This Is Beirut 18/05 15:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Austria said Saturday it will restore its funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) after suspending it over allegations that its staff were involved in the October 7 attacks. Israel alleged in January that some employees of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees may have participated in the Hamas attacks on October 7 that ...
This Is Beirut 18/05 13:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tensions remain at their highest in southern Lebanon, where artillery exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel have continued unabated since October 8, when Hezbollah opened this front in support of Hamas in its war in Gaza. On Saturday morning, a young fisherman was injured in an Israeli drone strike on a motorcycle in the village of Naqoura. He ...
This Is Beirut 18/05 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A crude oil tanker was hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen’s southwestern city of Mokha overlooking the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, maritime security firm Ambrey said on Saturday. “A Panama-flagged crude oil tanker was reportedly attacked” about 10 nautical miles southwest of Mokha, Ambrey said, adding that information “indicated ...
This Is Beirut 18/05 10:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military said on Saturday that it killed a senior Palestinian militant during an air strike on an "operations center" in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. "A number of significant terrorists were inside the compound," the Israeli Army said in a statement posted to Telegram. It said the strike by a fighter jet and helicopter ...
Lyne Sammouri 17/05 21:48 - 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 May 17th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 17/05 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Thirteen Western countries, including many traditionally supportive of Israel, appealed to it Friday not to launch a large-scale offensive on Rafah. "We reiterate our opposition to a full-scale military operation in Rafah that would have catastrophic consequences on the civilian population," read the appeal, sent by the countries' foreign ...
This Is Beirut 17/05 13:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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During a hearing at the International Court of Justice, Israel strongly rejected South Africa's accusations of genocide in Gaza and its calls for an ordered ceasefire. Israel lashed out Friday at South Africa's case before the UN's top court, describing it as "totally divorced" from reality, as Pretoria urges judges to order a ceasefire in ...
This Is Beirut 17/05 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The US military said aid deliveries began Friday via a temporary pier in Gaza aimed at ramping up emergency humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. "Today at approximately 9 AM (Gaza time), trucks carrying humanitarian assistance began moving ashore via a temporary pier in Gaza," the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in ...
This Is Beirut 16/05 22:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US troops on Thursday anchored a long-awaited temporary pier, aimed to boost aid deliveries into war-ravaged Gaza, to a beach in the besieged Palestinian territory, the US military and Israel said. The US Central Command said the pier was "successfully affixed to the beach in Gaza" at around 7:40 am (0440 GMT), with around 500 tonnes of aid ...
Rayan Chami 16/05 21:58 - 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 May 16th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 16/05 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Arab League called for a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Palestinian territories at a summit dominated by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza strip. The "Manama Declaration" issued by the 22-member bloc called for "international protection and peacekeeping forces of the United Nations in the occupied Palestinian territories" ...
This Is Beirut 16/05 11:38 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Palestine International Court of Justice Israel
As over 600,000 people have fled Rafah since Israel's invasion of the city, South Africa has accused Israel of "genocide" urging the International Court of Justice to order a halt to the Israel-Gaza War. South Africa accused Israel Thursday at the top UN court of stepping up what it called a "genocide" in Gaza, urging judges to order a halt to ...