Blinken Is Determined to Free the Hostages Held by Hamas

This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 20:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed Washington's commitment to freeing the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza on Friday December 1. Blinken was speaking after a meeting with several Arab political leaders on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai. The United States remains "intensely focused" on freeing hostages held in Gaza despite the ...

South Lebanon Front Reignites: Three Killed and Two Wounded

This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 20:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Three people, including a Hezbollah fighter, were killed and two others wounded in Israeli bombardments targeting the villages of Hula and Jebbine in southern Lebanon, hours after a seven-day truce (November 24-30) between Israel and Hamas came to an end. The truce allowed the exchange of 110 Israeli and foreign hostages and 240 Palestinian ...

The Intelligent Recap: This Week's AI News Report

Alissar Boulos 2023-12-01 19:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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Good evening and welcome to the Intelligent Recap. It is Friday December 1st and the 56th day of the war between Israel and Hamas. In tonight’s edition: the French envoy’s mission to Lebanon, the effect of phosphorus bombs in Lebanon, as well as economic news. Internationally: the truce in Gaza expired after 7 days, Cop28 kicked off in ...

Makary to TIB: Journalists in South Lebanon Were Assassinated

Chelsea Al Arif 2023-12-01 18:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Caretaker Minister of Information Ziad Makary revealed Friday that he will raise the pressing issue of journalists’ safety in southern Lebanon at an upcoming meeting with the UN peacekeeping force (UNIFIL), the Lebanese army and the Lebanese Red Cross. "We have a practical meeting coming up with UNIFIL, the Lebanese army and the Lebanese Red ...

Israel-Hamas War Intrudes on COP28

This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 17:41 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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COP28 entered its second day in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Friday December 1. After a promising introduction, this second day was marked by the intrusion of the Israel-Hamas conflict into the debate. Behind the smiles in the family picture taken in sunny Dubai, disagreements over oil remain profound: more than 140 world leaders are at COP28 ...

UN Agencies: Hell on Earth Has Returned to Gaza

This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 15:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United Nations expressed profound regret over the resumption of hostilities in Gaza after the truce ended, raising concerns about the potential Israeli expansion of the military offensive in Palestinian territory. The United Nations said that it deeply regretted the resumption of deadly hostilities in the Gaza Strip on Friday following the ...

Three Questions For Milad Alam, Mayor of Rmeish

2023-12-01 15:22 - Reading : less than a minute

On the last day of the truce between Isreal and Hamas, This is Beirut spoke to Milad Alam, the Mayor of Rmeish. This village, situated on the southern Lebanese border, has been gravely affected by constant Israeli bombardments since October 7. Here is an overview of the consequences of these attacks and how the residents of Rmeish are trying to ...

Qatar Calls for Urgent Global Steps to Halt Gaza Violence

This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 12:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Qatar called for prompt international intervention on Friday to halt the violence in the Gaza Strip following renewed Israeli bombardment after a truce mediated by the Gulf emirate. Qatar urged swift international action on Friday to stop violence in the Gaza Strip after renewed Israeli bombardment of the territory at the end of a truce that the ...

Eleven Killed in Daesh-Linked Attack in Iraq

This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 11:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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An explosion and gunfire killed at least 11 civilians in eastern Iraq, blamed on the jihadist group Daesh (Islamic State). The attack came ahead of the December 18 elections for provincial councils in Iraq. A blast and gunfire killed at least 11 civilians in eastern Iraq, two security officials said on Friday, an attack that the provincial ...

Deadly Fighting Grips Gaza as Truce Ends

This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 10:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Fightning resumed in Gaza on Friday immediately after the expiration of a week-long truce between Israel and Hamas, with the first fatalities reported minutes later. Despite the resumption of fighting, ongoing talks between Qatari and Egyptian mediators are taking place. Fighting resumed in Gaza on Friday immediately after the expiry of a ...

Israel's Shin Bet Foil Hezbollah Assassination Attempt

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Shin Bet, Israel's internal intelligence agency, foiled an attempt by Hezbollah to assassinate a former senior Israeli security official using an explosive device, the security agency announces. The attack was intended to have been carried out in the coming days, according to the Shin Bet. Hezbollah was also responsible for a bombing in Tel ...

Iranian Ambassador, More than 1000 Across Lebanon Targeted in Pager Blasts

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At least a thousand operatives from Hezbollah were seriously wounded on Tuesday in Lebanon's south and the southern suburbs of Beirut and in Syria when pagers in their possession according to Reuters citing security sources. A Reuters journalist saw 10 Hezbollah members bleeding from wounds in the southern suburb of Beirut known as Dahiyeh, while ...