par This Is Beirut, 14/03 17:37 - Reading : less than a minute
The United States has imposed sanctions on three Israeli settlers and two illegal outposts accused of involvement in West Bank violence, according to information on the US Treasury Department’s website. This marks the second wave of penalties, following the sanctioning of four Israeli extremists last month. The two outposts facing sanctions ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/03 14:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Biden administration is expected to sanction two Israeli settler outposts in the West Bank on Thursday, March 14. This represents a new step for US policy towards Israeli settler violence. The American news outlet Axios reported that two illegal settlements, which were used as a base for extremist attacks against Palestinians, will be ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/03 12:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Senior US officials informed Israel that Biden would support the targeting of high-value Hamas targets in Rafah – as long as it avoids a large-scale invasion. According to a Politico report published on Thursday, March 14, top US officials told Israel in private that they could support a plan more akin to precise counterterrorism operations, ...
par This Is Beirut, 13/03 22:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Protecting and aiding civilians must be "job number one" for Israel in the war-battered Gaza Strip, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. "Where there is a will, there is a way," Blinken told reporters after a virtual meeting with ministers on a new maritime corridor for aid into Gaza. "We look to the government of Israel to make ...
par This Is Beirut, 13/03 21:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A second Gaza-bound aid ship would embark from the Cypriot port of Larnaca once a boat already sailing along the new maritime corridor completes its mission, Cyprus's foreign minister said Wednesday. The Israel-Hamas war, now in its sixth month, has created a severe humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, where the United Nations has repeatedly ...
par Natasha Metni Torbey, 13/03 21:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In a conflict whose true nature continues to be ignored, material damage and casualties among fighters and civilians are multiplying on both sides. Wednesday morning, and in the recent context of Israeli strikes expanding into Lebanon, the city of Sour was, for the first time since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas, targeted in an ...
par Tylia El Helou, 13/03 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 March 13th, 2024.
par This Is Beirut, 13/03 17:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An UNRWA warehouse was struck in Gaza on Wednesday, injuring many, with casualties including UNRWA staff. This comes amid worsening humanitarian conditions in Gaza due to ongoing conflict. The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said one of its aid warehouses in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip was "hit" on Wednesday, wounding scores of ...
13/03 12:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
MP Marwan Hamadeh, member of the Democratic Gathering bloc, reacted on Wednesday to the escalation of tensions initiated by Israel and the spread of the conflict, stressing that the so-called "rules of engagement" have gotten out of hand. In an interview with "The Voice of Lebanon," Hamadeh said that Israel's decision is clear, "a war against ...
par Rami Rayess, 13/03 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Red Sea area is a strategic one for countries in its vicinity and for the entire global trade. It is a point of transit that shortens distances, from the Far East to the Middle East and the Mediterranean, all the way to Europe and the northern areas. The importance of this maritime passageway cannot be overstated, as it reduces the ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/03 23:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah on Lebanon's southern border intensified on Tuesday as the Israeli army bombed Berghoz and Dellafeh, in Hasbaya Caza, Houla, Markaba and Wadi Saluki. The Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesman, Avichay Adrae, declared in this respect that "warplanes attacked three missile launching platforms" which were ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/03 23:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A first ship carrying humanitarian aid was en route to Gaza from Cyprus on Tuesday, March 12, while Morocco sent relief supplies by land via Israel. A Spanish charity boat taking food to Gaza left Cyprus on Tuesday in hopes of opening a maritime corridor to carry sorely needed aid to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. Philippe Lazzarini, ...