This Is Beirut 2024-08-13 11:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Palestinian official media said Israeli troops shot a man dead in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday during a raid to demolish the apartments of two detained Palestinian suspects. "The occupation soldiers fired bullets and tear gas, killing a young man who was hit in the chest," Palestinian official news agency, Wafa, reported. When contacted by ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-13 10:58 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The United States and European allies called on Iran to "stand down" on Monday, as fears mounted over an imminent attack on Israel that could spark an all-out war in the Middle East. Tensions are soaring in the region, with the United States rushing a missile submarine and an aircraft carrier group in a show of support for its key ally. Iran and ...
2024-08-13 09:22 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
On the eve of the scheduled resumption of ceasefire talks concerning Gaza, Israel launched an attack on Al-Tabieen school in the eastern Gaza Strip, killing over a hundred displaced people in a single strike. This massacre is likely to impact the negotiations set to begin on the 15th of this month according to the American-Qatari-Egyptian ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-12 21:33 - Reading : less than a minute
The armed wing of Palestinian group Hamas said Monday its militants had shot and killed an Israeli hostage and wounded two others, both women, "in two separate incidents" in Gaza. "In two separate incidents, two (Hamas) soldiers assigned to guard enemy prisoners fired at a Zionist prisoner, killing him immediately, and also injured two female ...
Rayan Chami 2024-08-12 20:40 - 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 12, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-08-12 18:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gaza officials told AFP on Monday they had identified 75 of the 93 Palestinians killed in an Israeli air strike on a school building, while Israel's military said the weekend raid had "eliminated" 31 militants. Civil defense rescuers in the Hamas-ruled territory said the Al-Tabieen religious school in Gaza City was struck on Saturday as displaced ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-12 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Recent Israeli killings of key figures in Iran-backed groups have sparked tensions and led to predictions of imminent Iranian retaliation before August 15. The deaths of Hezbollah's Fouad Shokr and Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh, respectively, have prompted strong reactions from both groups. Iran has vowed revenge for the assassination of Haniyeh on its ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-12 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel continued on Monday afternoon at Lebanon's southern border. In the early evening, the public garden of Maroun al-Ras was targeted by a guided missile. Israeli bombardments also targeted Bourj el-Moulouk, Aita al-Shaab, Kfarchouba, Chebaa, Naqoura, and Chihine. Phosphorus shells fired at a ...
2024-08-12 10:53 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The ongoing wars in Gaza, South Lebanon and South-West Syria are quite perplexing since we have a hard time imagining their outcomes. What makes these concatenated cycles of violence intractable and open to various entanglements and invariable destructiveness? Aside from the centennial legacy bequeathed by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-12 10:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The leaders of France, Germany and Britain said Monday that "there can be no further delay" in negotiating a ceasefire in Gaza, warning Iran and its allies against any "further escalation" of the conflict. The joint statement came after one of the deadliest reported Israeli strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip in more than 10 months of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-12 09:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered an aircraft carrier group to hasten its arrival in the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Sunday, as mounting tensions raise fears of a region-wide war. It is a show of support for key US ally Israel after Iran and Hezbollah vowed to avenge last month's killings of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-11 22:29 - Reading : less than a minute
Hamas on Sunday called on US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators to implement a ceasefire plan for Gaza put forward by US President Joe Biden, instead of holding "more talks". "Hamas calls on the mediators to present a roadmap to put into action what was proposed to Hamas... based on the vision of Biden and the decisions of the UN Security Council, ...