This Is Beirut 2023-12-31 19:20 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The situation in Gaza continued to deteriorate on Sunday, December 31st, as the world prepares for New Year's celebrations. On a regional scale, tensions are sharply escalating in Iraq, Syria and the Red Sea. Israeli strikes pounded Gaza on Sunday as both sides near the end of a dark year, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the war ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-31 18:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga base was targeted by drone attacks on Saturday night. The government of this autonomous region immediately condemned groups linked to the central government, which is close to Iran. Authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan said Sunday two drones struck a military base used by the autonomous region's security forces, blaming the ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-31 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel is ready to allow ships to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip as part of a proposed sea corridor from Cyprus, announced Israel's Foreign Minister on Sunday, as cited by Reuters. “It can start immediately,” Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said to Tel Aviv radio station 103 FM, as reported by Reuters. Additionally, Cohen explained that Britain, ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-31 16:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli government approved the appointment of a new foreign minister to replace Eli Cohen on Sunday as part of a pre-arranged reshuffle. Israel Katz, the current energy minister, will exchange positions with Cohen in a ministerial rotation, pending parliamentary approval. Cohen will retain his position as a member of the security cabinet, ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-31 13:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The US Navy sank three Houthi rebel vessels in the Red Sea after they attacked a container ship, amid rising tensions from multiple Houthi assaults on commercial and merchant vessels in the region. The US military said Sunday its Navy helicopters fired at Iran-backed Houthi rebel boats off Yemen that were attacking a cargo ship, with Yemeni ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-31 13:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Mgr. Bechara al-Rai called for the protection of civilians in southern Lebanon and denounced the smear campaign against Bishop Moussa el-Hage during his homily in Bkerke on Sunday. "We call for the removal of the rocket launchers planted between homes in South Lebanon, which trigger destructive Israeli responses. Are they being ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-31 12:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Artillery exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel continued on Sunday with varying intensity, marking the last day of the year in southern Lebanon. In the afternoon, Israeli forces shelled several border villages, causing a new escalation. The Israeli army launched two shells on Jebbin and bombed the region of Mays al-Jabal, as well as Dhayra and ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 22:56 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A precarious calm prevailed on Saturday evening on the southern front, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened at an evening press conference to inflict "severe strikes" on Hezbollah if it stepped up its attacks. Saturday afternoon was marked by hostilities between Hezbollah and the Israeli army, which carried out an air raid ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 22:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The war between Israel and Hamas, which entered its 85th day on Sunday, was triggered by a bloody and unprecedented attack perpetrated by the Palestinian Islamist movement on Israeli soil from the Gaza Strip on October 7. Some 1,140 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack, according to an AFP count based on the latest Israeli figures, ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2023-12-30 20:45 - 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 30, 2023.
This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 17:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pro-Iran armed groups in Syria attacked two American bases in the east of the country on Saturday, December 30, in response to "probable Israeli strikes" carried out earlier in the day. Washington immediately retaliated. Armed groups affiliated to Iran targeted two American bases in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor on Saturday evening, ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 17:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, declared that “what is happening on the southern border is not the result of a legal decision.” Geagea is referring to the artillery exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel that began on October 8, the day after Hamas attacked the Jewish state. “This decision was not established by the ...