This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 17:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNIFIL, Major General Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz, said on Saturday that the risk of a major escalation in southern Lebanon “persists.” At the same time, he stressed that “containing the conflict in the areas close to the Blue Line is a sign that the parties concerned (Hezbollah and Israel) do not want ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 13:33 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The displaced Palestinians are exhausted, as the never-ending war enters its 13th week. As international mediation continues, Gazans hope to see an end to this war, by the new year. Fighting raged on Saturday in the Gaza Strip, where displaced Palestinians found themselves "exhausted" by the relentless Israeli army offensive against Hamas in the ...
2023-12-30 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Several ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions have duly noted the absence of any official response condemning the recent attacks suffered by UNIFIL forces in South Lebanon that resulted in an injury. A source within the United Nations expressed astonishment at the official leniency shown by Lebanese authorities, which is causing them to ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-29 22:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gaza Hamas HEALTH Humanitarian crisis
In a post on social network X, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of the "growing threat of infectious diseases" in the Gaza Strip. He said that WHO staff on the ground were working daily on controlling and monitoring these infections. The WHO chief said on Friday that he was "very concerned" about the growing threat posed by ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-29 21:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
UNIFIL's Media Office Deputy Director Candice Ardell stated Friday that "the attack on the peacekeepers is a violation of international law, Resolution 1701 and Lebanese law," referring to the incidents that occurred earlier this week in the towns of Taybeh and Kfar Kila. She emphasized the need to "grant UNIFIL freedom of movement to enable it ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-29 20:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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On Thursday evening, an Israeli strike on Damascus International Airport killed eleven leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the Saudi TV channel Al-Hadath. This information was denied by the spokesman of the IRGC. Eleven leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed in an air strike targeting ...
Tylia El Helou 2023-12-29 20:12 - 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 29, 2023.
This Is Beirut 2023-12-29 20:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A convoy of humanitarian aid from the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees was attacked by Israel in Gaza. The UN denounces the conditions under which humanitarian aid is delivered, which contravene international law. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday that the Israeli army had fired on one of its aid convoys in the Gaza ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-29 19:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab said on Friday that United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 "must first be implemented by Israel before discussing how it will be applied in Lebanon." These comments come amid growing local and international calls for full implementation of the resolution since Hezbollah opened the southern front on October ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-29 17:38 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Israeli bombardments continued to batter the Gaza Strip on Friday, December 29, while a Hamas delegation was expected in Cairo to discuss an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire. According to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), around 100 thousand Gazan refugees have recently reached Rafah, on the border with Egypt. Israel ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-29 17:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army opened heavy machine gun fire on Friday morning, targeting the outskirts of the town of al-Bustan from its positions adjacent to Aita al-Shaab. Also, at around 10:30 this morning, an Israeli strike hit the outskirts of the town of Yaroun, while shelling targeted the outskirts of Tayr Harfa, Jebin and Imtut. In the afternoon, ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-29 13:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Renewal bloc (Michel Moawad, Achraf Rifi, Fouad Makhzoumi and Adib Abdel Massih) considered that the repeated attacks targeting the UNIFIL in the South seem to suggest that a “decision has been taken by the Moumanaa axis to threaten the work of these forces and prevent them from carrying out their duties.” In a statement issued on Friday, ...