par Rayan Chami, 02/10 21:18 - Reading : less than a minute
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This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for October 2nd, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 02/10 20:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In an airstrike on Wednesday, Israel killed Hassan Jaafar Kassir, son-in-law of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Three people were killed in the Damascus strike, a monitor said, on a neighborhood that is home to security headquarters and embassies. "An Israeli air strike targeted a flat in a residential building in the Mazzeh neighborhood ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/10 16:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On the streets of Tehran, a small crowd celebrated Iran's missile attack on Israel, while others are worried about the consequences of the Islamic Republic's boldest move yet in a year of escalating Middle East conflict. Local media carried footage of what Iran said were 200 missiles as they were fired towards Israel on Tuesday evening, while ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/10 16:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that eight soldiers had been killed in fighting in Lebanon, two days after Israel launched a ground offensive against Hezbollah. In the morning, it had reported the death of a soldier, “Captain Eitan Itzhak Oster, aged 22, killed in action in Lebanon”. This marks the first reported losses for the ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/10 15:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri appears to have softened his position on the presidential election in light of the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah, where the latter has been severely weakened and left without its leadership. During meetings with visitors on Wednesday, Berri indicated that he no longer insists on dialogue — previously ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/10 12:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Following a violent night in Beirut's southern suburbs, several regions in Lebanon came under Israeli attack on Wednesday. An Israeli raid took place in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Wednesday morning, near Choueifat. The villages of Zaoutar, Debel, Haouch, Ramadiya, Deir Kanoun, Markaba, Ras al-Ain and Froun were targeted. Three people were ...
par Natasha Metni Torbey, 01/10 18:38 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Hezbollah faces severe trials in these times of war. Along with the heavy blows to its military and logistical capabilities from Israeli strikes—particularly in Dahyeh, the Beqaa Valley and the south—its financial resources appear to be on the verge of exhaustion. Myth or reality? As the Hezbollah-Israel conflict intensifies, with shifting ...
01/10 17:53 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army mobilized four additional brigades to be deployed in missions along the northern border, the military said on Tuesday, after launching ground operations targeting Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon overnight. “This will enable the continuation of operational activity against the Hezbollah terrorist organization and the ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/10 17:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army announced on Tuesday evening that it had killed two Hezbollah commanders, Mohammad Cassir, in charge of the “transport of troops” between Lebanon and Syria, and Zoulfikar Hannaoui, head of the “Imam Hussein Battalion”, during air strikes on the southern outskirts of Beirut. Three persons were killed during the two ...
01/10 17:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Several countries have issued reactions on Tuesday to Israel's ground incursion in Lebanon, after the Israeli military began what it said were “ground raids” against Hezbollah militants in the area. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned on Tuesday Israel's ground operation into Lebanon and urged the United Nations and other ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/10 15:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United Nations warned Israel on Tuesday against a "large-scale ground invasion" of Lebanon, after the Israeli military began a ground assault. "With armed violence between Israel and Hezbollah boiling over, the consequences for civilians have already been terrible,” Liz Throssell, spokeswoman for the UN rights office, told reporters in ...
par Malo Pinatel, 01/10 15:01 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Since Monday, the Israeli military has significantly intensified its strikes across Lebanon, killing over a thousand Lebanese civilians in the process. A key objective of this campaign is to counter the main threat Hezbollah poses to Israel: its arsenal of rockets and precision-guided missiles. This concern is echoed by the Israeli government's ...