Israel-Lebanon live: Hezbollah drone attack kills 4 Israeli soldiers as US to deploy Thaad missile system
The US is sending a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) battery to Israel along with troops to operate it
The announcement was made on Sunday just hours after Iran warned the US to keep its military forces out of Israel. Thaad deployment “underscores” America’s “ironclad commitment to the defense of Israel, and to defend Americans in Israel, from any further ballistic missile attacks by Iran”, the Pentagon said.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah drone attacks on an army base in central Israel killed at least four soldiers and severely wounded seven others, the military said.
The Iran-backed group called the attack near Binyamina city retaliation for Israeli strikes on Beirut that killed 22 people on Thursday.
The attack comes as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the UN chief Antonio Guterres to remove peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon “immediately”.
“Mr Secretary General, get the UNIFIL forces out of harm’s way. It should be done right now, immediately,” Mr Netanyahu said.
It comes as 40 nations, including the UK, “strongly” condemn the attacks on peacekeepers, after five were injured by gunfire.
A spokesperson for UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said attacks against peacekeepers might constitute a “war crime”.
Key Points
Four Israel soldiers killed in Hezbollah drone strike, says military
US says it will send Thaad battery and troops to Israel
Israel air strikes on Gaza school kill 20
‘At least 30 dead’ in Israeli strikes on Jabalia refugee camp
Starmer ‘appalled’ by reports of UN workers’ targeting
UN says Israeli tanks ‘forcibly entered’ base of its peacekeeping force in Lebanon
12:11 , Alexander Butler
UN says Israeli tanks ‘forcibly entered’ base of its peacekeeping force in Lebanon
Irish peacekeepers stood their ground in the face of an Israeli invasion of Lebanon. It’s not the first time
11:00 , Alexander Butler
How Irish peacekeepers stood their ground in the face of an Israeli invasion
Spain urges other EU members to suspend free trade agreement with Israel
10:46 , Alexander Butler
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday urged other members of the European Union to respond to Madrid and Ireland’s request to suspend the bloc’s free trade agreement with Israel over its actions in Gaza and Lebanon.
For months, both Spain and Ireland have been in talks with other EU countries who want a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement on the basis that Israel may be breaching the agreement’s human rights clause.
Pictured: Aftermath of Israeli airstrike near refugee camp
10:32 , Alexander Butler
Pictured: UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
09:50 , Alexander Butler
Palestinian medics say at least 10 people killed in Israeli strikes at Gaza food distribution center
09:37 , Alexander Butler
Palestinian medics said on Monday that at least 10 people were killed and at least 30 injured in Israeli airstrikes on a food distribution center in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, with casualties including women and children.
Israeli strike on Gaza hospital tent camp kills four and ignites a fire that burns dozens
09:34 , Alexander Butler
Israeli strike on Gaza hospital tent camp kills four
Germany’s Nazi history has left it in turmoil over how to treat Israel
09:00 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Two events took place last weekend in Germany. At a conference in Berlin called The Big Chill, a group of thinkers and activists denounced what they called “anticipatory obedience” in which Germans, including Jews, had been “muted, de-platformed and stigmatised” for criticising Israel’s response to the atrocities of 7 October 2023.
At the same time, in a small town called Zeitz in eastern Germany, 10 “stumbling stones”, small memorial brass plates denoting the homes of Jews taken to be exterminated in concentration camps, were ripped up. “Whoever did this wants to tear the Holocaust out of our memory,” a leading local politician, Götz Ulrich, declared.
The sad fact is both sets of assertions are largely true. And yet, it was a weekend like any other and neither event received particular coverage.
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Germany’s Nazi history has left it in turmoil over how to treat Israel
In pics: Israel airstrikes leave trail of destruction in Lebanon
08:30 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Iraq and Iran warn Israel against sparking broader war
08:00 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi yesterday said that the Middle East faces “dangerous challenges” as Tehran anticipates an Israeli strike.
“Iran does not seek war, but we are prepared for war,” Mr Araghchi said at a news conference in Baghdad after meeting with his Iraqi counterpart.
Meanwhile, Iraqi foreign minister Fouad Hussein said Israel was forbidden from using Iraq’s airspace in any possible strike against Iran.
