par This Is Beirut, 26/09 22:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The leader of the Lebanese Kataeb Party, MP Sami Gemayel, demanded that Hezbollah "stop the support front" and "hand over its weapons and soldiers to the Lebanese army." During a press conference in Bikfaya, Gemayel stated, "We have heard Hezbollah's narrative, and we want to emphasize that no party or individual can lead Lebanon into war alone. ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/09 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Hezbollah Israel United States
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday his government had not responded to a US-led push for a 21-day ceasefire in its campaign against Hezbollah. "It is an American-French proposal, which the prime minister has not even responded to," said a statement from Netanyahu's office, adding that he had ordered the army "to continue the ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/09 21:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's defense ministry said on Thursday it had secured an $8.7 billion aid package from the United States to support the country's ongoing military efforts, including upgrading air defense systems. The announcement came as Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas hit out at Washington in his address to the UN General Assembly in New York, accusing ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/09 20:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Despite international efforts to achieve a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Tel Aviv remains determined to pursue its attacks against the pro-Iranian group, which fuels fears of a wider war, voiced by the United States and the European Union. A ceasefire agreement could be reached at any time, however, as the White House noted on Thursday, ...
par Soumia Benmerzoug, 26/09 19:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In recent days, Israel has intensified its airstrikes on Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah infrastructure. Concentrated mainly in the south and east, these bombings have killed over 800 people and left around a thousand injured, according to the latest reports from the Ministry of Health. The strikes have also displaced 90,000 civilians. As tensions ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/09 19:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Three ministers from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition on Thursday rejected a US-led proposal for a Lebanon ceasefire and demanded that the fight against Hezbollah go on. The United States and allies issued a joint call for a 21-day halt in fighting in Lebanon after Israeli air strikes on Iran-backed Hezbollah killed ...
par Natasha Metni Torbey, 26/09 19:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Calls for de-escalation have fallen on deaf ears. Hezbollah and Israel both rejected the proposal from Paris and Washington for a 21-day temporary ceasefire, aimed at paving the way for negotiations toward a lasting calm along the Lebanese-Israeli border. Consequently, the emergency United Nations Security Council meeting, convened on Wednesday at ...
par Victoria C. Werling, 26/09 17:29 - Reading : less than a minute
Hezbollah Israeli Raid Mohammed Hussein Srour Southern Suburbs
The Israeli army targeted the head of Hezbollah's air unit, Mohammed Hussein Srour, also known as Abu Saleh, in a new raid on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Thursday afternoon.
par This Is Beirut, 26/09 11:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israeli shelling continues for the fourth day in a row, on Thursday, amid heavy waves of airstrikes in the Bekaa and southern Lebanon overnight, causing extensive damage to properties and lives. Israeli planes broke the sound barrier over several Lebanese regions, including Beirut, on Thursday morning. Alarm sirens sounded in Acre on Thursday ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/09 09:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
As intense Israeli military strikes continued throughout Wednesday night and are still underway on Thursday morning, the United States and France called for a temporary 21-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah to pave the way for broader negotiations, while UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a UN Security Council meeting that “all ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/09 22:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Emmanuel Macron Hezbollah Israel
French President Emmanuel Macron took a hard tone on Wednesday at the UN General Assembly, stressing that “there cannot and must not be a war in Lebanon.” Calling for an end to Israeli "escalation" in Lebanon along with the rocket attacks by Hezbollah on Israel., he stressed: “a war in Lebanon must not be authorized." "We urge Israel to ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/09 18:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military said on Wednesday it was calling up two reserve brigades to the north, where its forces are involved in cross-border clashes with Hezbollah. "The Israeli Army is calling up two reserve brigades for operational missions in the northern arena," the military said in a statement, adding that this would "enable the continuation of ...