This Is Beirut 31/08 17:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A health official said that a polio vaccination campaign began in Gaza on Saturday after the war-torn territory recorded its first case of the disease in a quarter-century. Local health officials, along with the United Nations and NGOs, "are starting today the polio vaccination campaign in the central region," Moussa Abed, the director of primary ...
This Is Beirut 31/08 10:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel pressed on with a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank for a fourth day on Saturday, as fierce fighting raged in the nearly 11-month Gaza war. As clashes and explosions persisted in the northern city of Jenin, the Israeli military said two Palestinians were killed while preparing to carry out bombings overnight in the ...
Vanessa Kallas 30/08 21:13 - 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 August 30, 2024.
This Is Beirut 30/08 20:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera), a US-based aid group, said on Friday an Israeli air strike killed four people accompanying its convoy in Gaza the day before, while the Israeli military said it had struck armed assailants. "An Israeli air strike yesterday killed four Palestinians in the lead vehicle of an Anera aid convoy carrying food and ...
This Is Beirut 30/08 11:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel said it killed three Hamas militants in an air strike in the occupied West Bank on Friday, taking the death toll from a large-scale military operation now in its third day to at least 19. A top UN aid official meanwhile questioned "what has become of our basic humanity", as the war raged on in Gaza and humanitarian operations struggle to ...
Vanessa Kallas 29/08 21:30 - 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 August 29, 2024.
This Is Beirut 29/08 21:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel has agreed to a series of three-day "humanitarian pauses" in Gaza to allow UN health officials to administer polio vaccinations in the territory, the World Health Organization said Thursday. "The way we discussed and agreed, the campaign will start on the first of September, in central Gaza, for three days, and there will be a humanitarian ...
This Is Beirut 29/08 18:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The European Union on Thursday called for "immediate" humanitarian pauses to allow the polio vaccination of all children in the Gaza Strip, which last month recorded its first case of the disease in 25 years. The World Health Organization and UN children's fund UNICEF are planning two vaccination drives across the territory in coming weeks, ...
This Is Beirut 29/08 12:03 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli military said its forces killed five Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Thursday in a second day of "counter-terrorism" operations that have killed 14 in total. "Following exchanges of fire, the forces eliminated five terrorists who had hidden inside a mosque" in Tulkarem on Thursday morning, the military said. Among ...
This Is Beirut 28/08 21:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the northern border with Lebanon on Wednesday and stated that the preemptive strike on Lebanon is not the end, emphasizing that efforts will continue to return Israeli residents back to their homes. “A few days ago, we thwarted a surprise attack by Hezbollah on the State of Israel. We destroyed ...
Tylia El Helou 28/08 20:42 - 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 August 28, 2024.
28/08 19:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The security situation in Lebanon deteriorated on Wednesday following a series of Israeli airstrikes that resulted in several deaths and injuries. An Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle on Wednesday afternoon on the Syrian-Beirut border near the Zabadani Bridge. The attack resulted in the deaths of four individuals, including Firas Qassam, ...