War in the Middle East

War Diary: Day 263
War Diary: Day 263

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.

US Warns Israel-Hezbollah Conflict Could Spark Regional War
US Warns Israel-Hezbollah Conflict Could Spark Regional War

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 ...

Israel: The Submarine Scandal That Could Torpedo Netanyahu
Israel: The Submarine Scandal That Could Torpedo Netanyahu

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 ...

Israeli Suicide Drones Explode in South Lebanon
Israeli Suicide Drones Explode in South Lebanon

The southern Lebanon border was relatively calm on Tuesday, only for it to be disrupted by the explosion of two Israeli suicide drones. The first drone exploded in the village square of Taybe, Marjayoun, and the second near the Ogero power station in the same region. Fortunately, there were no reported casualties. Additionally, Israeli forces ...

Israel's Supreme Court Rules That Ultra-Orthodox Jews Will Join the Army
Israel's Supreme Court Rules That Ultra-Orthodox Jews Will Join the Army

Israel's top court unanimously ruled Tuesday that the state must draft ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to military service, a decision that could upend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition. The High Court of Justice's decision on the politically volatile issue came amid growing calls that ultra-Orthodox men, who have historically been ...

10 Killed in Israeli Bombing of Ismail Haniyeh's Home
10 Killed in Israeli Bombing of Ismail Haniyeh's Home

The Gaza civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike early on Tuesday killed 10 members of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh's family, in an attack the Israeli military did not immediately confirm. The strike hit the Haniyeh family home in Al-Shati refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, said Mahmud Basal, spokesman for the Hamas-ruled territory's ...

Macron and Abdullah II Warn of Catastrophic Escalation in South Lebanon
Macron and Abdullah II Warn of Catastrophic Escalation in South Lebanon

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 ...

Freeing the Hostages Is Israel's Priority, Says Gallant
Freeing the Hostages Is Israel's Priority, Says Gallant

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 ...

War Diary: Day 262
War Diary: Day 262

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 24th, 2024.

Drone Raids Break the Morning Calm on the Southern Front
Drone Raids Break the Morning Calm on the Southern Front

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 ...

Growing Discontent Within Hezbollah
Growing Discontent Within Hezbollah

Sources close to Hezbollah acknowledge that the ceasefire in Gaza will inevitably lead to a halt in military operations on the Lebanese-Israeli border. Hezbollah would therefore be working to limit complaints and feelings of discontent within its community and among its ranks, which have suffered considerable human and material losses, estimated ...

Gaza: Israel Claims to Kill Hamas Official, UNRWA Struggles to Dispatch Aid
Gaza: Israel Claims to Kill Hamas Official, UNRWA Struggles to Dispatch Aid

The Israeli army claimed on Monday to have killed Muhammad Salah, a senior official and weapons development expert of Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, while declaring that it was continuing its operations in Rafah. In a statement, the army said its air force had “eliminated terrorist Muhammad Salah, who was responsible for projects ...