This Is Beirut 2024-06-16 18:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Egypt is pressuring Hamas on Sunday, to accept the first phase of Biden's ceasefire proposal according to The New Arab. Hamas responded to the ceasefire proposal last week, declaring that it had made amendments, which Israel later deemed to drastic to accept. According to an Egyptian source cited by The New Arab, Egypt and the US have been ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-16 09:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army announced Sunday that it would implement a daily "tactical pause of military activity" in part of the southern Gaza Strip during daylight hours to facilitate the delivery of aid. The army said in a statement that "a local, tactical pause of military activity for humanitarian purposes will take place from 08:00 until 19:00 every ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-06-15 21:04 - 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 June 15th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-15 19:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli military said eight soldiers were killed in Gaza Saturday when their armoured vehicle was struck by a bomb, in one of the deadliest blows for the army since the war began in October. Captain Wassem Mahmud, 23, and seven other soldiers "fell during operational activity in southern Gaza," the military said in a statement. The military ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-15 11:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The World Health Organization (WHO) decried Friday an escalating health crisis in the occupied West Bank, where growing restrictions, violence and attacks on health infrastructure are increasingly obstructing access to care. In a statement, the UN health agency said it was calling "for the immediate and active protection of civilians and health ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-15 09:43 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The US military said Friday it destroyed two uncrewed surface vessels in the Red Sea belonging to Houthis, as well as one drone and seven radars that allowed the group to target ships. The Iran-backed Houthis, who control much of Yemen, have launched dozens of drone and missile strikes into the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden since November, ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-06-14 21:39 - 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 June 14th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-14 18:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the extremist Israeli group Tzav 9, accusing it of blocking convoys and looting and burning trucks trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Since the war erupted, essential aid deliveries to Gaza have been severely restricted by the Israeli government, leaving many ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-14 12:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Israeli court has extended for 35 days the government's shutdown of Qatar-based television news channel Al Jazeera, the justice ministry said on Friday. Al Jazeera, which broadcasts in Arabic and English, went off the air in Israel under an initial 45-day order early last month. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has had a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-14 12:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two women were killed and 14 injured, overnight Thursday to Friday, in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a three-storey building between the municipalities of Janata and Deir Qanoun Al-Nahr in the Tyre district in southern Lebanon. غارة اسرائيلية تستهدف منزلًا في بلدة جناتا#imlebanon ...
Rayan Chami 2024-06-13 21:22 - 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 June 13th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-13 20:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Fighting raged in Gaza Thursday, as Israel rejected a UN independent inquiry report that concluded both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes. Iraq warned of escalation on the Lebanese border as fighting continues. Israeli helicopters struck Gaza's Rafah Thursday, residents said, with Hamas militants reporting street battles in the southern city ...