Rayan Chami 27/03 16:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Amidst escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, the pro-Iranian party attempted to implicate the village of Rmeish in its “resistance efforts,” as if the damage inflicted on the South since October 8 was not enough. Rmeish residents, who have only recently started to return to their homes and lives after more than ...
This Is Beirut 27/03 11:34 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
Israel bombed the southern Gaza Strip intensively on Tuesday night, while international pressure for an "immediate ceasefire" is growing on Netanyahu's government. The southern Gaza Strip came under intense Israeli bombardment overnight, despite international pressure for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian territory where famine is ...
26/03 23:14 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Between Monday's UN resolution urging an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel's preparations for an assault on Rafah, the fate of this densely populated city in the enclave's south now teeters on the edge. The UN Security Council approved on Monday the first resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, five and a half ...
Chelsea Al Arif 26/03 22:50 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza and southern Lebanon. Here are the main highlights for March 26, 2024.
This Is Beirut 26/03 22:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States will continue dropping essential aid from the air into the Gaza Strip, the White House said Tuesday, after Palestinian militant group Hamas called for them to end following fatal drownings and stampedes. "Air drops are one of the many ways that we are helping to provide desperately needed aid to Palestinians in Gaza, and we will ...
This Is Beirut 26/03 21:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel recalled its negotiators from Qatar on Tuesday, after considering mediated talks on a Gaza truce "at a dead end" due to demands by Hamas, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday. The official, who is close to the chief of the Mossad who is heading up the talks, accused Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar of sabotaging the diplomatic efforts "as ...
This Is Beirut 26/03 21:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army's spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, officially confirmed in a press conference that Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of Hamas’ military wing, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike carried out in the central Gaza Strip earlier this month. “We have checked all the intelligence,” Hagari said in a televised ...
26/03 21:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
After nearly 6 months of war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to be caught between internal dissent and international pressure as he fights for his survival. The war he is waging against Hamas has gradually lost its legitimacy in the eyes of the international community, as civilian casualties mount without significant ...
This Is Beirut 26/03 20:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Two people were killed and a third wounded in an Israeli raid in the Bekaa region, on Tuesday afternoon. Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah, which had been declining in violence in recent days, intensified again on Monday evening and during the day on Tuesday. Twice in less than three hours, Israeli aircraft attacked Bekaa, targeting Hermel ...
This Is Beirut 26/03 15:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
Qatar said on Tuesday that negotiations for a truce in Gaza were continuing, although the warring parties were blaming each other for the lack of progress. Qatar said on Tuesday that talks between Hamas and Israel on a Gaza truce and hostage exchange are resuming, despite the warring parties trading blame over the lack of headway. Foreign ...
This Is Beirut 26/03 14:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Dozens of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles surrounded the Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Tuesday, where thousands of displaced people have sought refuge from the fighting, witnesses said. Witnesses told AFP that shots were being fired at the sprawling complex in the southern city of Khan Younes, but no raid was yet taking place. The Gaza Health ...
This Is Beirut 26/03 12:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh hailed Israel's "unprecedented political isolation" during a visit to Iran on Tuesday, the second since the start of the war. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, on a visit to Iran on Tuesday, said Israel is experiencing "unprecedented political isolation," a day after the UN Security Council called for a ceasefire in the ...