Baghdad’s top diplomat said an outbreak of regional war will create not only a global crisis but also fertile ground for the re-emergence of extremist groups like the Islamic State.“We are trying to keep the conflict away from the region and Iraq,” he said.
Lloyd Austin raises safety of UN peacekeepers in call with Israeli counterpart
07:30 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
US defence secretary Lloyd Austin, in a call with his Israeli counterpart, stressed the importance of Israel taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety and security of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon and the Lebanese Armed Forces, the Pentagon said.
Mr Austin, in the call with Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant, also reinforced the need to pivot from military operations in Lebanon to a diplomatic pathway to provide security for civilians as soon as feasible.
He said that steps must be taken soon to address the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, Pentagon spokesperson Major General Patrick Ryder said in the statement.
Israeli strikes kill a family of 8 in Gaza and destroy a century-old market in Lebanon
07:00 , Holly Evans
An Israeli strike on the central Gaza Strip killed a family of eight, Palestinian medical officials said Sunday, as Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants in the territory’s north and airstrikes destroyed a century-old market in southern Lebanon.
The strike in Gaza late Saturday hit a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing parents and their six children, who ranged in age from 8 to 23, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in nearby Deir al-Balah, where the bodies were taken.
It said a further seven people were wounded, including two women and a child in critical condition. An Associated Press reporter counted the bodies.
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Israeli strikes kill a family of 8 in Gaza and destroy a century-old market in Lebanon
UN says Israeli tanks ‘forcibly entered’ base of its force
06:30 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Israeli tanks forcibly entered a UN peacekeeping force base in southern Lebanon yesterday, the organisation said, the latest accusation of violations and attacks by the IDF on the UN.
It comes as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded UN forces leave the area.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said two Israeli Merkava tanks destroyed and burst through the main gate of a base before dawn yesterday.
After the tanks left, shells exploded 100 metres away, releasing smoke that blew across the base and caused UN personnel to fall sick, with 15 requiring treatment despite wearing gas masks, it said in a statement.
Tara Cobham reports.
UN says Israeli tanks ‘forcibly entered’ base of its peacekeeping force in Lebanon
Bill Maher says Chappell Roan would be thrown ‘off a roof’ in Gaza after singer shows support for Palestine
06:00 , Holly Evans
Bill Maher criticized Chappell Roan’s support for Palestine on Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher.
Maher, an atheist whose mother was Jewish, has frequently defended Israel’s actions since the war with Hamas erupted in Gaza last year.
“To mark the October 7 anniversary, we must launch a campaign to educate young Americans about the Middle East,” the talk show host began the episode by saying.
“And the way I’d like to begin that process is by addressing an open letter to Chappell Roan. Now, to those viewers who aren’t watching this while also looking at your phones, let me explain. … She’s actually a great new artist, who, like a Hezbollah pager, is really blowing up.”
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Bill Maher says Chappell Roan would be thrown ‘off a roof’ in Gaza
UN says attack on peacekeepers may constitute a ‘war crime’
05:30 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
The UN has warned that attacks against peacekeepers may constitute a “war crime” after five peacekeepers were injured in Israeli gunfire in Lebanon.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement addressed to UN secretary general Antonio Guterres: “The time has come for you to withdraw UNIFIL from Hezbollah strongholds and from the combat zones.”
“The IDF has requested this repeatedly and has met with repeated refusal, which has the effect of providing Hezbollah terrorists with human shields.”Mr Guterres paid tribute to UNIFIL’s peacekeepers who “remain in all positions”, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement, adding that “the UN flag continues to fly”.
“Attacks against peacekeepers are in breach of international law, including international humanitarian law. They may constitute a war crime,” Mr Dujarric said.
UNIFIL has said previous Israeli attacks on a watchtower, cameras, communications equipment and lighting had limited its monitoring abilities.
Israel air strikes on Gaza school kill 20
05:00 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
An Israeli air strike has killed at least 20 people, including children, at a school in Gaza, according to two local hospitals.
The school in Nuseirat was sheltering some of the many Palestinians displaced by the war.
Explosions hit early this morning outside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, killing three people and injuring about 50 others, the hospital said.
Tents caught fire, and residents of the Central Gaza community carried the injured into the hospital.
Israel is continuing to strike what it says are militant targets in Gaza almost daily. The military says it tries to avoid harming civilians and blames their deaths on Hamas and other armed groups because they operate in densely populated areas.
