War Diary: Day 361
Lyne Sammouri 2024-10-01 22:29 - 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 October 1st, 2024.
War in the Middle East
Uncertainty Shrouds Israel's Invasion of Lebanon
Cian ward 2024-10-01 16:13 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Uncertainty is mounting about whether Israel has initiated its invasion of Lebanon, whilst questions swirl about precisely how Israel intends to prosecute this war. Uncertainty is mounting over the precise details of Israel’s invasion of Lebanon following the Israeli military’s announcement, in the early hours of Tuesday, of the commencement ...
Heavy Airstrikes on Southern Lebanon and Israeli Warnings
This Is Beirut 2024-10-01 12:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Following the Israeli Army incursion in southern Lebanon at dawn on Tuesday, many southern areas were subjected to airstrikes, such as Kfar Tebnit, Majdal Selm, Tulin, Arzi, Kharaib, Khiam, and Bint Jbeil. On the Ground According to security sources cited by LBC, no Israeli ground violation has been recorded since yesterday evening until now, ...
Hamas Say Leader in Lebanon Killed in Airstrike
This Is Beirut 2024-09-30 16:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hamas said its leader in Lebanon was killed Monday in a strike on the country's south, as official media reported a strike on a Palestinian refugee camp. "Fatah Sharif Abu al-Amine, the leader of Hamas... in Lebanon and member of the movement's leadership abroad," was killed in an air strike on his "home in the Al-Bass camp in southern Lebanon," ...
EU to Hold Emergency Talks on Escalation in Lebanon
This Is Beirut 2024-09-30 12:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
European foreign ministers will hold emergency talks Monday on the situation in Lebanon, Brussels said, as Israel presses on with air strikes after killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. A spokesman said the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell had convened a video meeting at 1500 GMT "to discuss the EU's response to the latest ...
Four Killed in Israeli Air Strikes on Yemen
This Is Beirut 2024-09-29 21:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli air strikes on Yemen killed four people on Sunday and wounded more than 30, Houthi media reported, after Israel's military said it struck targets in the Houthi territory including Hodeida. Al-Masirah TV said a port worker and three engineers were killed with 33 wounded in an "initial toll", adding ambulance and rescue teams were still ...
Iran's 'Serious Dilemma' After Hezbollah Chief’s Killing
This Is Beirut 2024-09-29 18:39 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has given Iran a serious dilemma, how to cope with the loss of a crucial ally and still maintain its regional influence. Hezbollah, which has long been armed and financed by Iran, confirmed on Saturday Nasrallah's death after Israel said it had "eliminated" him in an air strike on Beirut's ...
Israel Confirms Responsibility for the Killing of Hezbollah Leader Imad Mughniyeh in 2008
This Is Beirut 2024-09-29 17:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert confirmed on Saturday for the first time that Israel was responsible for the death of Hezbollah’s global operations chief, Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in a car bomb explosion in Damascus in 2008. In an interview with Channel 13 News, Olmert was quoted by the Times of Israel saying, "We haven’t ...
Iran Pledges that IRGC General Killed in Israeli Strike in Beirut "Will Not Go Unanswered"
This Is Beirut 2024-09-29 16:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that the death of a senior Iranian general, killed alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike on Beirut "will not go unanswered.” Araghchi's remarks came two days after Friday’s strike on Iran-backed Hezbollah's bastion in the Lebanese capital that killed General Abbas ...
French Foreign Minister To Travel to Lebanon on Sunday
This Is Beirut 2024-09-29 15:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France's foreign minister will travel to Lebanon on Sunday, his ministry said, amid spiraling fears that the region could be headed toward an all-out war. Jean-Noel Barrot is due to land in Lebanon on Sunday evening to "exchange with the local authorities and bring French support, especially humanitarian", the foreign ministry said in a ...
Pope Francis Calls For Ceasefire in 'Martyred' Lebanon
This Is Beirut 2024-09-29 14:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
From Brussels on Sunday, Pope Francis expressed his “pain” at the widening conflict in the Middle East and called for an immediate ceasefire in “martyred” Lebanon. “I continue to follow with pain and concern the widening and intensification of the conflict in Lebanon,” he declared at the end of a mass at the King Baudouin ...
World Food Program to Provide Emergency Food Aid to Lebanon
2024-09-29 11:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The World Food Program (WFP) has launched an emergency operation to provide food aid to one million people affected by the recent escalation of the conflict in Lebanon, the UN agency announced on Sunday. The Rome-based WFP is “distributing food rations, bread, hot meals and parcels to families in camps across the country.” “A further ...