This is Beirut 30/10 14:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Since the October ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a new conflict has erupted in the Gaza Strip: an internal struggle as the Islamist movement targets its Palestinian rivals. The campaign has involved executions, raids, and armed clashes across multiple neighborhoods. Officially, Hamas says it is “restoring order” after two years of war ...
This is Beirut 30/10 11:50 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Top Lebanese officials on Thursday denounced Israel’s latest attacks on southern Lebanon, including a deadly overnight strike on the Blida municipal building that killed municipal employee Ibrahim Salameh, describing it as a “flagrant assault on Lebanese sovereignty and state institutions.” Following the incident, President ...
This is Beirut 29/10 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Stretching east to west across the Gaza Strip, the “yellow line” is a new sort of boundary where the Israeli army has pulled back as part of the ceasefire. Marked with concrete blocks topped by yellow signs, it effectively splits the Palestinian territory in two. On October 20, the Israeli army unveiled the first of these yellow concrete ...
This is Beirut 28/10 23:31 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israel carried out air strikes Tuesday despite an ongoing ceasefire after accusing Hamas of attacking its troops and violating the US-brokered truce. At least 11 people were killed when one strike hit a house in Gaza City, the agency, which operates as a rescue force under Hamas, said. Prime Minister Benjamin ...
This is Beirut 28/10 19:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced that it has begun repairing the Blue Line markers damaged during last year’s conflict between Hezbollah and Israel – “an important step toward restoring stability in southern Lebanon,” the mission said in a statement on X Tuesday evening. Since the start of the operation on ...
This is Beirut 28/10 19:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The southern suburbs of Beirut are reportedly seeing an unprecedented wave of real estate sales amid rising tensions between Israel and Hezbollah. A political and military stronghold of the pro-Iranian militia, this densely populated area was heavily targeted during the fall 2024 war and continued to face strikes even after the ceasefire reached ...
This is Beirut 28/10 15:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hamas on Tuesday faced accusations of breaching the Gaza ceasefire after returning partial remains of a previously recovered hostage instead of the body of another deceased captive, as demanded by Israel. Hamas handed over late on Monday what it said was the 16th of 28 hostage bodies it had agreed to return under the US-brokered ceasefire deal, ...
Rayan Chami 27/10 18:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Lebanon is witnessing a surge of high-level diplomatic visits as Israeli attacks intensify in the South and Bekaa, raising questions about whether this diplomatic activity seeks to calm tensions or apply greater pressure on Hezbollah’s disarmament. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and U.S. Special Envoy Morgan Ortagus arrived in ...
This is Beirut 27/10 17:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Two brothers were killed Monday afternoon in a strike carried out by an Israeli drone near a sawmill in the town of Biyyad, south of Tyre. According to local sources, the strike targeted the vicinity of the industrial site. The Israeli army announced in the evening that the strike had killed Hussein Ibrahim Sleiman, a presumed member of ...
This is Beirut 26/10 17:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Sunday that Israel would decide for itself when to strike its foes and which countries could join an international security force in Gaza, as Egyptian recovery crews arrived. The Egyptian convoy, captured on camera by AFP reporters in Khan Younes in the south of the Gaza Strip, included heavy ...
This is Beirut 26/10 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A series of Israeli air raids hit several areas in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa on Sunday. An Israeli airstrike targeted a car in Naqoura on Sunday morning, killing one person, according to the Ministry of Health. The Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, said Sunday evening that the target was Abdel Mahmud ...
This is Beirut 25/10 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump will meet Saturday with the emir and prime minister of Qatar – a key ally in preserving the fragile Gaza peace deal – during a refueling stop on his way to Asia, officials said. The Qatari leaders will board Air Force One late in the day when it lands at Al Udeid Air Base, which hosts the regional headquarters for ...