US says it will send Thaad battery and troops to Israel
04:46 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
The US is sending a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) battery to Israel, along with US troops to operate it.
The Pentagon made the announcement just hours after Iran warned the US to keep its military forces out of Israel.
Israel is widely believed to be preparing a military response to Iran’s 1 October attack when it fired roughly 180 missiles into Israel.
Israel has been escalating its campaign against Hezbollah with waves of heavy airstrikes across Lebanon and a ground invasion at the border after a year of exchanges of fire. Israel is now at war with Hamas in Gaza and Hamas’ ally Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The Thaad deployment “underscores the United States’ ironclad commitment to the defense of Israel, and to defend Americans in Israel, from any further ballistic missile attacks by Iran”, the Pentagon said in a statement.
In pics: Israeli strike hit a tent area in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital
04:30 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Israeli soldier urges UK to be Churchill not Chamberlain in standing against ‘evil’ Iran
04:00 , Holly Evans
A wounded Israeli soldier urged the UK not to forget the mistake of Neville Chamberlain by being more like Churchill and standing up against “the evil of Iran”.
Barak Deri, an Israeli Defence Force reservist, has been hailed as a hero in his country and is visiting London this week as part of a mission to win support for Israel’s struggle in the ongoing war on multiple fronts in the Middle East.
The 32-year-old, who was wounded and is likely to be disabled for the rest of his life, arrived in the UK with a simple warning that “Israel’s war is the West’s war” and the demand: “We cannot be quiet, we must send a clear message that another Holocaust is not an option.”
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Israeli soldier urges UK to be Churchill not Chamberlain in standing against Iran
Four Israel soldiers killed in Hezbollah drone strike, says military
03:56 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others, the military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago.The Iran-backed group called the attack near Binyamina city retaliation for Israeli strikes on Beirut on Thursday that killed 22 people.
It later said it targeted Israel’s elite Golani brigade, launching dozens of missiles to occupy Israeli air defense systems during the assault by “squadrons” of drones.
Israel’s national rescue service said the attack wounded 61.
With Israel’s advanced air-defence systems, it’s rare for so many people to be injured by drones or missiles. Hezbollah and Israel have traded fire almost daily in the year since the war in Gaza began, and fighting has escalated.
As Hezbollah and Israel battle on the border, Lebanon's army watches from the sidelines
03:00 , Holly Evans
Since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon, Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants have clashed along the border while the Lebanese army has largely stood on the sidelines.
It’s not the first time the national army has found itself watching war at home from the discomfiting position of bystander.
Lebanon’s widely beloved army is one of the few institutions that bridge the country’s sectarian and political divides. Several army commanders have become president, and the current commander, Gen. Joseph Aoun, is widely regarded as one of the front-runners to step in when the deadlocked parliament fills a two-year vacuum and names a president.
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As Hezbollah and Israel battle on the border, Lebanon's army watches from the sidelines
Picasso’s ‘Motherhood’ covered with picture of Palestinian mother and child in Gaza protest
02:00 , Holly Evans
Two members of the British civil resistance group Youth Demand have been arrested after they pasted a photo of a mother and child from Gaza over Pablo Picasso’s painting Motherhood at the National Gallery on 9 October to protest arms sales to Israel.
The activists who put the photo on the protective glass of Picasso’s 1901 work and dumped red paint on the floor were National Health Services worker Jai Halai, 23, and Politics and International Relations student Monday-Malachi Rosenfeld, 21. The photo they used was taken by Palestinian journalist Ali Jadallah at Al-Shifa Hospital in March.
Museum security detained the activists and took the photo off. The museum confirmed that there was no damage to the artwork.
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Picasso’s ‘Motherhood’ covered with picture of Palestinian mother and child
The Trump Organization wants to open a luxury hotel in the heart of Israel
01:00 , Holly Evans
Donald Trump’s family business tried to open a luxury hotel in Jerusalem, Israel, according to a report.
The Trump Organization sought a deal last year to open a Trump-branded hotel on the former site of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The New York Times reported.
The former president’s company also looked into transforming a developing skyscraper — near the Israel Defense Forces headquarters — in Tel Aviv into another hotel. Once completed, that building will house the most hotel rooms in the country, the outlet noted.
