ReportWar Diary: Day 375
Vanessa Kallas 15/10 19:45 - 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 15, 2024.
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UK Announces New Sanctions against Israeli Settlers
This is Beirut 15/10 19:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
UK Sanctions United Kingdom Sanctions
The United Kingdom on Tuesday announced new sanctions against three "illegal settler outposts" and four groups accused of committing violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said that Israeli government "inaction... has allowed an environment of impunity to flourish where settler violence has been ...
Blinken and Austin Warn Israel to Address Gaza Humanitarian Situation
This is Beirut 15/10 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Lloyd Austin United States Yoav Gallant
United States Secretaries of state and defense on sunday issued a highly irregular warning to their Israeli counterparts, that failure to drastically improve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza within 30 days would have severe ramifications, potentially including the suspension of US arms sales. An Israeli diplomatic source stated that the US has ...
Iran Cyber Attacks Against Israel Surge after Gaza War
This is Beirut 15/10 17:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel has become the top target of Iranian cyber attacks since the start of the Gaza war last year, while Tehran had focused primarily on the United States before the conflict, Microsoft said Tuesday. "Following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Iran surged its cyber, influence, and cyber-enabled influence operations against Israel," ...
Turkey Urges 'Sanctions' Against Israel over Gaza Conflict
This is Beirut 15/10 17:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey's foreign minister on Tuesday called for sanctions against Israel, urging the international community to cut support over the conflict in the Middle East. "We have reached the limit of words, diplomacy and international politics. We must start with sanctions," Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told ruling party delegates at a meeting about the ...
UN Decries 'Worst Restrictions' on Gaza Aid Since Start of War
This is Beirut 15/10 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations UNICEF Gaza WHO Polio Vaccination
Conflict-ravaged Gaza appears to be facing the worst restrictions on aid since the Israel-Hamas war began over a year ago, the UN said Tuesday, lamenting the especially devastating impact on children. "Day after day, the situation for children becomes worse than the day before," said James Elder, spokesman for the UN children's agency ...
Global Public Debt to Exceed $100tn Says IMF
This is Beirut 15/10 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Covid-19 International Monetary Fund
Global public debt is expected to reach a record $100 trillion this year, the IMF said Tuesday, warning that the fiscal outlook for many countries may be even "worse than expected." In its latest report on fiscal policy, the International Monetary Fund said it expects global public debt to hit 93 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP) ...
Qatar Accuses Israel of Expanding Conflict to Implement "Pre-existing Plans"
This is Beirut 15/10 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Tuesday accused Israel of choosing to expand the conflict in the Middle East and to implement "pre-existing plans" for the occupied West Bank and Lebanon. "The easiest and safest way to stop the escalation on the border with Lebanon would have been to stop the war of extermination on Gaza," the Emir ...
Israel to Consider US Opinion on its Attack on Iran, Based on 'National Interest'
This is Beirut 15/10 11:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu United States Iran
Israel will consider the United States's opinion but will act against an Iranian missile attack based on its own "national interests", Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Tuesday. US President Joe Biden has cautioned Israel against striking Iran's nuclear or oil facilities to avoid a further regional escalation and amid concerns over ...
Iran's Quds Force Commander Attends Funeral of Slain General
This is Beirut 15/10 10:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian commander Esmail Qaani appeared in public on Tuesday after weeks of absence to attend the funeral ceremony for general Abbas Nilforoushan, who was killed last month in Lebanon. Nilforoushan, a general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. The funeral ...
UK Sanctions Iranian Military chiefs after Israel Attack
This is Beirut 14/10 23:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
UK Sanctions Iran Iran Army Iran Air Force Abdolrahim Mousavi Hamid Vahedi
The United Kingdom on Monday issued sanctions against top Iranian military figures in response to the Islamic republic's October 1 ballistic missile attack on Israel. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said Iran had ignored repeated warnings that its "dangerous actions" -- and those of its proxies -- were fuelling conflict in the Middle East. Among ...
Harris, Trump Seek Advantage in Knife-Edge Election Battle
This is Beirut 14/10 23:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA US Presidential Elections 2024 Kamala Harris United States
Kamala Harris and rival Donald Trump campaigned in battleground states Sunday seeking 11th-hour advantages in a deadlocked White House race, as new polling shows the vice president underperforming among some traditional Democratic voter demographics. Harris was in North Carolina, a state hard-hit by a hurricane two weeks ago that devastated ...