This Is Beirut 02/03 17:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
American cargo planes air-dropped 38,000 meals into the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday, part of a series of drops planned by Washington to help curb a growing humanitarian crisis in the war-racked territory. The United Nations has warned of famine in Gaza, and more than 100 people were left dead earlier this week in a frenzied scramble for food ...
This Is Beirut 02/03 13:50 - Reading : less than a minute
According to Egyptian security sources, talks on the Gaza ceasefire are due to resume in Cairo tomorrow, Sunday. The sources said: "The parties have agreed on the duration of the truce in Gaza and on the release of hostages and detainees", explaining that "the conclusion of the agreement still requires agreement on the withdrawal of Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 02/03 11:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The European Commission announced it was strengthening aid funding for Palestinians. Commission spokesman Eric Mamer said the EU "will proceed to paying 50 million euros to UNRWA and increase emergency support to the Palestinians by 68 million euros in 2024". UNRWA is the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. Its funding from international partners ...
Tylia El Helou 01/03 21:15 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for March 1st, 2024.
This Is Beirut 01/03 15:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Palestinian factions including rivals Hamas and Fatah said on Friday they would pursue "unity of action" in confronting Israel after representatives met at Russia-hosted talks. The meeting in Moscow on Thursday brought together Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah and other Palestinian groups for talks on the war in Gaza and an eventual post-war ...
This Is Beirut 01/03 15:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib stated that the government is consulting with Hezbollah. He indicated that "discussions are a must while no final decision has been taken yet." "The French have proposed good ideas that we are studying and we will respond to them next week," he said in an interview with Al-Jazeera. The ...
This Is Beirut 01/03 11:47 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Numerous countries expressed their concerns and condemned the killing of more than 100 Palestinians on Thursday, after Israeli troops opened fire on them while they were scrambling for food aid. Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire on Palestinians scrambling for food aid on Thursday, in a chaotic incident that the Health Ministry ...
This Is Beirut 29/02 22:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The exchange of cross-border fire continued on the southern front late Thursday, with an Israeli drone targeting a house in Blida. According to preliminary information, the strike resulted in two casualties. The Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Message Scouts civil defense teams and ambulances rushed to the targeted area to extinguish the fire and ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 29/02 22:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
International diplomatic negotiations are intensifying with a view to a new truce between Hamas and Israel. Two weeks before the start of Ramadan, the progress of these talks and the conditions of a possible truce remain unclear following a meeting in Paris between Americans, Qataris, Egyptians and Israelis, and in light of recent indirect ...
Rayan Chami 29/02 22:11 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for February 29th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 29/02 21:39 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in a statement to Reuters on Thursday that substantial discussions are underway regarding the possible cessation of military operations in Gaza, called the "Ramadan Understanding." Mikati noted that serious talks are expected to start as early as next week, emphasizing that a halt to the fighting in Gaza ...
This Is Beirut 29/02 17:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
More than a hundred Palestinians have died during the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza on Thursday. The Israeli army and Hamas are blaming each other for the chaos that ensued. Israeli forces shot dead 104 people when a crowd rushed towards aid trucks on Thursday, the health ministry in Gaza said, in one of the worst single incidents of a ...