This Is Beirut 2024-04-19 15:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
International calls for de-escalation were launched by several countries and organizations, a few hours after the attack carried out in Isfahan, Iran. Tel Aviv hasn't confirmed the strike nor Tehran accused Israel, in a desire to return to the status quo ante. "I'm not going to speak to these reported events... All I can say is for our part and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-19 15:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday hailed Tehran's unprecedented retaliatory attack on Israel almost a week ago but did not mention explosions heard in his country's central region. In a speech, he made no reference to the blasts, but spoke about the Islamic republic's missile and drone attack against Israel, last week-end. That operation ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-19 12:18 - Reading : less than a minute
Mohamad Hassan, son of Abdel Mohsen Sayyed Sadreddine Fadlallah, a cleric from Aïnata, was killed on Friday in an Israeli raid on the village of Aita al-Shaab in southern Lebanon. Friday morning began more or less quietly in southern Lebanon, with intermittent exchanges of artillery fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army. Tensions between ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-19 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli strikes on Friday targeted a Syrian army position in the country's south, Syria's government and a monitor said, as US media reported Israel had hit its arch-rival Iran. In a statement, Syria's defense ministry said "the Israeli enemy carried out an attack using missiles... targeting our air defense sites in the southern region" and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-19 11:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's state media reported explosions over the province of Isfahan, in the early hours of Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes. Why did Israel decide to target Isfahan specifically? Isfahan is home to Iran's second largest metropolitan area, as well as a number of key facilities for Iran's ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-19 11:00 - Reading : less than a minute
The United States embassy in Israel on Friday told its employees and their families to restrict their movements after reports that Israel conducted a strike inside Iran. "Out of an abundance of caution following reports that Israel conducted a retaliatory strike inside Iran, US government employees and their family members are restricted from ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-19 10:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The US has vetoed a move to grant Palestine UN membership, which was supported by 12 out of 15 security council members, as global anger at the Gaza war grows. The United States on Thursday spoiled a long-shot Palestinian bid for full United Nations membership, vetoing a Security Council measure despite growing international distress over the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-19 07:57 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran's state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes on its arch-rival. Air defense systems over several Iranian cities were activated, state media reported, after the country's official broadcaster said explosions were heard near the city ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-18 21:41 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Birds sang and planes rumbled overhead as Abdeljabbar al-Arja dug the remains of his dead neighbors from the rubble in Gaza. An overnight Israeli strike hit the home where a displaced Palestinian family was sheltering in the southern city of Rafah, relatives and neighbors told AFP as they scraped at the soil with their hands. Al-Arja said the ...
Alissar Boulos 2024-04-18 21:37 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On Saturday, April 13, just before midnight, Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles towards Israel in a first-of-its-kind direct attack. The reasons and consequences of this attack have been extensively analyzed in newsrooms, on television sets, and in diplomatic and decision-making centers around the world. The barrage included 170 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-18 20:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Thursday, an Israeli strike on a house in the southern village of Blida killed two people, including one Hezbollah fighter, and wounded two others. Hezbollah had already lost two of its fighters in a dawn raid the same day, on the village of Kfar Kila. The exchange of artillery fire between the pro-Iranian group and the Israeli army continued ...
Rayan Chami 2024-04-18 20:34 - 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 18th, 2024.