par This Is Beirut, 05/04 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Thousands of people chanted against Israel and the United States at Friday's funeral for seven Iranian Revolutionary Guards, two of them generals, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria. Guards chief General Hossein Salami warned that Israel "cannot escape the consequences" of Monday's strike, which levelled the five-storey consular ...
par This Is Beirut, 05/04 12:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The UN Human Rights Council called on Friday for a halt to all arms sales to Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza, in a resolution that evoked fears of genocide against Palestinians. The UN Human Rights Council demanded on Friday a halt in all arms sales to Israel, highlighting warnings of "genocide" in its war in Gaza, which has killed more ...
par This Is Beirut, 05/04 11:23 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Former US President Donald Trump said that Israel is "losing the PR war" in Gaza because of the images coming out of the territory and it must end the conflict quickly. "Every night, they're releasing tapes of a building falling down. They shouldn't be releasing tapes like that," Trump said in an interview broadcast on The Hugh Hewitt Show on ...
par This Is Beirut, 05/04 10:44 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israel announced on Friday that it would allow a "temporary" delivery of aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, threatened by famine, via the port of Ashdod and the Erez crossing, a day after an unusual warning from its major American partner. Israel announced on Friday that it would allow "temporary" aid deliveries into famine-threatened northern Gaza, ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/04 21:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Over 600 lawyers urged the British government to halt arms exports to Israel after three Britons were killed in a strike, citing concerns over potential breaches of international law and the worsening situation in Gaza. A letter signed by more than 600 lawyers on Thursday placed more pressure on the UK government to suspend arms export licences ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/04 21:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday amid growing domestic pressure to set conditions on US military support amid domestic outrage over the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza. In their first call since Monday's Israeli strike that killed the employees of the US-based World Central Kitchen ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/04 14:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli Security Agency, also known as Shin Bet, has hindered a plot authored by Arab Israelis and Palestinians to carry out terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank, abduct Israeli soldiers, and even kill National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. A group of Arab Israelis and Palestinians working together to carry out terror acts in ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/04 13:12 - Reading : less than a minute
According to the World Food Programme, Gazans are facing "imminent famine," despite the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) order to Israel to provide emergency aid to the inhabitants. With all that in play, why is Gaza still not receiving humanitarian aid? AFP report by LUANA SARMINI-BUONACCORSI.
par This Is Beirut, 04/04 13:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Faced with rising tensions between Iran and Israel, the Israeli army has reportedly decided to jam certain GPS signals throughout its territory. In recent days, people using Waze, Google Maps, and Moovit, among other location-based programs, reported GPS outages throughout the central region of Israel, with maps indicating that users are in ...
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Israeli Minister Benny Gantz, a member of the Israeli war cabinet and the main political rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, called for early legislative elections on Wednesday. "We will soon be calling on voters, and for that, we must agree on a consensual date in September for the legislative elections," said Gantz, who is also a member ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/04 22:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Activists and families of hostages invaded the Knesset's plenary hall and proceeded to smear yellow paint on viewing windows in the visitors' area. They were protesting a lack of government action to free their relatives after 180 days of captivity. Security officers confronted the protesters and escorted them out of the area, while in the ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/04 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Mounting pressure is being directed towards the UK government on Wednesday, urging it to halt arms export licenses to Israel. This call came in response to an Israeli strike that tragically claimed the lives of three UK citizens and four individuals employed by World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza. The UK government faced growing pressure ...