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The Trump Organization wants to open a luxury hotel in the heart of Israel
Police-recorded religious hate crime up by 25% after Israel-Hamas conflict
Monday 14 October 2024 00:00 , Holly Evans
Police-recorded religious hate crime in England and Wales was up by a quarter over the past year, driven by a rise in offences against Jews and Muslims since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas conflict, official figures show.
Hate crimes targeted at Jewish people more than doubled while incidents against Muslims were up 13% on the previous 12 months, according to Home Office data.
There were a total of 10,484 religious hate crime offences recorded by police in the year to March, up 25% from 8,370 the previous year.
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Police-recorded religious hate crime up by 25% after Israel-Hamas conflict
Netanyahu accused UN peacekeepers of being ‘human shields’ for Hezbollah
Sunday 13 October 2024 23:00 , Holly Evans
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon of serving as “human shields” for Hezbollah after Israeli strikes wounded five of them in recent days.
The Israeli military has warned UNIFIL to evacuate southern Lebanon as it carries out air and ground operations against Hezbollah militants, but the peacekeepers have so far refused.
Netanyahu said Sunday that their refusal to clear out “has the effect of providing Hezbollah terrorists with human shields,” saying they had become “hostages of Hezbollah.”
“We regret the injury to the UNIFIL soldiers and we are doing everything in our power to prevent this injury. But the simple and obvious way to ensure this is simply to get them out of the danger zone,” he said in a video addressed to the UN secretary-general, who has been banned from entering Israel.
The military has ordered the peacekeepers to move five kilometers (three miles) north, which would effectively keep them from doing their mission. They have already halted patrols because of air and ground attacks.
Israel has long accused the United Nations of being biased against it and relations have plunged further since the start of the war in Gaza. It has accused the UN agency for Palestinian refugees of having been infiltrated by Hamas, allegations the agency denies.
UK among 40 nations ‘strongly’ condemning attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
Sunday 13 October 2024 22:00 , Holly Evans
The UK is among 40 nations “strongly” condemning attacks on United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon.
Earlier this week, Israeli troops fired on UN headquarters in southern Lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers for the second time in as many days.
On Saturday, it was reported by the United Nations that another peacekeeper was injured by gunfire in the country’s south.
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UK among 40 nations ‘strongly’ condemning attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
Israeli strikes kill a family of 8 in Gaza and destroy a century-old market in Lebanon
Sunday 13 October 2024 21:00 , Holly Evans
An Israeli strike on the central Gaza Strip killed a family of eight, Palestinian medical officials said Sunday, as Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants in the territory’s north and airstrikes destroyed a century-old market in southern Lebanon.
The strike in Gaza late Saturday hit a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing parents and their six children, who ranged in age from 8 to 23, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in nearby Deir al-Balah, where the bodies were taken.
It said a further seven people were wounded, including two women and a child in critical condition. An Associated Press reporter counted the bodies.
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Israeli strikes kill a family of 8 in Gaza and destroy a century-old market in Lebanon
Germany’s Nazi history has left it in turmoil over how to treat Israel
Sunday 13 October 2024 20:00 , Holly Evans
Two events took place last weekend in Germany. At a conference in Berlin called The Big Chill, a group of thinkers and activists denounced what they called “anticipatory obedience” in which Germans, including Jews, had been “muted, de-platformed and stigmatised” for criticising Israel’s response to the atrocities of 7 October 2023.
At the same time, in a small town called Zeitz in eastern Germany, 10 “stumbling stones”, small memorial brass plates denoting the homes of Jews taken to be exterminated in concentration camps, were ripped up. “Whoever did this wants to tear the Holocaust out of our memory,” a leading local politician, Götz Ulrich, declared.
The sad fact is both sets of assertions are largely true. And yet, it was a weekend like any other and neither event received particular coverage.
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As Hezbollah and Israel battle on the border, Lebanon's army watches from the sidelines
Sunday 13 October 2024 19:00 , Holly Evans
Since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon, Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants have clashed along the border while the Lebanese army has largely stood on the sidelines.
It’s not the first time the national army has found itself watching war at home from the discomfiting position of bystander.
Lebanon’s widely beloved army is one of the few institutions that bridge the country’s sectarian and political divides. Several army commanders have become president, and the current commander, Gen. Joseph Aoun, is widely regarded as one of the front-runners to step in when the deadlocked parliament fills a two-year vacuum and names a president.
