par This Is Beirut, 16/02 16:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russia has invited Hamas and other Palestinian factions, including Fatah, to Moscow for talks on the Israel-Hamas war and other issues in the Middle East. Moscow, which for years tried to court good relations with all major players in the region, has grown increasingly critical of Israel and its Western backers amid the ongoing war in Gaza. ...
par Natasha Metni Torbey, 16/02 15:51 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
In a series of four articles, This is Beirut revisits three key elements of the Lebanese-Israeli border dispute and a fourth, which is now forgotten. The first focuses on the Ras el Naqoura tunnel, owned by the Lebanese State and registered under land registry number 28/Naqoura. However, following Israel’s occupation, it has been transformed ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/02 13:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
There was growing concern on Friday over a key Gaza hospital a day after a raid by the Israeli Army, with the Hamas-run territory's Health Ministry saying several patients had died there due to a lack of oxygen. The ministry said the power was cut off and the generators stopped after the raid at the Nasser hospital in the southern city of Khan ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/02 11:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Netanyahu once again affirmed his unwilligness to support the establisment of a Palestinian state at the end of the war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late Thursday that he rejected a plan for international recognition of a Palestinian state, saying such an initiative "would offer an enormous reward to terrorism". Netanyahu's ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/02 11:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes shortly after midnight, targeting several towns in southern Lebanon. The attacks caused extensive damage to the targeted areas' homes, properties and crops. The towns of Naqoura, Jabal al-Labbouneh, Alma al-Shaab, Tayr Harfa and Yarine in the western sector were among those hit in the initial wave ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/02 22:42 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cross-border violence continued unabated on Thursday, following the grave developments in South Lebanon a day before, described as the deadliest since October 8. Israeli airstrikes targeted the village of Blida in the early evening. Initial reports said four people were wounded as a result of the attacks on a residential building and a civilian ...
par Victoria C. Werling, 15/02 22:04 - 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 15th, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 15/02 15:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
After firing a new wave of deadly strikes on southern Gaza on Thursday, Israel vowed to launch a "powerful" operation in Rafah, an overcrowded city in the southern Gaza Strip, despite growing international condemnation. After more than four months of a war that has flattened vast swathes of Gaza, displaced most of the territory's population, and ...
par Maureen Décor, 15/02 14:14 - Reading : less than a minute
Wednesday, February 14, was the deadliest day in southern Lebanon since Israeli bombardments began, with at least 12 people killed, including 6 women and 3 children.
par This Is Beirut, 15/02 11:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A strike on a residential building in Nabatiyeh has resulted in a staggering toll, leaving eight individuals dead and at least seven injured, according to the latest toll. The search for missing people is still ongoing. Seven members of the Barjawi family were killed in the strike last night in the city of Nabatiyeh when an Israeli drone targeted ...
14/02 23:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
[video width="480" height="848" mp4="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/e4e3a435-9bf9-4de4-8439-2502807bdeac.mp4"][/video] An Israeli airstrike with two missiles targeted a site in the al-Maslakh neighborhood of the town of Nabatieh. An Israeli drone targeted a three-story building in a populated area of Nabatieh, near the ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/02 21:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States on Wednesday called for diplomacy to resolve tensions in Lebanon after Israeli strikes on its northern neighbor. "We continue to believe that there is a diplomatic path forward, and we will continue to push forward to try to resolve this issue diplomatically," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters. "We ...
