This Is Beirut 2024-09-28 13:08 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli media Haaretz reported that Israel hacked the control system in Beirut airport and warned an Iranian passenger plane not to land there. Moreover, Caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transport Ali Hamieh instructed Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport on Saturday to request the Iranian plane, which was headed to the airport, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-28 12:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli strikes continued unabated in southern Lebanon, the Beqaa, and other regions on Saturday, following an extremely violent night. Five people were killed and four wounded in an Israeli raid on the village of Chmestar (Baalbeck caza). Four people were also killed in a raid on the village of Khodr (Baalbeck caza). In addition, the regions ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-28 12:31 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A central figure in the Lebanese political landscape and Hezbollah's Secretary General since 1992, Hassan Nasrallah was born on August 31, 1960 in the Chrarchbouk district, near Quarantina. Born into a modest family hailing from the South Lebanese village of Bazouriyé, he was the eldest of nine siblings. After the outbreak of the Lebanese civil ...
Michel Touma 2024-09-28 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Speculations, some of them starkly explicit, have been circulating widely in the media and across social networks. Yet, few could have anticipated the staggering events that unfolded on the night of Friday, September 27, and into the early hours of Saturday. No one could have foreseen the brutal and devastating bombardment of Hezbollah’s central ...
2024-09-28 12:13 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The Israeli Arabic-speaking spokesperson Avichay Adraee announced on Saturday at 11 AM to have “eliminated” Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah. “Yesterday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) eliminated Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader and one of its founders. The Israeli Army also neutralized Ali Karaki, Hezbollah’s ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-28 00:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iranian statements have cast further doubt on the fate of Hezbollah's Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, who is believed to have been targeted in extensive airstrikes on the group's military headquarters in Beirut on Friday evening. In the aftermath of Israel's intense bombardment in southern Beirut, conflicting reports emerged about Nasrallah's ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-27 23:53 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group announced that it targeted the northern Israeli town of Safed on Friday, marking its first attack following Israeli strikes that hit its stronghold in south Beirut, leveling six buildings. Hezbollah fighters launched "rocket salvos" at Safed "in defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to Israeli ...
Rayan Chami 2024-09-27 21:44 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for September 27, 2024.
2024-09-27 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia has officially announced the launch of the "International Coalition for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution," a global initiative aimed at resolving the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The announcement was made by Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, during a ministerial meeting on ...
2024-09-27 12:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
As violence between Israel and Hezbollah escalates, Iran is walking a tightrope by supporting Hezbollah without being dragged into a full-blown conflict and playing into its enemy's hands. With a focus on easing its isolation and reviving its battered economy, Iran is aware that war could complicate efforts to secure relief from crippling ...
2024-09-27 12:14 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army announced that the Arrow (or Hetz) air defense system intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen towards Tel Aviv and central Israel in the early hours of Friday. Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv, followed by explosions from the interception, with debris falling around the city. Seventeen Israelis were injured while seeking ...
This Is Beirut 2024-09-26 22:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
At least 66 people were killed on Thursday in 115 raids carried out by the Israeli Air Force on Hezbollah targets, according to an unofficial latest count. Since the afternoon, raids have intensified in the Bekaa and southern Lebanon, also targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut for the fourth time in six days, where the head of Hezbollah's air ...