2024-08-11 14:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
After a relatively calm Sunday morning on the southern front, Israeli gunfire targeted the outskirts of Wazzani, injuring a shepherd. Meanwhile, Hezbollah claimed several strikes against Israel. The Iran-backed party said it destroyed "spy equipment" at the Malkiya site "with a drone strike" and targeted the vicinity of the Mitat barracks with ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-08-10 20:39 - 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 August 10th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-08-10 18:10 - Reading : less than a minute
The head of Hamas's General Security, Walid Alsousi, was killed on Friday in an airstrike in Gaza, according to the Israeli army. The army added that al-Sousi was responsible for compiling an "intelligence chart" for Hamas in Gaza.
This Is Beirut 2024-08-10 16:31 - Reading : less than a minute
According to Reuters, the United States will provide Israel with $3.5 billion for the purchase of American weapons and military equipment. A US State Department spokesperson stated on Friday that the US government intends to release billions of dollars in foreign military financing for Israel. This release of funds comes several months after ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-10 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, warned Saturday of the risk of a regional escalation with potentially "catastrophic consequences" following the killing of two Iran-backed militant leaders. Sistani also urged an end to the "genocidal war" in Gaza, where the civil defense agency said that on Saturday, an Israeli air ...
2024-08-10 12:57 - Reading : less than a minute
Clashes resumed on the southern front on Saturday, following a relatively calm morning. An Israeli raid targeted the village of Majdal Selm in the early afternoon, causing injuries to four people, including a rescue worker from the Islamic Mission. The wounded were taken to the government hospital in Tebnine. The NBN TV crew present at the scene ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-10 12:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The White House on Friday denounced a far-right Israeli minister in unusually strong terms after he questioned a US-brokered deal for a ceasefire with Hamas. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who was controversially brought into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government despite his extreme background, had urged rejection of a US push for ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-10 09:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
An independent UN-appointed expert accused Israel of committing "genocide" in its Gaza war after an Israeli strike targeting a school on Saturday killed 93 people, according to local rescuers. "Israel is genociding the Palestinians one neighborhood at the time, one hospital at the time, one school at the time, one refugee camp at the time, one ...
Rayan Chami 2024-08-09 20:47 - 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 August 9th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-08-09 18:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The UK's foreign secretary called Friday for Israel and Hamas to "urgently" agree to a ceasefire deal, following a joint statement by the US, Qatar and Egypt calling for negotiations to resume. "The UK welcomes the tireless efforts of our partners in Qatar, Egypt and the United States," Britain's top diplomat David Lammy said in a statement. He ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-09 16:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, will visit Turkey between August 14-15, the Turkish Presidency announced on Wednesday. Abbas will meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey, then address Parliament in Ankara the following day, Turkish Presidency spokesman Fahrettin Altun said on the X social network. According to the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-09 15:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
UN rights chief Volker Türk was "shocked and appalled" by comments by Israel's finance minister suggesting it might be "justified" to starve the population of Gaza to free hostages, his spokesman said Friday. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights "condemns these words in the strongest terms, which also incite hatred against ...