This Is Beirut 2024-04-14 06:10 - Reading : less than a minute
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Sunday over Iran's unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel, the body's president said. The meeting is aiming to be held at 4:00 pm (2000 GMT) on Sunday and is at Israel's request, a spokesperson for Malta, which holds the rotating presidency this month, told the media Saturday ...
Ici Beyrouth 2024-04-14 04:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iranian strikes caused "minor damage" to an Israeli base, army spokesman Daniel Hagari said Sunday, after Iran's state media reported "heavy blows" to the base from its missiles. "Only a few missiles fell in the territory of the state of Israel with slight damage to a military base in the south, with only slight damage to the infrastructure," ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-14 01:28 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
Countries around the world condemned Iran's strikes on Israel late Saturday, warning the attack threatened to further destabilize the Middle East. Here are some of the main reactions so far: United States US President Joe Biden promised "ironclad" support for Israel after holding an urgent meeting with top security officials. "I just met with my ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-14 00:13 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
Iran announced at dawn on Sunday that it carried out a "one-off" drone attack from its territory against Israel on Saturday, warning the latter not to retaliate. Tel Aviv promised to react. The drone attack, launched late on Saturday night by Iran against Israel, appears to be limited in time. Tehran made this clear even before the projectiles ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-04-13 22:36 - 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 13th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-13 21:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Palestinian movement issued a statement on Saturday in response to Israel's latest ceasefire proposal. Hamas, without giving a positive response to an agreement, reaffirms its previous demands and asserts its willingness to achieve a hostage exchange. "We reaffirm our adherence to our demands and the national demands of our people: a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-13 21:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The American President, Joe Biden, shortened his weekend to return to the White House for an emergency meeting on the recent developments in the Middle East and the escalating tensions threatening the region, while Israel raises alert levels.US President Joe Biden cut short a weekend trip to Delaware on Saturday for urgent consultations in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-13 21:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah retaliated on Saturday afternoon to the Israeli strike which in the morning had targeted a large military complex and a post belonging to Hezbollah in the Rihan area in southern Lebanon. In the afternoon and through the evening, Hezbollah carried out a series of attacks on Israeli positions, targeting, with drones, Iron Dome launch ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-13 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Tensions escalated in several villages in the West Bank on Saturday following the discovery of the body of an Israeli teenager who had gone missing the day before. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced "a heinous crime" after the discovery on Saturday of the body of a young Israeli shepherd in the occupied West Bank, where the ...
2024-04-13 16:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
On Tuesday, April 2, the Palestinians renewed their demand to join the United Nations. In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour renewed a longstanding petition dating back to 2011. "We hope that the Security Council, convening at the ministerial level on April 18, will take ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-13 10:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Early on Saturday morning, the Israeli Army announced that it had "struck a large military complex belonging to Hezbollah, housing installations, and a military post in the Rihan region" in southern Lebanon. Exchanges of fire continued throughout the night between the pro-Iranian group and the Israeli Army in southern Lebanon against a backdrop ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-12 23:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States has begun preparing on Friday, for what could be an imminent Iranian attack on Israeli soil, and has warned the Islamic Republic to refrain from engaging in such an act. US President Joe Biden said he was expecting Iran to attempt to strike Israel in the short term in retaliation for a strike in Syria but warned it not to ...