This Is Beirut 2023-12-02 16:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Exchanges of fire continued Saturday between Israel and Hezbollah along Lebanon’s southern border, while the morning was marked by high tensions between the parties. The Israeli army fired flares targeting the towns of Wadi Hamoul and Labbouneh, east of Naqoura, sparking fires under the overhead of reconnaissance planes. It also attacked a ...
Michel Touma 2023-12-02 15:07 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Israeli invasion of Lebanon in June 1982 compelled the Lebanese and Israeli governments to formally sign the May 17 Agreement (1983) following extensive and difficult negotiations. This was an official document that definitively ended the state of hostility between the two countries, thereby laying the foundation for the withdrawal of the ...
Liliane Mokbel, Marguerita Sejaan 2023-12-02 11:01 - Reading : less than a minute
As the situation in Gaza and South Lebanon escalates, hotels in all touristic areas of Lebanon are struggling to secure almost any reservations ahead of Christmas and New Year's Eve.
This Is Beirut 2023-12-02 10:41 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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On December 2nd, Israel resumed airstrikes in Gaza for a second day after a truce with Hamas collapsed, disregarding international appeals for an extension. The Gaza Ministry of Health reported nearly 200 casualties since the truce ended, as Israel pulled negotiators back from Qatar after an 'impasse.' Israel carried out deadly bombardments in ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 22:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Friday that he was informed by Hezbollah officials that they will have a harsher response against Israel if it resumes its attacks against Gaza following the seven-day truce that expired Friday. “During my recent visit to Beirut, I heard from resistance leaders that the response will be ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 22:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 56th day on Friday December 1, since the Palestinian Islamist movement launched a bloody attack on Israeli soil on 7 October from the Gaza Strip, where it seized power in 2007. According to Israel, 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed in this attack, during which around 240 people were abducted ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 20:37 - Reading : less than a minute
Three journalists were killed in Israeli raids on Friday December 1, a day after the last day of the truce between Israel and Hamas. This brings the number of journalists killed in the conflict up to 73. Gaza's Hamas-run government said three journalists were killed in Israeli raids on Friday as fierce fighting resumed after a week-long ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2023-12-01 20:36 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for December 1st, 2023.
This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 20:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed Washington's commitment to freeing the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza on Friday December 1. Blinken was speaking after a meeting with several Arab political leaders on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai. The United States remains "intensely focused" on freeing hostages held in Gaza despite the ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 20:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Three people, including a Hezbollah fighter, were killed and two others wounded in Israeli bombardments targeting the villages of Hula and Jebbine in southern Lebanon, hours after a seven-day truce (November 24-30) between Israel and Hamas came to an end. The truce allowed the exchange of 110 Israeli and foreign hostages and 240 Palestinian ...
Alissar Boulos 2023-12-01 19:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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Good evening and welcome to the Intelligent Recap. It is Friday December 1st and the 56th day of the war between Israel and Hamas. In tonight’s edition: the French envoy’s mission to Lebanon, the effect of phosphorus bombs in Lebanon, as well as economic news. Internationally: the truce in Gaza expired after 7 days, Cop28 kicked off in ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2023-12-01 18:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Information Ziad Makary revealed Friday that he will raise the pressing issue of journalists’ safety in southern Lebanon at an upcoming meeting with the UN peacekeeping force (UNIFIL), the Lebanese army and the Lebanese Red Cross. "We have a practical meeting coming up with UNIFIL, the Lebanese army and the Lebanese Red ...