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As Hezbollah and Israel battle on the border, Lebanon's army watches from the sidelines
Picasso’s ‘Motherhood’ covered with picture of Palestinian mother and child in Gaza protest
Sunday 13 October 2024 18:00 , Holly Evans
Two members of the British civil resistance group Youth Demand have been arrested after they pasted a photo of a mother and child from Gaza over Pablo Picasso’s painting Motherhood at the National Gallery on 9 October to protest arms sales to Israel.
The activists who put the photo on the protective glass of Picasso’s 1901 work and dumped red paint on the floor were National Health Services worker Jai Halai, 23, and Politics and International Relations student Monday-Malachi Rosenfeld, 21. The photo they used was taken by Palestinian journalist Ali Jadallah at Al-Shifa Hospital in March.
Museum security detained the activists and took the photo off. The museum confirmed that there was no damage to the artwork.
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Picasso’s ‘Motherhood’ covered with picture of Palestinian mother and child
Bill Maher says Chappell Roan would be thrown ‘off a roof’ in Gaza after singer shows support for Palestine
Sunday 13 October 2024 17:00 , Holly Evans
Bill Maher criticized Chappell Roan’s support for Palestine on Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher.
Maher, an atheist whose mother was Jewish, has frequently defended Israel’s actions since the war with Hamas erupted in Gaza last year.
“To mark the October 7 anniversary, we must launch a campaign to educate young Americans about the Middle East,” the talk show host began the episode by saying.
“And the way I’d like to begin that process is by addressing an open letter to Chappell Roan. Now, to those viewers who aren’t watching this while also looking at your phones, let me explain. … She’s actually a great new recording artist, who, like a Hezbollah pager, is really blowing up.”
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Bill Maher says Chappell Roan would be thrown ‘off a roof’ in Gaza
UN peacekeepers in Lebanon say Israeli tanks destroyed their main gate
Sunday 13 October 2024 15:24 , Holly Evans
The UNIFIL peacekeeping force in Lebanon said that it had reported additional Israeli violations against its positions in the country, including what it described as the forcible entry of Israeli tanks through its main gate on Sunday.
Netanyahu examining plan to starve out Hamas militants in northern Gaza
Sunday 13 October 2024 15:07 , Holly Evans
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented, could trap without food or water hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling or unable to leave their homes.
Israel has issued many evacuation orders for the north throughout the yearlong war, the most recent of which was Sunday. The plan proposed to Netanyahu and the Israeli parliament by a group of retired generals would escalate the pressure, giving Palestinians a week to leave the northern third of the Gaza Strip, including Gaza City, before declaring it a closed military zone.
Those who remain would be considered combatants — meaning military regulations would allow troops to kill them — and denied food, water, medicine and fuel, according to a copy of the plan given to the Associated Press by its chief architect, who says the plan is the only way to break Hamas in the north and pressure it to release the remaining hostages.
The plan calls for Israel to maintain control over the north for an indefinite period to attempt to create a new administration without Hamas, splitting the Gaza Strip in two.
There has been no decision by the government to fully carry out the so-called “Generals’ Plan,” and it is unclear how strongly it is being considered.
Italy's Meloni tells Israel's Netanyahu attacks on UN peacekeepers are unacceptable
Sunday 13 October 2024 14:36 , Holly Evans
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has told her Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu that attacks on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon are unacceptable, her office said on Sunday.
“Prime Minister Meloni reiterated the unacceptability of UNIFIL being attacked by Israeli armed forces,” the Italian government said in a statement.
Italy is a significant contributor to the UN mission known as UNIFIL.
In a phone conversation with Netanyahu, Meloni also called for the “full implementation” of the UN’s Security Council Resolution 1701 on Lebanon and stressed the urgent need for a de-escalation of conflict in the region, her office said.
Pope Francis calls for UN peacekeepers to be ‘respected’
Sunday 13 October 2024 14:15 , Holly Evans
Pope Francis reiterated his call on Sunday for an “immediate ceasefire” and asked for the UN peacekeepers in the region to be “respected.”
“I continue to follow with concern what is happening in the Middle East,” the pontiff said during his Angelus prayer from the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square.
