War in the Middle East

South Lebanon: Deadly Strike on Residential Apartment in Kfar Remen
South Lebanon: Deadly Strike on Residential Apartment in Kfar Remen

Another deadly Israeli attack was carried out in southern Lebanon on Thursday, where a residential building between Kfar Remen and Nabatieh was the target of a drone strike. According to initial reports, at least two Hezbollah fighters, identified as Hassan Saleh from Adchit and Hisham Abdallah from Khiyam in south Lebanon, have been killed. Six ...

French Navy Down Two Drones Off Yemen's Coast
French Navy Down Two Drones Off Yemen's Coast

The French Navy announced on Thursday, February 22, that it had downed two drones in the Red Sea. This comes shortly after a missile hit a merchant ship off the coast of Yemen. The French Navy destroyed two new drones originating from Yemen in Red Sea waters on Wednesday night, the Armed Forces General Staff announced at a press briefing on ...

Israeli Strikes on Rafah as Diplomatic Efforts Stay Unabated
Israeli Strikes on Rafah as Diplomatic Efforts Stay Unabated

The Israeli Army carried out new strikes in the south of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, February 22, while diplomatic efforts to reach a truce continued unabated. Israel launched air strikes Thursday on southern Gaza's Rafah after threatening to send troops into the city, where around 1.4 million Palestinians have sought shelter from around the ...

Palestinian Attack on Jewish Settlement in West Bank
Palestinian Attack on Jewish Settlement in West Bank

Three men opened fire on vehicles in a traffic jam near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank near Jerusalem, on Thursday February 22. They were killed by Israeli security forces. Three Palestinian gunmen killed one person and wounded ten when they sprayed automatic weapons fire at vehicles in a "terror attack" Thursday near a Jewish ...

War Diary: Day 138
War Diary: Day 138

This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for February 21, 2024.

Lebanon's Mission to the UN: Israel Violates 1701
Lebanon's Mission to the UN: Israel Violates 1701

Lebanon's Permanent Mission to the United Nations has called on the Security Council "to compel Israel to cease its aggression and violations of Lebanese sovereignty" and "to enter into negotiations through the UN to comply fully with Resolution 1701 and thus preserve peace and security in the region." A statement issued on Wednesday read that in ...

Israel Kills Three Palestinians in Jenin, West Bank
Israel Kills Three Palestinians in Jenin, West Bank

Israeli troops killed three Palestinian 'terrorists' during an overnight raid in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the military said on Wednesday. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed at least one death in the Israeli operation, the latest in a months-long military crackdown across the occupied West Bank since Hamas's October 7 attack on ...

A Woman and Child Killed in an Israeli Airstrike on Majdal Zoun
A Woman and Child Killed in an Israeli Airstrike on Majdal Zoun

An Israeli airstrike on Majdal Zoun killed a woman, Khadija Salman, and a seven year-old child, Amal Hussein Al Durr, after hostile warplanes targeted the Al-Masha'a neighborhood in the town of Majdal Zoun, aiming at a house. At an earlier time, an ambulance belonging to the Islamic Mission Scouts transported a moderately injured person from the ...

At Least Three Dead in Israeli Strikes on Damascus
At Least Three Dead in Israeli Strikes on Damascus

According to Syrian state media, at least two individuals were killed on Wednesday in Damascus when an Israeli airstrike targeted a residential neighborhood. This incident marks the latest casualties resulting from an intensifying Israeli air campaign following the outbreak of the Gaza conflict. An Israeli strike on a residential area of Damascus ...

In Southern Lebanon, Telecoms Are Provided by the Hezb
In Southern Lebanon, Telecoms Are Provided by the Hezb

In southern Lebanon, the GSM network has been decommissioned in several areas where Hezbollah is omnipresent, in favor of the pro-Iranian group's private telecommunications network. For those who don't know, Hezbollah has its own telecommunications network, set up long before the July 2006 war with Israel. In fact, during that war, this ...

Precarious Calm Along Southern Border
Precarious Calm Along Southern Border

A precarious calm prevailed on Tuesday evening at the southern border of Lebanon, following a day marked by an escalation of artillery exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel, while firefighters continued to try to extinguish the flames at the generator factory targeted on Monday in the town of Ghaziyeh, south of Saida. Israeli warplanes carried ...

US Envoy Visits Mideast for Hostage and Rafah Talks
US Envoy Visits Mideast for Hostage and Rafah Talks

According to the White House, a US envoy will embark on a trip this week aiming to progress a hostage deal and seek assurances from Israel regarding a potential offensive in Rafah. A US envoy will seek to advance a hostage deal and press for assurances from Israel on a Rafah offensive in a trip this week, the White House said on Tuesday. Brett ...