This Is Beirut 20/05 21:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Antony Blinken International Criminal Court
United States President Joe Biden, followed by his Secretary of State and the head of the Pentagon, blasted the arrest warrant requested by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli leaders on Monday, saying that no "equivalence" was possible between Israel and Hamas. US President Joe Biden on Monday denounced an ...
This Is Beirut 20/05 17:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gazans spared little thought on Monday for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash, saying that he had failed to ease the suffering in the war-torn Palestinian territory. Raisi was confirmed dead on Monday after search and rescue teams found the remains of his helicopter which crashed on Sunday in a fog-shrouded western ...
This Is Beirut 20/05 15:23 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu International Criminal Court
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Gaza Strip. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday applied for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime ...
This Is Beirut 20/05 13:02 - Reading : less than a minute
Three people were killed on Monday in two consecutive Israeli raids on a residential neighborhood in Naqoura, and two others were killed in a raid on the southern town of Mays el-Jabal, according to preliminary information. In Naqoura, two houses were completely demolished, and surrounding buildings were damaged. Israel also carried out a drone ...
This Is Beirut 20/05 11:48 - Reading : less than a minute
On Monday morning, Israel carried out two consecutive airstrikes on a residential neighborhood in Naqoura. According to preliminary reports, injuries were reported. Two houses were destroyed, and many others were damaged. Subsequently, a drone struck the vicinity where a team from the Civil Defense in the Islamic Health Organization was present. ...
Chelsea Al Arif 19/05 20:55 - 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 May 19th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 19/05 20:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Sunday, the Israeli army carried out a series of attacks on several regions of southern Lebanon, including a deadly one on Maroun al-Ras, where two Hezbollah members were killed. Israeli aircraft raided Maroun al-Ras, Alma al-Shaab, Bayt Lif and Naqoura. Two Hezbollah fighters, Hassan Yehia Nehmeh and Ali Hadi Salameh, were killed in ...
This Is Beirut 19/05 16:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The stranglehold on aid reaching Gaza threatens an "apocalyptic" outcome, the UN's humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Sunday as he warned of famine in the besieged territory. "If fuel runs out, aid doesn't get to the people where they need it, that famine, which we have talked about for so long, and which is looming, will not be looming ...
This Is Beirut 19/05 14:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran confirmed that it held indirect talks with its arch-foe the United States in Oman, despite the two countries having no diplomatic relations, state media reported. Washington and Tehran have long been at odds, with tensions centered on Iran's contested nuclear program and heightened by the Gaza war between their respective allies Israel and ...
This Is Beirut 19/05 11:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump and Joe Biden traded barbs on Sunday as the race ahead of the November 2024 Presidential Election heats up. Donald Trump used an expletive to attack Joe Biden during an address to an influential gun group on Saturday, while the incumbent president warned, in the crucial swing state Georgia, that his "unhinged" challenger is a threat ...
This Is Beirut 19/05 10:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said on Sunday that an Israeli airstrike targeting a house at a refugee camp in the center of the Palestinian territory killed at least 31 people, updating an earlier toll. "The civil defense crew was able to recover 31 martyrs and 20 wounded from a house belonging to the Hassan family, which was targeted by the ...
This Is Beirut 18/05 23:13 - Reading : less than a minute
A grassroots Israeli movement, Standing Together, which since 2015 has aimed to bring together Israel's Arab and Jewish communities, has set itself the mission of protecting humanitarian aid convoys bound for Gaza from Israeli far-right militants. According to Israeli media outlet Haaretz, Standing Together plans to form a buffer zone to counter ...