This Is Beirut 09/08 18:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The UK's foreign secretary called Friday for Israel and Hamas to "urgently" agree to a ceasefire deal, following a joint statement by the US, Qatar and Egypt calling for negotiations to resume. "The UK welcomes the tireless efforts of our partners in Qatar, Egypt and the United States," Britain's top diplomat David Lammy said in a statement. He ...
This Is Beirut 09/08 16:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, will visit Turkey between August 14-15, the Turkish Presidency announced on Wednesday. Abbas will meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey, then address Parliament in Ankara the following day, Turkish Presidency spokesman Fahrettin Altun said on the X social network. According to the ...
This Is Beirut 09/08 15:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
UN rights chief Volker Türk was "shocked and appalled" by comments by Israel's finance minister suggesting it might be "justified" to starve the population of Gaza to free hostages, his spokesman said Friday. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights "condemns these words in the strongest terms, which also incite hatred against ...
This Is Beirut 09/08 12:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Syrian state media reported on Thursday that four soldiers were wounded by an Israeli strike in central Syria, citing a military statement. The statement said the strike also caused "material losses," with no further details. Earlier Syrian reports had claimed that explosions had been heard at the Shayrat air base in Homs. Israel has not ...
This Is Beirut 09/08 11:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel has agreed to resume Gaza ceasefire talks on August 15 at the demand of US, Qatari, and Egyptian mediators, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Thursday, as regional tensions skyrocket over the war. Gaza's Hamas-controlled civil defense agency said Israeli bombardment killed more than 18 people in strikes on two schools on ...
08/08 21:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
After a precarious calm on the southern front on Thursday afternoon, Hezbollah launched an intensive missile attack on the Israeli settlement of Nahariya, where loud explosions were heard. Israeli media reported that "several rockets landed between Shlomi and Nahariya in western Galilee." Israeli army radio reported that 15 rockets were fired ...
Rayan Chami 08/08 20:25 - 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 8th, 2024.
This Is Beirut 08/08 19:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Advanced American F-22 stealth warplanes arrived in the Middle East on Thursday, the US military said, as Washington boosts its forces in the region ahead of an expected Iranian counterattack on Israel. The deployment is part of "force posture changes in the region to mitigate the possibility of regional escalation by Iran or its proxies," US ...
This Is Beirut 08/08 17:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Norway said Thursday it had summoned an Israeli embassy official to protest Israel's decision to revoke the diplomatic status of Norwegian envoys to the Palestinian Authority. "A short while ago, I summoned Israel's representative to Norway and met her at the foreign ministry to protest against this decision. The Norwegian government is now ...
08/08 12:41 - Reading : less than a minute
This Is Beirut 08/08 03:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel vowed to eliminate new Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, the alleged mastermind of the October 7 attack, with regional tensions threatening to boil over as the Gaza war entered its 11th month on Wednesday. The naming of Sinwar to lead the Palestinian militant group came as Israel braced for potential Iranian retaliation over the killing of his ...
Lyne Sammouri 07/08 20:58 - 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 August 7th, 2024.