par Bassam Abou Zeid, 04/03 22:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hochstein left Lebanon realizing that he does not have a magic wand for a solution and that a sustainable solution may never exist because, for Hezbollah, the issue of its weapons is much more important than the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, as it amounts to a regional role exercised by Iran, and it is not yet time to curb it. Hochstein did not hear ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/03 21:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Three Hezbollah members were killed in an Israeli bombardment of the village of Odaisseh in South Lebanon. Israel targeted a center of the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Association where the three party members, Hussein Ibrahim, Ali Hassan Soueidan and Abbas Hojeij, were killed. Their deaths were announced by Hezbollah in a statement. A ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/03 16:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Amos Hochstein Hezbollah Israel
US envoy Amos Hochstein kicked off his third visit to Lebanon in less than five months on Monday by calling on Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. His round of talks with Lebanese officials included Army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun, caretaker Minister of Water and Energy Walid Fayyad, and former head of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Walid ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/03 15:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Metropolitan of Beirut, Bishop Elias Audi, denounced on Sunday "the unilateral decisions taken by a section of the Lebanese," in reference to the war waged by Hezbollah against Israel in southern Lebanon since October 8, in support of Hamas in its war against the Hebrew state in Gaza. Warning against the risk of the war spreading to Lebanon, ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/03 10:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A precarious calm prevailed in southern Lebanon on Sunday evening, after a day marked by intermittent exchanges of artillery fire between Hezbollah and Israel. The Israeli Army bombarded on Sunday Naqoura, Labbouneh, Alma al-Shaab, Ramya, Kfar Kila, Khiam, and the outskirts of Hula. At the same time, phosphorus bombs were dropped on Kfar Kila and ...
par Rayan Chami, 02/03 20:52 - Reading : less than a minute
Palestine Hamas Hezbollah Israel
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 2, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 02/03 19:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel intensified on Saturday afternoon, following a morning marked by the deaths of three Hezbollah fighters in an Israeli raid on the Naqoura highway. In the afternoon, Israeli artillery bombarded the southwestern sector of Mays al-Jabal, setting fire to the village's neighborhoods but causing no ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/03 15:37 - Reading : less than a minute
Amos Hochstein Palestine Hezbollah Israel
US envoy Amos Hochstein is expected in Beirut on Monday for a new round of talks with Lebanese officials focused on ways to restore calm in southern Lebanon in the wake of a possible cease-fire in Gaza, according to local TV station MTV. Hochstein will kick off his talks with a meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, whose political ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/03 15:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Abdallah Bou Habib Hezbollah Israel
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib stated that the government is consulting with Hezbollah. He indicated that "discussions are a must while no final decision has been taken yet." "The French have proposed good ideas that we are studying and we will respond to them next week," he said in an interview with Al-Jazeera. The ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/03 11:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
UNIFIL Deputy Spokesperson Kandice Ardiel emphasized that the “the freedom of UNIFIL’s movement is essential to the implementation of Resolution 1701.” “In addition to freedom of movement inside UNIFIL’s area of operations, peacekeepers have the freedom and authorization from the Lebanese Government to move throughout Lebanon for ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/02 22:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Blida Hezbollah Israel Strikes
The exchange of cross-border fire continued on the southern front late Thursday, with an Israeli drone targeting a house in Blida. According to preliminary information, the strike resulted in two casualties. The Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Message Scouts civil defense teams and ambulances rushed to the targeted area to extinguish the fire and ...
par Rayan Chami, 29/02 22:11 - 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 29th, 2024.