This Is Beirut 2023-12-06 23:16 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In a recent resumption of hostilities along the Lebanese-Israeli southern border, tensions escalated as both sides engaged in a series of attacks throughout the day. An Israeli aerial drone conducted a raid, targeting the area between the towns of Maroun al-Ras and Yaroun with a guided missile. Simultaneously, artillery shelling pounded the same ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-06 22:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United Nations leader cautioned on Wednesday that he anticipates a complete breakdown of public order soon in Gaza due to the dire conditions caused by the ongoing and relentless Israeli bombardment. Guterres invoked Article 99, alerting the Security Council to any matter he deems a threat to international peace and security. The head of the ...
Tylia El Helou 2023-12-06 21:51 - 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 6, 2023.
This Is Beirut 2023-12-06 20:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A non-governmental organization reported on Wednesday that Israeli authorities have given approval for the construction of over 1,700 new homes, marking an expansion of settlements in the occupied East Jerusalem. A non-governmental organization said on Wednesday that Israeli authorities have approved the construction of more than 1,700 new homes, ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-06 20:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A military official from the United States reported on Wednesday that a drone, claimed by a pro-Iran militant group, attacked Western troops at a military base in Iraq. A drone targeted Western troops at a military base in Iraq on Wednesday in an attack claimed by a pro-Iran militant group, a US military official said. "A one-way attack drone ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-06 19:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka, denied any intention of amending UN Security Council Resolution 1701, stressing that both the UN and Lebanon "insist on the implementation of this text." Resolution 1701 put an end to the July 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. It provides for the withdrawal of Hezbollah north of the ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-06 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon's Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Abdullah Bou Habib, has asked the Lebanese mission to the United Nations to submit a new complaint to the Security Council. This complaint comes in response to the recent targeting of the Lebanese Army, resulting in the tragic loss of a soldier's life and the injury of several ...
Samar Kadi 2023-12-06 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hamas’ Lebanon branch has been going out of its way to “clear up” what it called “the misunderstanding” provoked by its announcement on Monday, December 4, of the establishment of the “al-Aqsa Flood Vanguards.” “We want to clarify the confusion and misunderstanding that the statement has caused. We want to assure the Lebanese that ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-06 16:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Israeli Army reported that it had intercepted a surface-to-surface missile targeting Eilat, a southern town in Israel. In a post on X, the Israeli Army spokesperson, Daniel Hagari, said, “Following the warning in the area of the city of Eilat, a surface-to-surface missile was detected, launched into the territory of the State of Israel and ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-06 16:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Maronite bishops condemned on Wednesday the “opening of new fronts in southern Lebanon by any Palestinian factions because it violates Lebanon's sovereignty as an independent state,” emphasizing that “the decision of war and peace must solely lie with the Lebanese state, considering its repercussions on the entire Lebanese people.” In ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-06 15:02 - Reading : less than a minute
France deplored on Wednesday the Israeli strike that killed a Lebanese soldier, the first since the start of the almost daily exchange of fire on the border between Israel and Hezbollah on October 8. France "is deeply concerned by the continuing clashes on the border between Lebanon and Israel", added the Quai d'Orsay spokeswoman in a statement, ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-06 14:36 - Reading : less than a minute
Amidst a state of sadness and anger, the residents of the town of Shmestar and villages west of Baalbek welcomed on Wednesday at 11:40 the martyr from the Lebanese Army, Sergeant Abdel Karim al-Moukdad, who was killed on Tuesday following an Israeli bombardment in Odaisseh, southern Lebanon. Women scattered rice and roses over the martyr’s ...