This Is Beirut 2024-09-04 19:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Climate activist Greta Thunberg and several others were arrested Wednesday after occupying a University of Copenhagen building to call for an academic boycott of Israeli universities, Danish media reported. Images on the daily Ekstra Bladet website showed the 21-year-old activist, wearing a black-and-white keffiyeh shawl draped over her ...
2024-09-04 19:21 - Reading : less than a minute
After a few hours of relative calm on the southern front, an Israeli strike on a residential area in the town of Qabrikha on Wednesday evening killed a woman and injured two people, according to information from the Lebanese Ministry of Health. Earlier in the day, Israeli warplanes launched a series of raids targeting the outskirts of the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-04 19:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended Wednesday his government's partial suspension of arms exports to Israel over fears they could be used in a breach of humanitarian law as "a legal decision". Starmer said that Monday's announcement to suspend 30 of 350 arms exports licences did not signify a change in UK support for Israel's right to ...
Vanessa Kallas 2024-09-04 17:27 - Reading : less than a minute
At least 30 Palestinians have been killed amid Israel’s ongoing military operation in the region, which it began on August 28.
2024-09-04 16:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) issued its latest update on the escalation of hostilities in South Lebanon, as of August 23, 2024. The statement highlighted that tensions in southern Lebanon had reached a critical level over the three weeks prior to the report, with escalating hostilities posing ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-04 15:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli far-right minister stepped up pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to end negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire aimed at securing the release of hostages. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called for an end to indirect talks with Hamas, which Israel has accused of executing six hostages whose bodies were ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-04 14:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Upper Galilee was rocked by dozens of explosions during a late-morning rocket bombardment from Lebanon on Wednesday. In this context, the Israeli Army announced that “65 rockets were fired from Lebanon at the Galilee Panhandle at Kiryat Shmona, causing damage to at least one home.” The Israeli Army also revealed that “some rockets were ...
2024-09-04 11:43 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army continues to attack Lebanon's southern areas. Israeli planes bombed Aita al-Shaab on Wednesday morning and have been flying at low altitude over Lebanese airspace in the area since dawn. Overnight Tuesday, despite a cautious calm prevailing in the region, Israeli military aircraft and drones launched a series of raids on towns ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-04 10:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States unsealed a raft of "terrorism" and other charges against six Hamas leaders on Tuesday related to the armed Palestinian group's October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. The charging document, dated February 1, targets six group leaders – including Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar and late political leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-09-03 20:31 - 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 September 3, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-09-03 19:24 - Reading : less than a minute
UN human rights chief Volker Turk called Tuesday for an independent investigation into reports that Palestinian armed groups summarily executed six Israeli hostages. Israel's military said the six were all captured alive during Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel that triggered the war, and were shot dead shortly before troops found ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-03 17:14 - Reading : less than a minute
As Israeli operations intensify in the West Bank, Palestinian families are forced to leave their homes in Jenin and the surrounding camps. Hostilities have crossed a new threshold, with the army now declaring the West Bank a combat zone. France 24's West Bank correspondent Majed Saïd reports.