This Is Beirut 2024-05-10 15:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Spain, Ireland and other European Union countries will recognize a Palestinian state on May 21, the EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borell, said on Thursday, ahead of an expected UN vote on Palestinian membership on Friday. Borell told a local Spanish radio station that he is expecting Spain, Ireland, Malta and Slovenia to recognize a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-10 11:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will submit a long-awaited report to the US Congress on Friday which, according to Axios, is highly critical of Israel's conduct during the Gaza war, but assesses that Israel didn't violate the human rights stipulations required to access US weapons. In February, the Biden administration issued a new national ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-09 23:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday it was temporarily shuttering its east Jerusalem headquarters after "Israeli extremists" set fire to the perimeter following weeks of repeated attacks. "This evening, Israeli residents set fire twice to the perimeter of the UNRWA headquarters in occupied east Jerusalem," agency chief Philippe ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-09 22:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump accused Joe Biden Thursday of siding with Hamas when he threatened to stop sending US weapons to Israel as it wages war against the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, calling the president's stance "disgraceful." Biden warned Wednesday of halting weapons supplies if Israel pushes ahead with its long-threatened Rafah ground ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-09 21:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel has submitted its reservations about a proposal for a hostage release deal to Gaza truce mediators, and considers this round of negotiations in Cairo to have ended, a senior Israeli official said to Reuters. The Israeli delegation is returning from the Egyptian capital and Israel will proceed with its operation in Rafah and other parts of ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-05-09 21:37 - 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 May 9th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-05-09 18:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Thursday indicated that the UK would not follow the United States in warning Israel that it would halt sales of arms that could be used in an assault on the Gaza city of Rafah. US President Joe Biden has said Washington could cut supplies of weapons if Israel proceeds with an attack on the city, where the UN ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-09 18:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned his nuclear forces were "always" on alert and added that Moscow would not tolerate any Western threats, during an address on the annual Victory Day parade. In a defiant speech on Red Square before thousands of soldiers dressed in ceremonial attire, Putin heaped praise on his army fighting in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-09 18:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdallah Bou Habib, asked Qatar on Thursday for help in evacuating Lebanese women and their children held in Rafah since the outbreak of war in Gaza on October 7. At the end of a meeting with the Qatari ambassador to Lebanon, Sheikh Saoud ben Abdel Rahman ben Fayçal Al-Thani, Bou Habib explained that ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-09 12:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli strikes on Syria early Thursday targeted facilities belonging to Iraq's Al-Nujaba armed movement, a war monitor and the pro-Iran group said, with Damascus saying an unidentified building was attacked. Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria since the outbreak of the civil war in its northern neighbor in 2011, mainly against ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-09 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, expressed disappointment on Thursday regarding US President Joe Biden's threat to stop certain arms supplies to Israel if it invades the crowded Gaza city of Rafah. "This is a difficult and very disappointing statement to hear from a president to whom we have been grateful since the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-08 22:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The damage caused by Israeli bombardments in southern Lebanon, after seven months of fire exchange between Hezbollah and Israel, amounts to around $1.5 billion, the head of the Southern Council, Hashem Haidar, told AFP on Wednesday. According to Haidar, Israeli bombardments and raids have caused considerable damage to infrastructure, estimated at ...