This Is Beirut 2023-12-15 17:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel announced it was temporarily opening border crossing at Kerem Shalom for humanitarian purposes on Friday, December 15. The aim is to relieve congestion at Rafah, in Egypt. Israel approved Friday the "temporary" delivery of aid into Gaza via its Kerem Shalom border crossing, the prime minister's office said, opening a new route for supplies ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-15 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel continued its offensive in Gaza on Friday, despite increasing international calls for restraint. The United States emphasized that the effort to crush Hamas should not result in a long-term Israeli occupation of the territory. Israel pressed its offensive in Gaza on Friday despite mounting international calls for restraint, with key backer ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-15 11:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A projectile fired from Yemen by Houthi militia hit a cargo ship in the Red Sea on Friday, a US official and an intelligence firm said, the latest in a series of attacks. "We are aware that something launched from a Houthi-controlled region of Yemen struck this vessel which was damaged, and there was a report of a fire," the US defense official ...
2023-12-15 11:21 - Reading : less than a minute
This Is Beirut 2023-12-14 23:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 69th day on Thursday. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, 18,787 people were killed in Israeli bombardments, most of them women, children and teenagers. For its part, Israel announced that 1,200 people, mostly civilians, died in the attack on 7 October. In addition, around a hundred Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-14 23:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iraqi authorities have stated that the assailants who took part in the attack on the American Embassy in Baghdad on December 8 had links to security forces, according to a statement published on Thursday December 14. The American presence in Iraq is regularly targeted by pro-Iranian militias. Iraq said Thursday it had arrested several attackers ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-14 22:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Several Israeli soldiers seized the microphone of a mosque in Jenin to sing religious songs, according to the Israeli army on Thursday, December 14th. These incidents are said to have occurred during an Israeli operation in the town, which began on Tuesday. The Palestinian presidency on Thursday condemned what it called the "shameful desecration" ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2023-12-14 20:39 - 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 14, 2023.
This Is Beirut 2023-12-14 19:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Thursday December 14. This visit comes at a time when the White House is beginning to express its dissatisfaction with the destruction caused by the Israeli offensive. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan arrived in Israel on Thursday, ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-14 19:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions persisted in southern Lebanon on Thursday afternoon following a morning marked by violence, notably in the village of Markaba, where two people, including a Hezbollah fighter, were killed by Israeli shelling. Hezbollah announced Thursday night the death of one of its fighters in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the village ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-14 18:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Bab el-Mandeb cargo ship Houthis
Yemeni Houthis have targeted another cargo ship in the Red Sea, according to statements by a US official on Thursday December 14. The attack, carried out with a missile against a ship belonging to a Danish company, is said to have missed its target. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired a missile at a cargo ship en route to Saudi Arabia on ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-14 17:09 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel continued bombing Gaza on Thursday in its conflict with Hamas, as a top White House adviser visited Jerusalem amid rising concerns over civilian casualties. President Biden on Wednesday sharply criticized Israel's "indiscriminate bombing" of the enclave. Israel bombed Gaza on Thursday in its war against Hamas militants as a top White House ...