“Let’s pursue the paths of diplomacy and dialogue to achieve peace,” he added, stressing he feels close to all the peoples involved: Palestine, Israel, Lebanon. He prayed for all the victims, the displaced, the hostages, saying he hoped they would be released “immediately.”
The pope wished “that this great and unnecessary suffering generated by hatred and revenge will soon come to an end.”
Iran warns US not to operate in Israel
Sunday 13 October 2024 13:52 , Holly Evans
Iran on Sunday warned the US to keep its military forces out of Israel.
The comments came in a post on the social platform X and referred to the possibility that the U.S. might send one of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems to Israel.
A move of the complex system, known by the acronym THAAD, to Israel would involve the deployment of soldiers to operate it.
Israel has been escalating its campaign against Hezbollah with waves of heavy airstrikes across Lebanon and a ground invasion at the border after a year of exchanges of fire. Israel is now at war with Hamas in Gaza and Hamas’ ally Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Israeli military orders evacuation of 21 Lebanese villages amid intensified attacks
Sunday 13 October 2024 13:18 , Holly Evans
The Israeli military ordered residents on Sunday of 21 more Lebanese villages to evacuate to areas north of the Awali River which flows through southern Lebanon, as it intensifies its attacks in the region.
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🔸نشاطات حزب الله يجبر جيش الدفاع على اتخاذ إجراءات ضده.… pic.twitter.com/xzjO0DrMmh— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) October 13, 2024
Israeli strikes kill a family of 8 in Gaza and destroy a century-old market in Lebanon
Sunday 13 October 2024 13:00 , Holly Evans
An Israeli strike on the central Gaza Strip killed a family of eight, Palestinian medical officials said Sunday, as Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants in the territory’s north and airstrikes destroyed a century-old market in southern Lebanon.
The strike in Gaza late Saturday hit a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing parents and their six children, who ranged in age from 8 to 23, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in nearby Deir al-Balah, where the bodies were taken.
It said a further seven people were wounded, including two women and a child in critical condition. An Associated Press reporter counted the bodies.
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Israeli strikes kill a family of 8 in Gaza and destroy a century-old market in Lebanon
Israeli military says it has hit 200 Hezbollah targets over the weekend
Sunday 13 October 2024 12:35 , Holly Evans
Israel’s military said it continues to operate in southern Lebanon to dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure.
“Over the past day, the IAF (air force) has struck approximately 200 Hezbollah targets deep in Lebanon and southern Lebanon, including terrorist cells, launchers, anti-tank missile posts, and terrorist infrastructure sites,” it said.
Israel also said five launches that crossed from Lebanon were intercepted by the air force.
The Israeli military added in a statement on Sunday that one of its reservists and an officer were severely injured in two separate incidents during combat in southern Lebanon, with additional soldiers suffering light to moderate injuries.
The Israeli military also said that it captured a Hezbollah militant in southern Lebanon after discovering an underground tunnel leading to a hideout, where they found an area with weapons and supplies for extended use.
Netanyahu urges peacekeepers to leave Lebanon combat zones
Sunday 13 October 2024 12:15 , Holly Evans
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United Nations on Sunday to evacuate troops in its UNIFIL peacekeeping force from combat areas in Lebanon.
Netanyahu said the military had asked the UN to evacuate the soldiers repeatedly, adding that their presence in the area made them hostages of Hezbollah.
Israeli foreign minister reiterates UN chief is persona non grata over Iran stance
Sunday 13 October 2024 11:54 , Holly Evans
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz reiterated on Sunday that the country considers UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres persona non grata due to his failure to condemn Iran’s missile attack and what Katz described as antisemitic and anti-Israel conduct.
Katz had said on 2 October that he was barring UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from entering the country because he had not “unequivocally” condemned the missile attack.
Iran fired more than 180 ballistic missiles at Israel on 1 October amid an escalation in fighting between Israel and its proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah. Many were intercepted in flight but some penetrated missile defences.
Iran has ‘no red lines’ in defending its people, says foreign minister
Sunday 13 October 2024 11:38 , Holly Evans
Iran has “no red lines” when it comes to defending its people and interests, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a post on X on Sunday, as the region braces for Israel’s retaliation following Iran’s recent missile attack.
The US has been delivering record amount of arms to Israel. It is now also putting lives of its troops at risk by deploying them to operate US missile systems in Israel.
