This Is Beirut 2024-04-27 16:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Washington's top diplomat is among leaders expected at a Saudi-hosted economic summit set to begin on Sunday with a strong focus on the grinding war in Gaza, organisers said. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be "coming in directly from his visits in China and on his way to Israel," Borge Brende, president of the World Economic Forum ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-27 11:58 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian men at a military post near the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the army and Palestinian media reported. The incident occurred when several militants arrived in a vehicle and fired at soldiers stationed at the Salem military post at the entrance to Jenin, the army said in a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-27 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas said it was studying on Saturday the latest Israeli counterproposal regarding a potential ceasefire in Gaza, a day after a delegation from mediator Egypt reportedly arrived in Israel in a bid to jump-start stalled negotiations. The signs of fresh truce talks came alongside ongoing Israeli preparations for a military push into Gaza's ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 22:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A delegation from Gaza war mediator Egypt arrived in Israel on Friday for a bid to reignite stalled ceasefire and hostage-release negotiations between Israel and Hamas, Israeli and Egyptian media reported. The signs of fresh truce talks come alongside Israeli preparations for a military push in Gaza's southern city of Rafah, and with spillover ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-04-26 19:58 - 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 26th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 19:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
There are some 37 million tonnes of debris to clear away in Gaza once the Israeli offensive is over, a senior official with the UN Mine Action Service said on Friday. And unexploded ordnance buried in the rubble would complicate that work, said UNMAS' Pehr Lodhammar, who has run mine programs in countries such as Iraq. It was impossible to say ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 18:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two members of Jamaa Islamiya, a Lebanese Islamist group with close ties to Palestinian Hamas, were killed in an Israeli drone strike on Friday targeting their car on the Meidoun road in western Bekaa. The individuals killed were identified as Mossaab Khalmaf and Bilal el-Khalaf. The Israeli army stated, "The Jamaa Islamiya terrorist organization ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 18:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Top Arab and European diplomats are expected to begin arriving in the Saudi capital this weekend for an economic summit and meetings on the war in Gaza, diplomatic officials said. The two-day World Economic Forum special meeting, scheduled to begin in Riyadh on Sunday, includes in its official program appearances by the Saudi, Jordanian, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 18:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The top UN court said it will rule Tuesday on charges by Nicaragua that Germany is breaching the 1948 Genocide Convention by supplying weapons to Israel for the Gaza war. Nicaragua has brought Germany before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to demand judges impose emergency measures to stop Berlin from providing Israel with weapons and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 16:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Criticism of Qatar over its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has prompted a rare pushback by the Gulf state against its detractors, analysts have said. Qatar, which has hosted Hamas' political leadership since 2012 with the blessing of the United States, has been engaged in months of behind-the-scenes talks on a possible truce in Gaza ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 15:44 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Syria has avoided getting embroiled in the Gaza war, experts said, despite a strike on Iran's Damascus consulate, blamed on Israel, that threatened to ignite a regional conflagration. The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seeking to strike a delicate balancing act between Russia and Iran, which have propped it up during 13 years ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 11:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions and risks of escalation are increasing on the southern border as an Israeli civilian was killed in a Hezbollah ambush on Thursday night in the Shebaa farms area. The Israeli army responded by heavy shelling that targeted the villages of Shebaa and Kfarchouba. It said that it targeted a military truck which led to the death of the ...