par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-17 20:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Humanitarian aid for Gaza began transiting through the Kerem Shalom crossing in Israel on Sunday, December 17. This second crossing, although "temporary" according to an Israeli official, will ease the transit through the Egyptian border crossing at Rafah. A humanitarian aid convoy crossed into war-torn Gaza through the Israeli Kerem Shalom ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-17 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaza Gaza Tunnels Hamas Israel
The Israeli army announced that it discovered the largest network of tunnels dug under the Gaza Strip to date, according to a statement published on Sunday, December 17. This network is said to be fitted with extensive infrastructure, including rails along its main axes. The Israeli army said on Sunday it had uncovered the biggest Hamas tunnel in ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-17 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel resumed on Sunday along Lebanon's southern border, where four people were killed, including two Hezbollah fighters, in an Israeli air raid on the village of Aita el-Shaab. Hezbollah announced the death of its two combatants in a communique. It said one of them, codenamed 'jihad', hailed from the ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-17 14:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bab el-Mandeb Catherine Colonna CONFLICT diplomacy France Hamas Hezbollah Israel
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna called for an “immediate and durable” truce in the Gaza war during her visit to Israel on Sunday, December 17, with her counterpart Eli Cohen, who acknowledged that France could play a positive role in preventing a war with Lebanon. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna pressed for an “immediate ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-17 11:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Al-Shifa Hospital CONFLICT Gaza Hamas Israel
The emergency department at Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, severely affected by Israeli bombardments, has been labeled “a bloodbath” and is deemed “in need of resuscitation” the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday. A team from the WHO and other United Nations agencies managed to deliver medical supplies to the hospital on ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-16 23:43 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bab el-Mandeb Gaza Hamas Houthis Israel
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 70th day on Friday, since the bloody and unprecedented attack perpetrated by the Palestinian Islamist movement on Israeli soil from the Gaza Strip on October 7, which triggered it. According to Israel, 1,139 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack and around 250 kidnapped and taken to Gaza. ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-16 22:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu demonstrations Israel
Hundreds of people demonstrated in several parts of Israel on Saturday evening to demand the release of the hostages and the impeachment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The main rallies took place in Tel Aviv, but also in other places such as Caesarea, as reported by the Israeli media Haaretz. Tel Aviv ...
par Tylia El Helou, 2023-12-16 20:24 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for December 16, 2023.
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-16 17:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Israel
The Israeli army made public on Saturday, December 16, the initial findings of the investigation into the killing of three hostages by one of its soldiers in Gaza. There are currently 129 hostages still being held captive in the Hamas-controlled enclave. The Israeli army said Saturday that three hostages mistakenly killed by soldiers carried a ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-16 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions in South Lebanon rose on Saturday as Hezbollah led several attacks on Israeli military positions and Israeli shelling of border villages intensified. Hezbollah announced drone attacks on Israeli military positions in Birkat Risha (attacked twice), Metula, and near the Ramim barracks, claiming to have killed and wounded soldiers. This was ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-16 09:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
CONFLICT Gaza Hamas hostages Israel
Three Israeli hostages in Gaza were mistakenly killed by the Israeli Army during an operation in a neighborhood in Gaza City, leading to national mourning, protests, and calls for the release of the remaining hostages. Israel has been in a state of shock since Friday after the deaths of three of its hostages in Gaza, killed when troops ...
par This Is Beirut, 2023-12-15 23:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A CNN report revealed on Friday that the Biden (US president Joe Biden) administration prompted the alarm over Israel’s repeated military attacks on the US-backed Lebanese army and raised sharp rebukes from top US officials to Israeli leadership. According to US officials, a regional security source, and a list of the incidents compiled by the ...