While we have made tremendous efforts in recent days to contain an all-out war in our region, I say it… pic.twitter.com/wX16CnhT1A— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) October 13, 2024
US believes Israel has narrowed down targets in Iran for retaliation
Sunday 13 October 2024 11:02 , Holly Evans
US officials believe Israel has narrowed down targets in its potential response to Iran’s attack this month to military and energy infrastructure, NBC reported on Saturday.
The Middle East remains on high alert for further escalation in a year of war as Israel battles Iran-backed groups Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. Tehran, a major oil producer, has threatened Israel with severe consequences if the Islamic Republic is attacked.
Israel has repeatedly said it will respond to Iran’s missile barrage on Oct. 1, which was launched in retaliation for Israel’s military operations in Gaza and Lebanon and the killings of a string of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders.
There is no indication that Israel will target nuclear facilities or carry out assassinations, the NBC report said, citing unnamed U.S. officials and adding that Israel has not made final decisions about how and when to act.
US and Israeli officials said a response could come during the current Yom Kippur holiday, according to the report.
Israeli officials have not publicly commented on the report.
Paramedics searching for casualties after Israeli strikes in Lebanon
Sunday 13 October 2024 10:39 , Holly Evans
The Lebanese Red Cross said paramedics were searching for casualties in the wreckage of a house destroyed by an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon on Sunday when a second strike left four paramedics with concussion and damaged two ambulances.
It said the rescue operation had been co-ordinated with UN peacekeepers, who informed the Israeli side.
Israeli forces have repeatedly fired upon first responders and UN peacekeepers since the start of the ground operation.
The military has accused Hezbollah of using ambulances to ferry fighters and weapons, without providing evidence. Lebanon’s Health Ministry denies the allegations.
Ground invasions in Gaza has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians
Sunday 13 October 2024 10:17 , Holly Evans
Israel’s bombardment and ground invasions of Gaza have killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, and left much of the territory in ruins.
Palestinian medical officials do not say whether those killed by Israeli forces are militants or civilians, but say women and children make up more than half the fatalities.
Israel says it has killed more than 17,000 fighters, without providing evidence.
Israeli forces target Jabaliya refugee camp
Sunday 13 October 2024 09:57 , Holly Evans
In northern Gaza, Israeli air and ground forces have been attacking Jabaliya, where the military says militants have regrouped. Over the past year, Israeli forces have repeatedly returned to the built-up refugee camp.
Israel has ordered the full evacuation of northern Gaza, including Gaza City. An estimated 400,000 people remain in the north after a mass evacuation ordered in the opening weeks of the war.
The Palestinians fear Israel intends to permanently depopulate the north to establish military bases or Jewish settlements.
The military confirmed on Saturday that hospitals were included in the evacuation orders but said it had not set a specific timetable.
Families forced to leave homes in Gaza City
Sunday 13 October 2024 09:28 , Holly Evans
Israeli forces widened their raid into northern Gaza, and tanks reached the north edge of Gaza City, pounding some districts of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, residents said, forcing many families to leave their homes.
Residents said Israeli forces have effectively isolated Beit Hanoun, Jabalia, and Beit Lahiya in the far north of the enclave from Gaza City, blocking access between the two areas except upon their permission for families willing to leave the three towns, heeding evacuation orders.
Gaza’s health ministry said the eight-day-old Israeli incursions in the north have so far killed dozens of Palestinians, with dozens of others feared dead on roads and under rubble of their houses, beyond the reach of medical teams.
Many Jabalia residents posted on social media platforms: “We will not leave, we die, and we don’t leave.”
Israeli strike kills family of eight in Gaza
Sunday 13 October 2024 08:36 , Holly Evans
An Israeli strike on the central Gaza Strip has killed a family of eight, Palestinian medical officials said.
The strike came as Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants and pushed for the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from the north of the territory.
Israel is also waging an air and ground campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and is expected to strike Iran in retaliation for a missile attack earlier this month, though it has not said how or when.
The strike in Gaza late Saturday hit a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing parents and their six children, who ranged in age from eight to 23, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in nearby Deir al-Balah, where the bodies were taken.
It said another seven people were wounded, including two women and a child in critical condition. An Associated Press reporter counted the bodies and filmed funeral prayers held at the hospital.
