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3 Questions for General Maroun Hitti: 'Wars Begin When You Will, but Do Not End When You Please'

par Yara Germany, 23/08 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Since the beginning of the confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon, Israeli strikes have increasingly targeted deeper into Lebanese territory, reaching the Beirut southern suburbs and even the Bekaa Valley. Amid growing concerns about these developments and the possibility that the attacks may herald a new phase in the war, ...

Southern Front: Phosphorus Shells, Fires, and Hezb Retaliation

par This Is Beirut, 22/08 19:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Hezbollah Israel

The southern front was cautiously calm on Thursday afternoon, following heavy Israeli bombardment from dawn onward. [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/283981"] Late in the day, a large fire broke out in Wadi Hamoul, on the outskirts of Naqoura in the caza of Tyre, and forest fires flared up in Yaroun after the Israeli Army fired ...

Once-Eradicated Polio Haunts a War-Torn Gaza

par This Is Beirut, 22/08 12:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Palestine Israel

Gaza's first polio case in 25 years has sparked a challenging vaccination campaign amid ongoing conflict, with UN agencies preparing to vaccinate 640,000 children despite severe logistical obstacles. The Gaza Strip's first recorded polio case in 25 years has health workers and aid agencies grappling with the steep obstacles to conducting mass ...

Biden Urges Netanyahu to Reach a Gaza Ceasefire Deal

par This Is Beirut, 22/08 04:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Benjamin Netanyahu Ceasefire Palestine Israel

President Joe Biden on Wednesday pushed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas as talks on a truce faltered. The US and Israeli leaders spoke hours after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended a tour of the Middle East aimed at reaching an accord as tensions rise in the region. In a statement on ...

Netanyahu Asserts 'Readiness' for War with Hezbollah

par This Is Beirut, 21/08 20:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Benjamin Netanyahu Hezbollah Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Wednesday his "readiness for any scenario" amid the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah and its backer, Iran, against the backdrop of the Gaza war. United States President Joe Biden is expected to urge Netanyahu to ease his demands in the ceasefire deal in a phone call later tonight, an unnamed ...

Israeli Strike on School Shelter Kills Two

par This Is Beirut, 21/08 18:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Palestine Hamas Israel

Gaza's civil defense agency said on Wednesday two people were killed and 10 children injured in the latest Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter, while the Israeli military reported it hit a Hamas command center. "Two martyrs were recovered and 15 injured, including 10 children" after Israeli planes struck the Salah al-Din school in Gaza ...

Crisis at the Philadelphi Corridor

par Alissar Boulos, 21/08 18:09 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Israel

Negotiations for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel appear to have broken down. One of the reasons being the tight control over the Philadelphi Corridor. This buffer zone lies between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, and its control was taken over (from Egypt) by the Israelis last May. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that ...

Three Killed in Israeli Airstrikes and Hezbollah Retaliates

par This Is Beirut, 21/08 01:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Israel

Tuesday night was particularly violent in the Bekaa and the South, with clashes continuing on Wednesday morning. An Israeli drone targeted a car in Bayt Lif on Wednesday morning, killing one person. Israeli bombardments also hit the areas of Deir Mimas and southern Khiam. Bombing also hit the Sardeh region near Wazzani, killing a Syrian ...

It Is Time for a Truce in Gaza, Says Blinken in Qatar

par This Is Beirut, 21/08 01:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Antony Blinken Palestine Israel

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken appealed Tuesday to Hamas urgently to accept a ceasefire plan to ease suffering in Gaza but also entered a public spat with Israel as he capped a new round of shuttle diplomacy. The US Secretary of State closed his ninth wartime trip to the region, in which he warned that the US-backed truce proposal may be the ...

Blinken Arrives in Qatar for Gaza Truce Push

par This Is Beirut, 20/08 21:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Antony Blinken Palestine Hamas Israel United States

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Qatar on Tuesday as part of a Middle East tour to push forward talks aimed at ending the 10-month-old Gaza war. A US senior official traveling with Blinken in the Middle East criticized "maximalist" remarks attributed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on maintaining control of ...

Blinken Meets Egyptian President in Gaza Truce Push

par This Is Beirut, 20/08 19:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Antony Blinken Palestine Israel

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken met Egypt's president Tuesday for talks about a Gaza ceasefire after saying Israel had accepted a US "bridging proposal" for a deal and urging Hamas to do the same. The Palestinian militant group, whose October 7 attack triggered the war, said it was "keen to reach a ceasefire" agreement but protested US ...

Israeli Strike on Gaza School Kills Twelve

par This Is Beirut, 20/08 13:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)