This Is Beirut 2023-12-08 13:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UN Security Council, under pressure from Secretary-General António Guterres, will vote on an immediate ceasefire in Gaza Friday. The outcome of the session is uncertain amid Israel's relentless bombardment, severe restrictions on essentials items, and escalating violence in Gaza and the West Bank. The UN Security Council will meet on Friday ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-08 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A multi-rocket attack targeted the US Embassy in the well-guarded Green Zone in Baghdad Friday, December 8, amid escalating regional tensions linked to the raging war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported. Salvos of rockets targeted the US embassy in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone early Friday, ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-07 22:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on 13 individuals and entities alleged to have provided financial support to Yemen's Houthi rebels. The rebels are currently launching missiles at Israel and targeting commercial ships linked to Israel in the Red Sea. The United States on Thursday leveled sanctions on 13 individuals and entities ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2023-12-07 20:25 - 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 7, 2023.
This Is Beirut 2023-12-07 15:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced on Thursday that "the Lebanese government will take all necessary measures to include the reports" published by Reuters and AFP agencies about the Israeli attacks on journalists in South Lebanon on October 13 in the complaint filed against Tel Aviv with the United Nations Security Council. On ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-07 15:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Separate investigations by the AFP, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International into the death of Issam Abdallah and the injuries inflicted on six other journalists on October 13 in southern Lebanon also point to “Israeli strikes.” An investigation by Reuters, published on Thursday, into the bombing that killed one of its journalists and ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-07 13:58 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
A joint investigation conducted by AFP and British independent investigators Airwars into the strikes that killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six other reporters points to Israel. An Agence France-Presse investigation, published on Thursday, into the bombing that killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six other reporters, ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-07 13:23 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are urging a “war crime” investigation into an Israeli strike in Lebanon that killed journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six others, including AFP photographer Christina Assi. AFP and Reuters investigations reached the same conclusions. The Israeli strike that killed one journalist ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-07 12:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Maronite Patriarch, Archbishop Bechara al-Rai, began a visit to Tyre on Thursday morning to show solidarity with the inhabitants and displaced persons of southern Lebanon. Bombardments resumed in southern Lebanon on Thursday morning following a night of precarious calm. Israeli artillery targeted the areas of Wadi Al-Slouki, Hula, and Markaba ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-07 11:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Israel and Egypt to allow journalists to move freely across the Rafah crossing. During the two-month Israel-Hamas conflict, no reporters were authorized to enter Gaza via Rafah, RSF said. Media rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Israeli and Egyptian authorities on Thursday to allow journalists ...
2023-12-07 11:36 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
In this second part about the Lebanese-Palestinian agreement signed in Cairo on November 3, 1969, we delve into the timing of this arrangement and its underlying motives. The Cairo Agreement, signed on November 3, 1969, granted the presence of armed Palestinian resistance in Lebanon. An analysis of the regional situation at that time is ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-06 23:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israeli forces clashed on Wednesday with Hamas militants in Gaza's main southern city, while the UN warned of an imminent complete breakdown in public order. This comes after nearly two months of war triggered by deadly attacks on Israel. Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in Gaza's main southern city on Wednesday, as the UN warned a complete ...