This Is Beirut 2023-12-15 22:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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War between Israel and Hamas entered on Friday, December 15 its 70th day since the bloody and unprecedented attack that the Palestinian Islamist movement launched against Israel on October 7 from the Gaza Strip. According to Israel, 1,139 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack and around 250 kidnapped and taken to Gaza. A total of ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-15 21:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Al Jazeera Arabic cameraman Samer Abu Daqa was killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza on Friday, December 15. His bureau chief Wael Dahdouh was also injured at the arm. An Al Jazeera journalist was killed on Friday and another injured in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip, the Qatari channel reported. "It is with heavy hearts that we share the ...
Tylia El Helou 2023-12-15 20:20 - 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 15, 2023.
This Is Beirut 2023-12-15 19:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Several Western countries raised their voices to Israel over the violence provoked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Friday, December 15. Tel Aviv is currently facing an international outcry on this issue, as atrocities committed against Palestinians have exploded since 7 October. Western nations and the European Union Friday urged ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-15 17:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel announced it was temporarily opening border crossing at Kerem Shalom for humanitarian purposes on Friday, December 15. The aim is to relieve congestion at Rafah, in Egypt. Israel approved Friday the "temporary" delivery of aid into Gaza via its Kerem Shalom border crossing, the prime minister's office said, opening a new route for supplies ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-15 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel continued its offensive in Gaza on Friday, despite increasing international calls for restraint. The United States emphasized that the effort to crush Hamas should not result in a long-term Israeli occupation of the territory. Israel pressed its offensive in Gaza on Friday despite mounting international calls for restraint, with key backer ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-15 11:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A projectile fired from Yemen by Houthi militia hit a cargo ship in the Red Sea on Friday, a US official and an intelligence firm said, the latest in a series of attacks. "We are aware that something launched from a Houthi-controlled region of Yemen struck this vessel which was damaged, and there was a report of a fire," the US defense official ...
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This Is Beirut 2023-12-14 23:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 69th day on Thursday. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, 18,787 people were killed in Israeli bombardments, most of them women, children and teenagers. For its part, Israel announced that 1,200 people, mostly civilians, died in the attack on 7 October. In addition, around a hundred Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-14 23:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iraqi authorities have stated that the assailants who took part in the attack on the American Embassy in Baghdad on December 8 had links to security forces, according to a statement published on Thursday December 14. The American presence in Iraq is regularly targeted by pro-Iranian militias. Iraq said Thursday it had arrested several attackers ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-14 22:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Several Israeli soldiers seized the microphone of a mosque in Jenin to sing religious songs, according to the Israeli army on Thursday, December 14th. These incidents are said to have occurred during an Israeli operation in the town, which began on Tuesday. The Palestinian presidency on Thursday condemned what it called the "shameful desecration" ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2023-12-14 20:39 - 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 14, 2023.