par This Is Beirut, 26/06 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Norway's largest pension fund said on Wednesday that it had divested from US industrial group Caterpillar because of the risk its equipment was being used by the Israeli Army in Gaza. “For a long time, Caterpillar has supplied bulldozers and other equipment that has been used to demolish Palestinian homes and infrastructure to clear the way for ...
par Lyne Sammouri, 25/06 21:30 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for June 25th, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 25/06 21:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon on Tuesday, warning that a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah could spark a regional war and urging a diplomatic solution. More than eight months of war in Gaza has heightened tensions across the region, with Israeli forces and Lebanon's Iran-backed ...
par Natasha Metni Torbey, 25/06 19:51 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Listen to the article [audio mp3="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Calls-for-de-escalation-between-Hezbollah-and-Israel-are-multiplying.-Between-the-two.mp3"][/audio] Calls for de-escalation between Hezbollah and Israel are multiplying. Between the two belligerents, who engaged in escalating confrontations in the ...
par Malo Pinatel, 25/06 19:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
An Israeli commission investigating suspicions of wrongdoing in the purchase of submarines and warships from Germany by the Israeli government issued a warning to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, according to information reported by Reuters. This commission reportedly informed Netanyahu that, based on the evidence gathered so far, it ...
par Rayan Chami, 25/06 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Debunked Hezbollah Israel South Lebanon
Social media users have spread information regarding an escalation in the Hezb-Israel conflict. But, let’s debunk it.
par This Is Beirut, 24/06 23:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron Palestine Israel
French President Emmanuel Macron and King Abdullah II of Jordan on Monday stressed the need to support efforts to restore calm to the border between Lebanon and Israel, and to bolster stability in the Land of the Cedars. Over lunch at the Élysée Palace, they warned against a "conflagration that would be catastrophic for the region" if the ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/06 23:34 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel's defense minister on Monday vowed during a visit to Washington to work to bring back hostages from Gaza, and urged close cooperation with the United States after strains in the relationship. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met with CIA chief Bill Burns, the key US point man in negotiations to free hostages from Hamas, and later met for ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/06 18:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli artillery broke late in the afternoon, on Monday, the precarious calm that had prevailed during the day. Tel Aviv’s army targeted the outskirts of the towns of Rab al-Thalathine and Taybeh, in the Marjayoun caza. A drone strike was carried out on Taybeh, but the device was shot down by Hezbollah fighters, prompting the Israeli ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/06 12:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The alarmingly tense situation on the Lebanese southern border prompted on Monday several European foreign ministers to express serious concern about the Middle East, especially between Israel and Hezbollah. Statements were issued after a meeting of the EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg this morning, where the situation in the Middle East was ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/06 22:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the Israeli military's heavy fighting against Hamas militants in the southern Gaza city of Rafah is nearly over. "The intense phase of the fighting against Hamas is about to end," he said in an interview with Israel's pro-Netanyahu Channel 14. "It doesn't mean that the war is about to ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/06 22:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant headed to Washington on Sunday for talks on the Gaza war raging since October 7 and surging cross-border tensions with Lebanon's Hezbollah movement. The visit, which Gallant said would include meetings that are "critical to this war," comes after a series of public statements by Israeli Prime Minister ...