2024-08-17 13:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
During closed-door discussions with international envoys, notably American and French officials, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati clearly conveyed his inability to stop the conflict in the south or de-escalate the mounting tensions. He emphasized that his efforts are limited to relaying messages to Hezbollah and urging restraint. However, the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-17 12:50 - Reading : less than a minute
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that more than 110,000 people have been displaced from southern Lebanon since October due to the ongoing exchange of fire and mounting violence between the Israeli army and Hezbollah. In its latest update released on Friday evening, the office explained that 35 percent of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-17 11:32 - Reading : less than a minute
Gaza's civil defense agency said an Israeli air strike early Saturday killed 15 people from a Palestinian family, including nine children and three women. The strike hit the home of the Ajlah family in Al-Zawaida neighbourhood of central Gaza, civil defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal told AFP. The Israeli military did not offer an immediate ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-17 09:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that an Israeli strike in Al-Kfour industrial zone in the Nabatieh region, in the south of the country, caused the deaths of at least ten people, including a woman and her two children. According to the ministry's updated toll, the number of dead has risen to ten, all of Syrian nationality, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
UN chief Antonio Guterres called on Friday for two seven-day breaks in the Gaza war to vaccinate more than 640,000 children against polio, which has been detected in the territory's wastewater. The UN health and children's agencies said they had detailed plans to reach children across the besieged Palestinian territory and could start this ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-08-16 21:15 - 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 August 16, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 18:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas said Friday the Palestinian group rejected "new conditions" in a Gaza ceasefire plan the United States presented after two days of talks with Israeli negotiators in Qatar. As international pressure mounted for a ceasefire after more than 10 months of war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, US President Joe Biden said: "We are closer ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 12:17 - Reading : less than a minute
A man was killed on Friday, and another was injured in a raid on Aitaroun, as reported by the Ministry of Health's Emergency Operations Center. Another airstrike targeted Aitaroun, a little later on during the day, when two missiles landed in an open area without any reported casualties. Additionally, a fire broke out in Marjayoun due to Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 11:42 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Negotiators seeking a Gaza ceasefire were set to meet for a second day in Qatar on Friday, while top European diplomats were expected in Israel to stress the urgency of averting a wider war. The on-and-off truce talks reconvened in Qatar's capital on Thursday without Hamas, which has accused Israel of obstructing a deal and insists on the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-15 21:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah's Deputy Secretary-General, Naim Qassem, stressed on Thursday that “the decision to respond to Israel has been made and will be implemented.” This statement by Hezbollah's number two comes at a time when a meeting sponsored by the United States, Qatar and Egypt is being held in Doha to relaunch talks for a ceasefire in the Gaza ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-15 21:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Early Thursday evening, an Israeli drone struck the area between the localities of Deir Siryan and Taybeh in southern Lebanon, setting off fires. Thursday morning's phosphorus bombardment of a house in Khiam caused a fire and left “two injured Islamic Message Scouts rescue workers, one in Khiam and a second in Qabrikha,” according to an ...
Rayan Chami 2024-08-15 21:00 - 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 August 15, 2024.