This Is Beirut 2024-01-27 12:53 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
As the humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, an increasing number of western countries have announced the suspension of their funding to UNRWA. This decision follows Israeli accusations that twelve UNRWA employees were involved in the attack on October 7. Israel vowed Saturday to stop the UN agency at the heart of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-27 12:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The fragile calm that prevailed on the southern front on Saturday morning was repeatedly interrupted throughout the day by artillery exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel, intensifying in the early evening. Israeli forces bombarded the villages of Hula, Kaakour, Hebbariyeh, Rachaya al-Foukhar, Kfar Hamam, Blida, and Naqoura, as well as the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-27 10:37 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Thousands of civilians were trapped in southern Gaza by bombardment and fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas fighters on Saturday, a day after the top UN court ruled that Israel must prevent genocidal acts. Growing alarm has been focused on Khan Younes, the biggest city in Gaza's south, where the two main hospitals were barely functioning ...
Malo Pinatel 2024-01-27 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
In recent days, Netanyahu and his political allies have been launching attacks against Qatar. This trend is far from trivial and reveals a new aspect of the Israeli Prime Minister's uncompromising strategy, according to political analyst Karim Sader. On Wednesday January 24, Israeli Channel 12 broadcast an audio recording of Netanyahu with ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-26 23:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
International Court of Justice
In accordance with the Statute of the Court, the Secretary-General of the International Court of Justice, Stéphane Dujarric, is slated to transmit a notice of the provisional measures ordered by the court to the United Nations Security Council. UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese told Al Jazeera that the ICJ's decision will make it more ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-26 23:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Palestine International Court of Justice
The UN's top court ruled on Friday that Israel must take measures to prevent genocide in its conflict with Hamas and facilitate aid into Gaza. However, the court did not explicitly call for an end to the fighting. The UN's top court on Friday said Israel must prevent genocide in its war with Hamas and allow aid into Gaza, but stopped short of ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-01-26 22:03 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in southern Lebanon and Gaza. Here are the main highlights for January 26, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-01-26 20:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A missile fired by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis at a US Navy warship was intercepted and shot down on Friday. The military stated that the Yemeni militants, who have been conducting attacks on international shipping for two months, were responsible for the incident. A US Navy warship shot down a missile Friday that was fired at it by Yemen's ...
Alissar Boulos 2024-01-26 20:18 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Over the past two weeks, the Philadelphi Corridor, adjacent to the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip, has become a point of contention between Egypt and Israel. Diaa Rachwan, the director of the Egyptian Information Service, stated on Monday night that "any Israeli initiative aiming to occupy the Philadelphi Corridor (known as Salah Al-Din in ...
Alissar Boulos 2024-01-26 19:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening and welcome to The Intelligent Recap. It is Friday January 26th and the 112th day of the war in Gaza. In tonight’s edition, the main stories in Lebanon this week: the situation at the Lebanese southern front, the 2024 budget, the plight of Akkar’s farmers as well as other local news. In international news: what’s happening in ...
2024-01-26 18:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States suspended funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Friday after it terminated several employees accused of participating in the October 7 attack by Hamas against Israel. The US government suspended funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Friday after it laid off several employees accused of taking part ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-26 17:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hamas has released a video showing women held hostage in Gaza since the October 7 Hamas attack, demanding the Israeli government to end the war and return them to their homes. The hostages were identified as Doron Steinbrecher and Israeli soldiers Daniella Gilboa and Karina Ariav, both aged 19. The women said they had been detained for 107 days, ...