This Is Beirut 13/02 10:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
International calls for a ceasefire in Gaza intensify as Israel faces warnings and diplomatic efforts. CIA Director William Burns heads to Cairo for talks on a Qatari-brokered proposal, while China urges Israel to prevent a humanitarian disaster. Israel faced growing international pressure on Tuesday to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, as it ...
This Is Beirut 12/02 23:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
New evidence of deadly unlawful attacks in the occupied Gaza Strip, gathered by Amnesty International, demonstrates how Israeli forces continue to disregard international humanitarian law, killing entire families with absolute impunity — acts that could potentially be labeled as war crimes. Amnesty International carried out an investigation ...
This Is Beirut 12/02 22:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The IMF and World Bank expressed their fears over the repercussions of instability in the Middle East. The war in Gaza and the Houthi's attacks in the Red Sea are jeopardizing the global economy. The IMF and World Bank warned on Monday that the Gaza war and the related attacks on shipping though the Red Sea pose threats to the global ...
This Is Beirut 12/02 22:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
A senior Emirati diplomat justified, on Monday, her country's choice to uphold its diplomatic ties with Israel despite growing concerns about the conflict in Gaza. A top Emirati diplomat on Monday defended her country's decision to maintain ties with Israel despite its mounting concern over the war in Gaza. The United Arab Emirates and Israel ...
This Is Beirut 12/02 22:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United Nations expressed on Monday that the possibility of a complete Israeli incursion into the densely populated Gaza town of Rafah was "terrifying" and posed a risk of "extremely high" casualties. The United Nations said on Monday that the prospect of a full Israeli incursion into the crammed Gaza town of Rafah was "terrifying" and risked ...
Chelsea Al Arif 12/02 22:10 - Reading : less than a minute
This Is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in southern Lebanon and Gaza. Here are the main highlights for February 12th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 12/02 20:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UK has sanctioned four Israeli settlers on Monday, for human rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron urged Israel to put a halt to settler violence that plagues the West Bank. Britain on Monday announced sanctions on four "extremist Israeli settlers" accused of committing human rights ...
This Is Beirut 12/02 20:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Palestine Hamas
The United States is working to negotiate a ceasefire of "at least six weeks" in the Gaza Strip as part of a wider deal that would also involve the release of hostages, President Joe Biden said Monday. "The United States is working on a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, which would bring (an) immediate and sustained period of calm to Gaza for ...
This Is Beirut 12/02 19:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel announced on Monday that it would impose a visa ban on the United Nations special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories. This decision came after the rapporteur made comments denying that Hamas' attack on October 7 was "antisemitic." Israel on Monday announced a visa ban on the United Nations special rapporteur for the ...
12/02 13:28 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In a series of four articles, This is Beirut looks at three key elements in the Lebanese-Israeli border dispute, and a fourth that has fallen into oblivion. The first concerns the Ras Naqoura tunnel, owned by the Lebanese state and registered in the land register under number 28/Naqoura, but which Israel turned into a tourist zone since occupying ...
This Is Beirut 12/02 12:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
At least nine Lebanese and Palestinian militiamen were killed in Israeli bombings and raids in southern Lebanon on Monday. Four people were first killed during the day after an Israeli bombardment of a building in the border town of Maroun el-Ras. In a statement, Hezbollah announced the deaths of Ali Ahmad Mehanna and Mohammed Baker Hassan ...
This Is Beirut 12/02 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel carried out a military operation in Rafah on Sunday evening, claiming the lives of around 100 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The Hebrew state claims to have rescued two hostages. Israel announced on Monday the rescue of two hostages in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where the Gaza Health Ministry said that "around ...