Hala Abdallah 19/06 21:50 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for June 19th, 2024.
Bassam Abou Zeid 19/06 21:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The visit of United States presidential envoy Amos Hochstein did not achieve success on two fronts: The first is linked to the ceasefire at the Lebanese-Israeli border. Hochstein was informed once more that a ceasefire at this border is contingent on a ceasefire in Gaza. The second is about de-escalation at the border. Hochstein did not receive ...
This Is Beirut 19/06 20:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions between Hezbollah and Israel persisted in the south on Wednesday. Hezbollah announced the deaths of its fighters: Hassan Muhammad Ali Saab, Jihad Ahmad Hayek, Hassan al-Mujtaba Yousef Ahmad and Wahbi Mohammed Ibrahim, raising the death toll to four for the day. The pro-Iranian party claimed responsibility for targeting the headquarters ...
This Is Beirut 19/06 10:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Syrian army officer was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli air strike in the country's south, the official SANA news agency reported, citing a military source. “The Israeli enemy carried out an aggression using drones against two military positions of our armed forces in the provinces of Quneitra and Daraa,” the agency said, adding that the ...
This Is Beirut 18/06 22:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that Washington is still reviewing one shipment of bombs for Israel over concerns about their use in crowded areas of Gaza, but that other weapons are moving as usual. Blinken's remarks came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Tel Aviv that the top American diplomat had assured ...
This Is Beirut 18/06 20:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's Foreign Minister threatened on Tuesday to destroy Hezbollah in the event of a “total war,” after the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group stepped up cross-border attacks on northern Israel. “We are very close to the moment when we will decide to change the rules of the game against Hezbollah and Lebanon. In a total war, Hezbollah ...
This Is Beirut 18/06 19:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The town of Borgholieh, north of Tyre, was the scene of several successive Israeli raids on Monday. The Israeli air force launched its third attack of the day on the town on Monday evening, targeting a car and causing injuries. A motorcycle was also the target of a drone raid in the Borgholieh region, injuring several people. This attack comes ...
This Is Beirut 18/06 19:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited relatives of hostages killed in Gaza to a meeting at his home, several families told AFP Tuesday, as criticism mounts over his response to the hostage crisis. In the unprecedented Hamas attack on October 7, 251 people were kidnapped from southern Israel. Of the 116 hostages still in Gaza, 41 ...
This Is Beirut 18/06 15:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A document drawn up by the Israeli army's military intelligence on September 19, 2023 warned that Hamas was training for a large-scale invasion of the Jewish state, according to information revealed on Tuesday by Israeli public broadcaster Kan News, citing anonymous security sources. According to Kan News, the document details a series of ...
This Is Beirut 18/06 12:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Global conflicts killed three times as many children and twice as many women in 2023 than in the previous year, as overall civilian fatalities swelled 72 percent, the UN said Tuesday. Warring parties were increasingly "pushing beyond boundaries of what is acceptable -- and legal", United Nations rights chief Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights ...
This Is Beirut 18/06 12:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israeli strikes on Tuesday killed at least 13 people in central Gaza, the civil defence agency in the Palestinian territory said, although fighting has largely subsided as Muslims mark Eid al-Adha. An Israeli announcement at the weekend of a daily "pause" of military activity to facilitate aid flows coincided with the Muslim holiday and has ...
This Is Beirut 18/06 12:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
While an “undeclared truce” is observed in Gaza coinciding with the Moslem feast of al-Adha, Hezbollah has not claimed any military operations against Israel in the last forty-eight hours. The pro-Iranian group's last press release dates back to Sunday, June 16. It summarized the previous day's operations. However, the “undeclared truce” ...