This Is Beirut 2024-07-04 18:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved sending a negotiating team to participate in talks with aims of reaching a hostage release and ceasefire deal with Hamas, according to an Israeli official quoted by The Times of Israel. Netanyahu spoke on the phone with United States President Joe Biden regarding the negotiations, and vowed ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-04 11:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
As war rages in Gaza and threatens to spread to Lebanon, Iraqi militant groups warn they are ready to enter the fray against Israel and the United States. A field commander of the so-called Islamic Resistance in Iraq said there would be "escalation for escalation" in the event of a full-scale war in Lebanon. The commander, speaking to AFP on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-03 23:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Hamas militant group said Wednesday it has sent new "ideas" to Qatari mediators aimed at ending the nearly nine-month Gaza war with Israel. Israel confirmed that it was "evaluating" Hamas "comments" on a deal to release hostages in Palestinian territory and will respond accordingly. With the death toll from nearly nine months of war mounting ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-07-03 21:12 - 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 July 3, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-07-03 20:03 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel has approved its biggest land seizure in the occupied West Bank in more than three decades, a move criticized by activists on Wednesday as detrimental to Palestinian peace hopes. The 12.7-square-kilometre (4.9-square-mile) of land in the Jordan Valley was officially declared "state property" in June, according to an official declaration ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-03 16:26 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In the latest military developments on the southern front, an Israeli drone targeted a car on the Al-Haush road east of Tyre. Two people were killed, including Mohammad Nehmeh Ali Nasser, the commander of Hezbollah’s “Aziz” unit, according to information obtained by This is Beirut. The second victim was Mohammad Ghassan Khashab. #LEBANON - ...
Rayan Chami 2024-07-02 21:45 - 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 July 2, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-07-02 12:28 - Reading : less than a minute
The tit-for-tat strikes over the southern border resumed on Tuesday morning. An Israeli drone fired three missiles on the town of Taybeh, without any reported injuries. One of the missiles was reported to have targeted the transformer in the Taybeh project. However, according to information gathered by This is Beirut, the Taybeh power transformer ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-07-01 21:28 - 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 July 1, 2024.
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-06-30 21:29 - 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 30, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-06-30 19:42 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Heavy battles and bombardment hit Gaza City's Shujaiya district for a fourth day on Sunday, months after Israel declared Hamas's command structure dismantled in the northern area. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled the devastated neighborhood, where the Israeli army said it has fought Palestinian militants both "above and below ground" ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-30 10:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
France heads to the polls, on Sunday, in a high-stakes election, that sees the far-right National Rally party on the cusp of power. French people voted on Sunday in the first round of high-stakes snap parliamentary elections which could alter France's trajectory and see the far-right party of Marine Le Pen take power in a historic ...