden’s Election Interests Help?
2024-02-13 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
When the five-nation group, known as the Paris Quintet, consisted of just three members — namely the United States, France, and Saudi Arabia — they had divergent views regarding the Lebanese presidential dossier, as the French and the Saudis didn’t see eye to eye on the matter. When Egypt and Qatar joined, disagreements persisted despite the ...
Amnesty International Unveils Evidence of Possible Israeli 'War Crimes'
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-12 23:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
New evidence of deadly unlawful attacks in the occupied Gaza Strip, gathered by Amnesty International, demonstrates how Israeli forces continue to disregard international humanitarian law, killing entire families with absolute impunity — acts that could potentially be labeled as war crimes. Amnesty International carried out an investigation ...
UAE Defends Diplomatic Ties with Israel
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-12 22:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
A senior Emirati diplomat justified, on Monday, her country's choice to uphold its diplomatic ties with Israel despite growing concerns about the conflict in Gaza. A top Emirati diplomat on Monday defended her country's decision to maintain ties with Israel despite its mounting concern over the war in Gaza. The United Arab Emirates and Israel ...
UN Human Rights Chief Concerned Over Rafah Situation
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-12 22:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United Nations expressed on Monday that the possibility of a complete Israeli incursion into the densely populated Gaza town of Rafah was "terrifying" and posed a risk of "extremely high" casualties. The United Nations said on Monday that the prospect of a full Israeli incursion into the crammed Gaza town of Rafah was "terrifying" and risked ...
War Diary: Day 129
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-02-12 22:10 - 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 12th, 2024.
US Trying to Broker Six-Week Gaza Truce
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-12 20:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Palestine Hamas
The United States is working to negotiate a ceasefire of "at least six weeks" in the Gaza Strip as part of a wider deal that would also involve the release of hostages, President Joe Biden said Monday. "The United States is working on a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, which would bring (an) immediate and sustained period of calm to Gaza for ...
Israel Bans UN Special Rapporteur from Entering Occupied Territories
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-12 19:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel announced on Monday that it would impose a visa ban on the United Nations special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories. This decision came after the rapporteur made comments denying that Hamas' attack on October 7 was "antisemitic." Israel on Monday announced a visa ban on the United Nations special rapporteur for the ...
1/4 Border Demarcation: Ras Naqoura Tunnel, a Zone of High Contention
2024-02-12 13:28 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In a series of four articles, This is Beirut looks at three key elements in the Lebanese-Israeli border dispute, and a fourth that has fallen into oblivion. The first concerns the Ras Naqoura tunnel, owned by the Lebanese state and registered in the land register under number 28/Naqoura, but which Israel turned into a tourist zone since occupying ...
Deadly Strikes on Rafah, Israel Rescues Two Hostages
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-12 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel carried out a military operation in Rafah on Sunday evening, claiming the lives of around 100 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The Hebrew state claims to have rescued two hostages. Israel announced on Monday the rescue of two hostages in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where the Gaza Health Ministry said that "around ...