War Diary: Day 73
Tylia El Helou 2023-12-18 21:02 - 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 18, 2023.
War in the Middle East
The Times: Israeli Army Develops Plans to Invade Southern Lebanon
This Is Beirut 2023-12-18 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army has reportedly formulated plans for a ground war in southern Lebanon, despite the potential escalation into a broader conflict. Western allies have urged Israel to exercise restraint, according to The Times. "The operation aims to push Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon north of the Litani River, a line of symbolic importance ...
Evergreen Halts Shipping Services to Israel
This Is Beirut 2023-12-18 18:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Bab el-Mandeb Evergreen Freight Shipping Gaza Hamas
Taiwan's major shipping company, Evergreen, announced the immediate suspension of its cargo shipments to Israel, citing the "escalation of the war situation." Taiwan shipping giant Evergreen said on Monday that it was suspending its Israeli cargo shipments with immediate effect. Due to "escalation of war situation in recent days, Evergreen will ...
Hamdan: Hamas Ready for Long Months of War
This Is Beirut 2023-12-18 14:49 - Reading : less than a minute
Ousama Hamdan, a leading Hamas official in Lebanon, declared on Monday that his movement "is prepared to wage war for many months to come," considering that the Israeli Defense Minister "is attempting a headlong rush." Hamdan also maintained Hamas's position that the Israeli aggression must end before any exchange of prisoners can take ...
Raad: Over 100 Hezbollah Combatants Killed
This Is Beirut 2023-12-18 14:00 - Reading : less than a minute
MP Mohammad Raad, head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, revealed on Monday that over one hundred of his party's fighters have been killed since the confrontations in south Lebanon started on October 8, a day after the Gaza war erupted. Raad's own son, a fighter with the party, was killed on November 22 in an Israeli air raid that targeted a ...
Israel Faces Increasing Criticism Over Gaza Operations
This Is Beirut 2023-12-18 13:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel faced mounting international pressure on Monday over the rising civilian death toll and the destruction of hospitals in Gaza as it pressed on with its war against Hamas militants in the besieged Palestinian territory. The United Nations Security Council was set to vote on Monday on a new resolution calling for an 'urgent and sustainable ...
Colonna Set for Talks in Lebanon on Calming Southern border
This Is Beirut 2023-12-18 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
France's top diplomat is due to arrive in Beirut on Monday for talks on de-escalating near-daily exchanges of fire on the border with Israel, which have triggered fears of an all-out conflict. Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna is expected to call for responsibility and restraint in her meetings with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and ...
HRW: Israel Using Starvation as a Weapon of War in Gaza
This Is Beirut 2023-12-18 12:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
CONFLICT Gaza HRW Human Rights
Human Rights Watch on Monday accused the Israeli government of intentionally starving civilians in Gaza as part of its offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. “The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza Strip, which is a war crime,” the group charged in a report. “Israeli ...
South Lebanon: Israeli Raid During a Funeral
This Is Beirut 2023-12-18 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli bombardments intensified in southern Lebanon on Monday. Around midday, an Israeli raid targeted the Aita al-Shaab area and a shell fell just a few meters from the place where the funeral of Hassan Maan Srour, a Hezbollah fighter killed on Sunday, was taking place. The ceremony continued despite the ...
Untying the Gordian Knots and Peace-Making
2023-12-18 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Political and military events are overlapping and questioning notions, dynamics and taxonomies. The Gaza war and its immediate bloody antecedents have elicited a set of political, strategic and ethical controversies that question notional equivocations, sequential linearity and clear-cut scenarios. The terror attack on South Israel is a blatant ...
Colonna Visits Israel, Terrible Humanitarian Situation in Gaza
This Is Beirut 2023-12-17 22:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Catherine Colonna Gaza Gaza Tunnels Hamas
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 72nd day on Friday, following the unprecedented and bloody attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7 on Israeli soil from the Gaza Strip, which triggered the conflict. According to Israel, about 1,140 people, mostly civilians, were killed in this attack, and around 250 were abducted and ...
Israeli Hostage Killed by Mistake was 'Murdered' Says His Brother
This Is Beirut 2023-12-17 21:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
One of the Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by the Israeli army in Gaza this week was buried north of Tel Aviv on Sunday, December 17. His brother accused the army of "abandoning and murdering" him. An Israeli hostage who was mistakenly killed by soldiers in the Gaza Strip this week was buried on Sunday, with his brother slamming the army for ...