This Is Beirut 14/09 20:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An operation to tow an abandoned tanker struck by Houthis in August, threatening environmental disaster, began on Saturday and is still ongoing, a Greek Defense Ministry source told AFP. The Greek-flagged Sounion is being towed northwards under military escort, the source said. The tanker was hit last month by Iran-backed Houthis off the coast ...
14/09 19:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem confirmed on Saturday that “the support front will be maintained in Lebanon as long as the war in Gaza continues,” adding that the extent of this support will depend on the scale of Israeli aggression, which is increasingly targeting civilians. He stressed that settlers will only be able to return ...
This Is Beirut 14/09 13:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
As concerns about a major escalation in southern Lebanon grow, military operations between Hezbollah and Israel continue to intensify. On Saturday evening, Israeli raids targeted several localities in the Hermel region north of the Bekaa, including Hosh al-Sayyed Ali and the Kawakh area. The Israeli army claimed to have bombed Hezbollah weapons ...
Chelsea Al Arif 13/09 20:51 - 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 September 13th, 2024.
13/09 20:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday one of its employees was killed this week during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, the first such death in more than a decade. The agency said the employee was "shot and killed on the roof of his home by a sniper", and that it was "the first time an UNRWA staff member has been killed in ...
This Is Beirut 13/09 19:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
One person was killed and seven others were injured, including four children, in an Israeli drone attack targeting a residential apartment in Al-Ahmadiya, West Bekaa, on Friday, according to the Ministry of Public Health Emergency Operations. The Israeli army had previously stated “working intensively on the northern front (with Lebanon) during ...
Rayan Chami 12/09 21:35 - 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 September 12th, 2024.
12/09 19:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel announced on Thursday that it is revoking the press credentials of Al Jazeera journalists working in the country, four months after shutting down the Qatari television network. "The Government Press Office (GPO) is revoking the (press) cards of Al Jazeera journalists working in Israel," it said in a statement. "This is a media outlet that ...
12/09 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday for the protection of aid workers after UN staffers were killed in Gaza. He argued that a US-backed ceasefire was the best way to ensure their safety. "We need to see humanitarian sites protected, and that's something that we continue to raise with Israel," Blinken told reporters during a ...
12/09 12:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Syria war monitor said an Israeli airstrike on Thursday in Quneitra province in the Syria-controlled Golan Heights killed two people, days after major raids elsewhere in the country. "An Israeli air strike targeted a vehicle" on the Damascus-Quneitra road, "killing two people", said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, without identifying ...
Chelsea Al Arif 11/09 21:29 - 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 September 11th, 2024.
11/09 19:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel bombed a school housing displaced Palestinians in central Gaza on Wednesday, which rescuers said killed 18 people, including UN staffers, while the Israeli army said it hit a Hamas control centre. The Al-Jawni school in Nuseirat had already been bombed several times over the course of the 11-month war in Gaza. The latest strike on ...