This Is Beirut 2024-04-10 13:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Lebanese man who was found dead in the town of Beit Mery in the Metn area was under US sanctions for allegedly funneling money from Iran to Palestinian militant group Hamas, a security source told AFP on Wednesday. The body of Mohammad Srour, struck by more than five bullets, was discovered on Tuesday in a villa in the mountain town of Beit ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-10 13:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed confidence that "Lebanon will regain its health," hoping that "the Israeli page of aggression against South Lebanon will be turned." Speaking after Eid al-Fitr prayer at al-Mansouri Mosque in Tripoli, Mikati said, "Lebanon will regain its health with the concerted efforts of everyone and their ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-10 12:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez insisted on Wednesday that the recognition of a Palestinian state, long resisted by Israel and its key allies, is "in Europe's geopolitical interests." Sanchez warned that Israel's "disproportionate response" in the Gaza war with Hamas risks "destabilizing the Middle East, and as a consequence, the entire ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-10 12:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Aroldo Lázaro cautioned on Wednesday that the danger of a serious escalation of the conflict along the Blue Line is "real." In a statement on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, Lázaro called for the cessation of hostilities and a move towards a permanent ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-10 11:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Israel again on Wednesday that it "will be punished" for a Damascus airstrike that killed seven Revolutionary Guards, two of them generals. "The evil regime made a mistake in this regard. It must be punished and will be punished," Khamenei said in a televised speech after Eid al-Fitr prayers ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-10 10:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Biden called Israel's handling of the Gaza war a "mistake" on Tuesday night, as global outrage grows over the humanitarian situation. This comes as Netanyahu must prove, on Wednesday in front of Israeli Supreme Court, that he has taken steps to increase the flow of humanitarian aid. US President Joe Biden issued some of his sternest criticism ...
2024-04-09 23:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Eight Syrian fighters working with Iran's Revolutionary Guards were killed Tuesday in a knife attack on their position in eastern Syria's Deir Ezzor province, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "unidentified armed individuals" raided the position in the Syrian desert, in the second deadly attack on pro-Iran fighters ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-09 22:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The White House stated on Tuesday that the response by Hamas to proposals for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal at talks in Cairo has so far been "less than encouraging." "We've seen the public statements from Hamas that have been, shall we say, less than encouraging," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said, adding, however, that mediator ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-09 22:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Six months after Hezbollah opened the southern front on October 8 in support of Hamas in the Gaza war, UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti expressed his fear that clashes between the pro-Iranian group and Israel “could intensify, leading to war.” “The situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border is worrying,” he said, in an interview with the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-09 22:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France has granted refugee status to a Gazan who claims to have been forced to flee Khan Younes in 2022 due to "persecution" by Hamas. He fled the Gaza Strip in 2022 to escape Hamas' "persecution" and was granted refugee status by the French National Asylum Court (CNDA), which since February has ruled that the territory was experiencing ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-04-09 20:39 - 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 April 9th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-09 20:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel is buying 40,000 tents to shelter almost half a million Gazans ahead of a ground attack on what it claims is Hamas' last bastion in Rafah, a government source said Tuesday. Israel has invited tenders for the tents, each housing 12 people, or some 480,000 people in total, according to the proposal published on the website of the defense ...