This is Beirut 2024-10-09 17:23 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The European Union said on Wednesday it had launched a "humanitarian air bridge" to fly aid to Lebanon as fighting rages between Israel and Hezbollah. The European Commission said three initial flights were scheduled to carry supplies from Italy and Dubai to the conflict-wracked country, with the first arriving in Beirut on Friday. "The EU ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-09 16:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Hamas said on Wednesday it had begun meetings with rival Palestinian faction Fatah in Cairo to discuss the year-long war in the Gaza Strip and efforts towards national unity. "A meeting has just started in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, between the delegations of the Hamas movement and the Fatah movement," a Hamas statement read. It added that ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-09 14:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli police said at least six people were wounded, some seriously according to emergency responders, in a stabbing in four locations of Hadera city, describing it as a "terrorist attack". "The attack took place on four different sites where six people were stabbed... a short time ago, the police located the suspect and neutralised him by ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-09 13:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A letter signed by 130 Israeli soldiers warns that they will no longer serve unless the Israeli government works to obtain a cease-fire deal in Gaza, reports Israeli media Haaretz on Wednesday. The letter, addressed to cabinet ministers and the Israeli military's chief of staff, was signed by reservists and draftees across a wide range of roles, ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-09 12:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The UN chief warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a humanitarian "catastrophe" over Israeli legislation that could prevent the UN agency for Palestinian refugees from operating. Speaking to reporters, Antonio Guterres said he had written to Netanyahu about draft laws in the Israeli parliament that "could prevent UNRWA from continuing its ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-09 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded Friday, a ray of light in a dark year for world peace, with the International Court of Justice, UNRWA and UN chief Antonio Guterres seen as favourites. In the final run-up to the announcement, Nobel-watchers are struggling to predict this year's laureate, with wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, famine in ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-09 10:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
At least 12 Palestinians have been killed in the north and centre of the Gaza Strip in Israeli strikes, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported early on Wednesday. Nine members of the same family were killed in a strike targeting their flat in Chedjaïa, a district of Gaza City, Wafa said, citing Palestinian Red Crescent emergency medical ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-09 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Storm-battered Florida braced for a direct hit from Hurricane Milton which strengthened back to a Category 5 storm Tuesday, as US President Joe Biden begged residents to flee what he warned could be the worst natural disaster to hit the state in a century. As the second huge hurricane in as many weeks rumbled toward Florida's west coast, a sense ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-08 22:30 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for October 8, 2024.
This is Beirut 2024-10-08 22:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan, two Arab countries that have made peace with Israel, expressed solidarity with Lebanon on Tuesday in the face of Israel's widening offensive. Addressing a joint news conference in Cairo with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi called for an end to "Israeli ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-08 21:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Tuesday that nine people were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a building in Damascus, used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for meetings with Hezbollah. The Syrian Defense Ministry announced that among the dead were women and children. The target of the ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-08 20:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday warned the people of Lebanon they could face "destruction and suffering" like the Palestinians in war-battered Gaza if they don't "free" the country from Hezbollah. Netanyahu confirmed the death of the anticipated new Hezbollah leader Hashem Safieddine, who was targeted in an Israeli airstrike ...