This is Beirut, 20/03 02:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Israel bombarded Gaza and pressed its ground operations on Thursday after issuing what it called a "last warning" for Palestinians to return hostages and remove Hamas from power. The renewed offensive shattered a relative calm that had pervaded since truce took hold mid-January. Heavy air strikes began strafing Gaza early Tuesday, ...
This is Beirut, 19/03 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Houthis claimed on Wednesday to have carried out a fourth attack in 72 hours on an American fleet in the Red Sea, as the US military said its campaign against the Iran-backed rebels was ongoing. The Houthis' military spokesperson said cruise missiles and drones targeted the USS Harry S. Truman carrier group in an attack that was "the fourth ...
This is Beirut, 19/03 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Israeli government has approved the return of firebrand politician Itamar Ben-Gvir as national security minister, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Wednesday. A statement said the government had "unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to reappoint" Ben Gvir, who resigned on January 19 to protest a Gaza ...
This is Beirut, 18/03 21:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that a wave of deadly overnight strikes on Gaza was "only the beginning" of Israeli action in the Palestinian territory. "Hamas has already felt the strength of our arm in the past 24 hours. And I want to promise you –- and them –- this is only the beginning," ...
Mario Chartouni, 18/03 21:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As fighting in Gaza escalates with renewed hostilities and intensified strikes, uncertainty over the future of the Israel-Hamas conflict is deepening. With Palestinian sources reporting more than 400 deaths since Monday, This is Beirut spoke with General Khalil Helou to assess the dynamics at play, the potential impact on regional stability, and ...
Samar El-Kadi, 18/03 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israel’s warning to unleash hell fire on Gaza if Hamas fails to release Israeli hostages is no longer a threat. At least 413 people were killed and more than 600 injured in a spate of intense airstrikes on Monday evening, shattering a fragile truce that took effect on January 19. The escalation is set to continue with the Israeli government ...
This is Beirut, 18/03 16:54 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Israel's deadly strikes on Gaza drew global condemnation on Tuesday, as it said it had "no alternative" other than to resume military operations in order to bring home hostages. The strikes, by far the deadliest since a truce took effect in January, killed more than 400 people, according to the health ministry in Gaza. Israel vowed ...
This is Beirut, 18/03 10:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Israel vowed on Tuesday to continue fighting in Gaza until the return of all hostages as it unleashed its most intense strikes since a ceasefire, with the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory reporting more than 330 people killed. Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of deciding to "resume war" after a deadlock ...
This is Beirut, 16/03 19:56 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel said its negotiating team was discussing the hostage issue with Egyptian mediators on Sunday, as deep divisions persist between Israel and Hamas over the terms of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Mediated by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, the initial phase of the ceasefire took effect on January 19, largely halting more than 15 months of ...
This is Beirut, 16/03 16:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump is expected to speak with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this week, an American envoy said Sunday, as Washington presses for Moscow to accept a ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, who met for several hours with Putin days ago, told CNN in a televised interview that he thinks "the two ...
Élie-Joe Kamel, 15/03 12:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Whenever an agreement—whether purely technical or otherwise—between Lebanon and Israel is discussed, confusion arises, often followed by accusations and excessive speculation. Many Lebanese tend to mix up and confuse the terms "armistice," "normalization," and "peace." This makes it necessary to clarify the differences between these three ...
This is Beirut, 14/03 19:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The White House accused Hamas on Friday of making "entirely impractical" demands and stalling on a deal to release a US-Israeli hostage in exchange for an extension of the Gaza ceasefire. "Hamas is making a very bad bet that time is on its side. It is not," a statement from the office of President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and the US ...