This Is Beirut 2024-01-09 11:04 - Reading : less than a minute
Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab met with US envoy Amos Hochstein on Monday in Rome before his expected visit to Beirut on Thursday, according to local TV station MTV. Amos Hochstein is coming to Beirut to reportedly convey a message from Israel, which mainly consists of a request for a ceasefire in South Lebanon, as well as a request for immediate ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-09 11:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Several regions were subjected to heavy continuous bombardment early on Tuesday morning. The Israeli warplanes continuously shelled the outskirts of the towns of Aitaroun, Aita al-Shaab, Yaroun, Maroun al-Ras in the Bint Jbeil district, Hula and Mays al-Jabal. An Israeli drone targeted a car on the Ghandouriyeh road with a guided missile. ...
2024-01-09 07:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon is stuck in the limbo of war and peace as the United States endeavors to spare it and Israel the catastrophes of a full-fledged war. The Lebanese central authority holds Israel accountable to justify its incapacity to impose peace and stability in Lebanon, but the Americans and Europeans are adamant: Hezbollah is responsible for the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-08 23:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Antony Blinken, the top US diplomat, arrived in Tel Aviv late Monday as part of a regional tour aimed at preventing further escalation. This visit comes in the midst of Israel's military actions in Gaza against Hamas, and Hezbollah has reported the death of a high-ranking commander due to an Israeli strike. Top US diplomat Antony Blinken arrived ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-08 21:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix has arrived in Lebanon for his regular visit to the Middle East, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) statement reads, adding, “This time at a particularly challenging moment.” The statement pointed out that Lacroix will discuss “UNIFIL's operations with ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-01-08 21:15 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for January 8, 2024.
This Is Beirut 2024-01-08 20:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Army Spokesperson Daniel Hagari announced to The New York Times that the Israeli military has begun a new, less intensive phase in its war against Hamas in Gaza. The transition already in place has featured fewer ground troops and airstrikes, he says. The comments came hours before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's expected arrival ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-08 19:12 - Reading : less than a minute
The Saydet al-Jabal Gathering strongly criticized the armed Palestinian presence at the funeral of Hamas number two Saleh al-Arouri, assassinated last Tuesday in the southern suburbs, condemning "the return to the days of the Palestinian armed presence, which caused deep conflict among the Lebanese as early as 1969." In a statement issued at the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-08 18:03 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati affirmed on Monday that he is working on a “diplomatic solution to the situation in the South, which might be associated with halting the aggression on Gaza.” In an interview with journalist Mona Saliba on Al-Hurra, Mikati emphasized that what is required is “reviving and implementing the ceasefire ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-08 17:38 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib stated on Monday that Lebanon is prepared to “fully implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701.” “This implies a return to the 1949 armistice line,” Bou Habib declared after meeting with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the Grand Serail. “It also entails Israel’s ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-08 16:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Pope Francis expressed his concern for the social and economic situation in Lebanon. “I hope that the institutional impasse that is bringing down Lebanon will be resolved and that the land of the Cedars will soon have a president,” stated the Pope, during his traditional New Year's address to the diplomatic corps on Monday. Reiterating his ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-08 14:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions remained high on Monday morning on the southern front where a missile hit a car in the area of Khirbet Selm in the Bint Jbeil district, killing senior Hezbollah commander Wissam Tawil. Tawil, who also went by the nom de guerre Hajj Jawad, is the most senior member of the pro-Iranian group to be killed in an Israeli strike since ...