War in the Middle East

After Berri, Hochstein Holds Talks With J.Aoun and Walid Joumlatt
After Berri, Hochstein Holds Talks With J.Aoun and Walid Joumlatt

US envoy Amos Hochstein kicked off his third visit to Lebanon in less than five months on Monday by calling on Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. His round of talks with Lebanese officials included Army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun, caretaker Minister of Water and Energy Walid Fayyad, and former head of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Walid ...

Efforts Towards Gaza Truce Intensify Amidst UN Concerns
Efforts Towards Gaza Truce Intensify Amidst UN Concerns

Efforts for a Gaza truce are intensifying with mediation from Cairo, involving US and Hamas representatives, aiming to halt the conflict before Ramadan. International pressure mounts for increased aid delivery into Gaza amidst dire humanitarian conditions, while political divisions emerge in Israel. Mediators in Cairo pushed for efforts towards a ...

Israel Destroys Nablus Home of Palestinian Accused of Attack
Israel Destroys Nablus Home of Palestinian Accused of Attack

Israeli troops demolished on Monday, March 4 the house of a Palestinian accused of killing an Israeli settler last year, following a military raid into Al-Makhfiya, Nablus. The apartment of Moaz al-Masry, who was killed in a military raid on Nablus following the April 7 attack, was demolished in the early hours, Palestinian witnesses and the ...

US Administration Changes Tone, Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza
US Administration Changes Tone, Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza

US Vice President Kamala Harris called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Sunday, marking a change in the tone of the US administration. Harris is set to meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz on Monday to discuss matters. US Vice President Kamala Harris urged an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, ...

Benny Gantz to Meet Top US Officials in Washington
Benny Gantz to Meet Top US Officials in Washington

Benny Gantz, an influential member of Israel's war cabinet, will meet in Washington on Monday with top US officials to discuss efforts toward a temporary ceasefire in Gaza and increased humanitarian aid, a White House official said. Gantz is to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and separately with White House national security advisor Jake ...

War Diary: Day 149
War Diary: Day 149

This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 3rd, 2024.  

Gaza: The Pope Calls for \
Gaza: The Pope Calls for "Safe Access" for Humanitarian Aid

Pope Francis on Sunday called for "safe access" to humanitarian aid for the population of the Gaza Strip, where deadly Israeli bombardments are carried out in the Palestinian territory threatened with famine, according to the UN. "Every day, I carry in my heart, with pain, the suffering of the people of Palestine and Israel as a result of the ...

Bishop Audi Denounces Hezb's Unilateral Decisions
Bishop Audi Denounces Hezb's Unilateral Decisions

The Metropolitan of Beirut, Bishop Elias Audi, denounced on Sunday "the unilateral decisions taken by a section of the Lebanese," in reference to the war waged by Hezbollah against Israel in southern Lebanon since October 8, in support of Hamas in its war against the Hebrew state in Gaza. Warning against the risk of the war spreading to Lebanon, ...

Gaza: Ongoing Negotiations in Cairo for a Ceasefire
Gaza: Ongoing Negotiations in Cairo for a Ceasefire

Mediators in Cairo made a renewed push for a Gaza ceasefire, but differences remained as fighting raged on in the Palestinian territory gripped by desperate food shortages. US, Qatari and Hamas envoys travelled to Cairo for the latest effort towards a six-week truce, stepped-up aid deliveries and the exchange of hostages for Palestinian ...

Precarious Calm on the Southern Front
Precarious Calm on the Southern Front

A precarious calm prevailed in southern Lebanon on Sunday evening, after a day marked by intermittent exchanges of artillery fire between Hezbollah and Israel. The Israeli Army bombarded on Sunday Naqoura, Labbouneh, Alma al-Shaab, Ramya, Kfar Kila, Khiam, and the outskirts of Hula. At the same time, phosphorus bombs were dropped on Kfar Kila and ...

War Diary: Day 148
War Diary: Day 148

This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 2, 2024.

Southern Lebanon: Intensive Israeli Bombardment
Southern Lebanon: Intensive Israeli Bombardment

The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel intensified on Saturday afternoon, following a morning marked by the deaths of three Hezbollah fighters in an Israeli raid on the Naqoura highway. In the afternoon, Israeli artillery bombarded the southwestern sector of Mays al-Jabal, setting fire to the village's neighborhoods but causing no ...