War in the Middle East

Partial Strike and Protests in Israel Over Gaza Hostages
Partial Strike and Protests in Israel Over Gaza Hostages

A strike on Monday called by Israel's largest labor union shuttered parts of the country to pressure the government into reaching a Gaza deal to free hostages, though several sectors were unaffected. The Histadrut trade union called a nationwide strike beginning at 6:00 AM (0300 GMT), a day after mass demonstrations following the army's ...

The West Bank: The Other Challenge in the Israel-Hamas Conflict
The West Bank: The Other Challenge in the Israel-Hamas Conflict

In the early hours of Wednesday, August 28, the Israeli military announced a major operation in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, targeting localities such as Jenin, Tubas, and Tulkarem. This operation is the largest in the area since October 7. Although this operation is more extensive than previous ones, it is part of a broader ...

Two Dead in an Israeli airstrike on a Car in Naqoura
Two Dead in an Israeli airstrike on a Car in Naqoura

The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health confirmed that two people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a car in the town of Naqoura on Monday. Two people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a car in the town of #Naqoura. pic.twitter.com/Sl0rGEWjr9 — This is Beirut (@ThisIsBeirut_) Two people were ...

War Diary: Day 331
War Diary: Day 331

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 1st, 2024.

South Lebanon: Gunfire on an Army Vehicle in Ramya and One Killed in Bayt Lif
South Lebanon: Gunfire on an Army Vehicle in Ramya and One Killed in Bayt Lif

Tensions resumed at the southern front on Sunday after a relatively cautious calm prevailed in the morning. In the afternoon, Israeli warplanes destroyed a house in the town of Bayt Lif in southern Lebanon, killing one person and injuring eight, according to a statement from the Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public ...

Israel Union Chief Orders 'Complete Strike' Monday in Support of Hostages
Israel Union Chief Orders 'Complete Strike' Monday in Support of Hostages

The head of Israel's powerful Histadrut trade union ordered a "complete strike" in support of Gaza hostages on Monday and urged a deal to secure their release after six more were announced dead. "We must stop the abandonment of the hostages... I have come to the conclusion that only our intervention can shake those who need to be shaken," ...

Four Injured in an Israeli Strike on Aita al-Shaab
Four Injured in an Israeli Strike on Aita al-Shaab

Artillery exchanges resumed on Sunday on the southern front after a relatively calm morning. In the afternoon, four people were injured in an Israeli strike on Aita al-Shaab, according to a statement by the emergency operations center of the Ministry of Health. Israeli artillery fired two mortar shells towards shepherds on the outskirts of ...

Israel PM Vows ‘to Settle the Score’ With Hamas After Hostage Deaths
Israel PM Vows ‘to Settle the Score’ With Hamas After Hostage Deaths

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to "settle the score" with Hamas after the military had recovered the bodies of six hostages from a Gaza tunnel. "Those who kill hostages do not want an agreement" for a Gaza truce, Netanyahu said in a statement, telling Hamas leaders that "we will hunt you down, we will catch you and we ...

Attack on Israeli Checkpoint in Occupied West Bank
Attack on Israeli Checkpoint in Occupied West Bank

Israel's medical emergency service announced the death of a third person in Sunday's shooting attack in the occupied West Bank. It said the death of a 50-year-old man had been confirmed at a hospital where he had been evacuated after being shot along with two others who had previously been declared dead in the attack near Tarkumiya crossing near ...

Israel Finds Six Dead Hostages in Tunnel as Gaza Medics Begin Polio Vaccines
Israel Finds Six Dead Hostages in Tunnel as Gaza Medics Begin Polio Vaccines

Israel's military announced on Sunday the discovery of six dead hostages in a Gaza tunnel, as medics in the Palestinian territory braced for pauses in fighting for a polio vaccination drive. The hostages' remains were recovered on Saturday "from an underground tunnel in the Rafah area" and formally identified in Israel, a military statement ...

War Diary: Day 330
War Diary: Day 330

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 August 31, 2024.

West Bank City 'Cut Off from the World' as Israel Raid Drags On
West Bank City 'Cut Off from the World' as Israel Raid Drags On

Concrete slabs and sheet metal were piled high alongside streets in Jenin on Saturday, as residents assessed the damage from Israel's latest West Bank raid even as explosions persisted nearby. The scars of ongoing clashes in the occupied Palestinian territory, which began on Wednesday as part of what Israel has described as a "counter-terrorism ...