This Is Beirut 2023-12-02 22:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi Gaza Hamas
After a week-long cease-fire in Gaza ended Friday, December 1, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza resumed, as rocket fire was also launched from both Gaza and Lebanon. A Mossad team that was in Qatar negotiating another truce was recalled to Israel Saturday following an impasse. Israel and Hamas fought on Saturday for a second day since a seven-day truce ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-02 22:21 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made cautionary statements aimed at Hezbollah, on Saturday, December 2, warning them that Lebanon would be destroyed if they initiated a large-scale war against Israel. These warnings were reiterated before the recent ceasefire with Hamas. “We are acting in the north all the time against all efforts by ...
Lyne Sammouri 2023-12-02 20:59 - 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 2, 2023.
2023-12-02 17:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In the aftermath of the July 2006 war, the United Nations Security Council issued Resolution 1701, establishing a south zone of the Litani River free from weapons and illegitimate armed elements. In exchange, Israel was expected to cease its violations of Lebanon's airspace, territory and waters. Nonetheless, this resolution has not been ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-02 16:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli airstrikes near Damascus on Saturday resulted in the deaths of two officers from the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and two fighters aligned with Hezbollah, according to a report from a war monitoring group. Israeli air strikes killed two Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers and two pro-Hezbollah ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-02 16:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Exchanges of fire continued Saturday between Israel and Hezbollah along Lebanon’s southern border, while the morning was marked by high tensions between the parties. The Israeli army fired flares targeting the towns of Wadi Hamoul and Labbouneh, east of Naqoura, sparking fires under the overhead of reconnaissance planes. It also attacked a ...
Michel Touma 2023-12-02 15:07 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Israeli invasion of Lebanon in June 1982 compelled the Lebanese and Israeli governments to formally sign the May 17 Agreement (1983) following extensive and difficult negotiations. This was an official document that definitively ended the state of hostility between the two countries, thereby laying the foundation for the withdrawal of the ...
2023-12-02 11:01 - Reading : less than a minute
As the situation in Gaza and South Lebanon escalates, hotels in all touristic areas of Lebanon are struggling to secure almost any reservations ahead of Christmas and New Year's Eve.
This Is Beirut 2023-12-02 10:41 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On December 2nd, Israel resumed airstrikes in Gaza for a second day after a truce with Hamas collapsed, disregarding international appeals for an extension. The Gaza Ministry of Health reported nearly 200 casualties since the truce ended, as Israel pulled negotiators back from Qatar after an 'impasse.' Israel carried out deadly bombardments in ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 22:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Friday that he was informed by Hezbollah officials that they will have a harsher response against Israel if it resumes its attacks against Gaza following the seven-day truce that expired Friday. “During my recent visit to Beirut, I heard from resistance leaders that the response will be ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 22:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 56th day on Friday December 1, since the Palestinian Islamist movement launched a bloody attack on Israeli soil on 7 October from the Gaza Strip, where it seized power in 2007. According to Israel, 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed in this attack, during which around 240 people were abducted ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-01 20:37 - Reading : less than a minute
Three journalists were killed in Israeli raids on Friday December 1, a day after the last day of the truce between Israel and Hamas. This brings the number of journalists killed in the conflict up to 73. Gaza's Hamas-run government said three journalists were killed in Israeli raids on Friday as fierce fighting resumed after a week-long ...