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Nabatieh's governor said the number of dead could rise as the rubble was still being searched
Mayor and 15 others killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon council meeting
BEIRUT — The UN’s special coordinator for Lebanon has criticized Israel after air strikes on municipal buildings in the southern city of Nabatieh killed the mayor and 15 other people.Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert called the killing of mayor Ahmad Kahil “alarming” and said any violations of international humanitarian law were “completely unacceptable”.At least five of those killed in Wednesday's strike were municipal staff co-ordinating aid for civilians remaining in the area, Nabatiyeh Governor Howaida Turk told the BBC.Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati condemned the attack, saying it had "intentionally" targeted a council meeting.The attack was the most significant against a Lebanese state building since the latest escalation in fighting, which...
October 17, 2024

Mayor and 15 others killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon council meeting

Ramez Abu Nasr managed to save his brother from the rubble
Gazans describe fresh horror in north as Israel renews offensive
JERUSALEM — The hand was covered in dust, streaked with blood on the fingers and wrist, all that could be seen of the person who was killed.Like many other victims of the Israeli air strikes they lie buried under the rubble - this time in Gaza City, in the north.A teenage boy was pulled from the first floor of a collapsed building. As his feet and legs emerged it looked as if he might be alive.But then the whole body was lifted free, and flopped lifelessly in the arms of the rescuers.They leaned across and passed the boy through a window below, and into the waiting arms of another group of men.In the narrow streets men dug with their hands. But there were no sounds coming from the rubble now. Whoever lay there was beyond help.Ramez Abu Nasr was digging for hours. His mother, father and...
October 17, 2024

Gazans describe fresh horror in north as Israel renews offensive

EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides and Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarčič have then called on EU member states to provide aid to Lebanon
EU calls on member states to provide emergency medical aid to Lebanon
BRUSSELS — The European Union has urged its member states to respond to Lebanon’s request for medical equipment and medications following the Israeli ground operation in the southern part of the country.EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides and Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarčič have called on EU member states to provide medical aid to Lebanon, in a letter addressed to member states, obtained by Euronews.The letter cites “the continued hostilities, which have put a severe strain on medical services in Lebanon.” Since 30 September, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have launched a ground operation in southern Lebanon, targeting the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.The European Commission has received an official request for assistance from Lebanese authorities,...
October 16, 2024

EU calls on member states to provide emergency medical aid to Lebanon

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in Beirut's southern suburbs
Israel resumes strikes on south Beirut despite US warning
BEIRUT — Israel has struck southern Beirut for the first time in six days, despite Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati saying the US had given him assurances that Israel would curb strikes on the country's capital.The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have insisted the strikes on Beirut are necessary in order to combat Iran-backed Hezbollah, who have a strong presence in the city's south, known as Daniyeh.The IDF posted an evacuation warning on X saying it was targeting a residential building in the Haret Hreik neighborhood that it claimed sat atop an arms warehouse.Hours later, at least 15 people were killed on Wednesday in the southern Lebanese town of Qana, which has a history of civilian deaths during previous conflicts between Israel and Hezbollah.The town has...
October 16, 2024

Israel resumes strikes on south Beirut despite US warning

People battle to put out fires after Israeli strike hits Gaza hospital tent camp
Witnesses to Israeli strike on Gaza hospital compound saw 'so many people burning'
GAZA — Witnesses to an Israeli air strike and resulting fire at a tent camp in a Gaza hospital compound have shared with the BBC their horror and helplessness at seeing people injured and killed in the flames.One mother called it “one of the worst scenes we’ve witnessed”, while an injured girl said she heard screaming as people tore down their tent to get them out. A man said he had "broken down" as he was "unable to do anything" to help those who burned to death.The strike hit the al-Aqsa Hospital compound in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, in the early hours of Monday, igniting a fire that burned makeshift shelters for displaced people.At least four people were killed and dozens injured, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.The...
October 16, 2024

Witnesses to Israeli strike on Gaza hospital compound saw 'so many people burning'

Criticism of Israel has become more widespread within global politics as the war between Israel and Hamas drags on, claiming more than 42,000 Palestinian lives
US threatens to cut military aid to Israel over Gaza humanitarian crisis
WASHINGTON — The US threatened Israel with cutting some military assistance if they do not boost humanitarian aid access to Gaza within 30 days.The written warning from the Biden administration to Netanyahu's government is the strongest known formal caution issued to the American ally since the start of the war in Gaza.In the letter, signed by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday, the US said it has “deep concern” about “the deteriorating humanitarian situation” in the region.According to the letter, Israel denied or impeded nearly 90% of the humanitarian aid being transported within Gaza last month.It also stated that evacuation orders have forced almost two million people into a narrow strip where they are at “high risk of...
October 16, 2024

US threatens to cut military aid to Israel over Gaza humanitarian crisis

A healthcare worker's jacket lies among the rubble after an Israeli strike in Beirut
Lebanon’s emergency workers pay a deadly price amid Israeli bombing
BEIRUT — The Israeli military has been hitting search-and-rescue teams, medical centers and hospitals across Lebanon since it escalated its offensive against Hezbollah last month.The attacks have killed and injured dozens of medics and emergency workers and have left swathes of the south cut off from emergency services and healthcare.One organization has been hit more than any other. The Islamic Health Society (IHS), funded by Hezbollah, operates emergency services, hospitals and medical centers across the country.As of Friday, more than 85 of its staff had been killed, and more than 150 wounded, according to Bilal Assaf, head of media relations at the IHS Civil Defence.Just after midnight on 7 October, Israel struck the Baraachit Emergency Centre in the southern Bint Jbeil region,...
October 15, 2024

Lebanon’s emergency workers pay a deadly price amid Israeli bombing

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Israel will respond to Iran based on national interest, Netanyahu says
TEL AVIV — Israel will listen to the US but make final decisions based on its national interest, the Israeli prime minister's office said, as speculation over its response to a major Iranian missile attack continues.The brief overnight statement was issued in response to a Washington Post story which said Benjamin Netanyahu had told the US he was willing to target military sites in Iran – rather than nuclear or oil facilities.Citing two officials, the Post said Netanyahu made the comments during a phone call with US President Joe Biden last Wednesday, when they discussed Israel's intended retaliation.Iran launched almost 200 ballistic missiles towards Israel on 1 October. Most of the projectiles were intercepted, Israel's military said.The overnight Israeli statement, sent...
October 15, 2024

Israel will respond to Iran based on national interest, Netanyahu says

Capt. Hector Alonso Garcia of the Spanish UNIFIL battalion, at an observation tower in Abbassiyeh, a Lebanese border village with Israel, 10 January 2024
UN Security Council voices 'strong concern' for peacekeepers in Lebanon
NEW YORK — The UN Security Council expressed "strong concern" on Monday over Israel's attacks on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL.Israeli strikes have reportedly injured at least five members of UNIFIL in separate attacks, a move that has drawn international condemnation, with Italy, the UK, France and Germany releasing a joint statement reminding Israel that deliberate attacks on peacekeepers are against international law.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded UNIFIL "temporarily leave the combat zone," insisting that "the charge that Israel deliberately attacked UNIFIL personnel is completely false."Netanyahu says Israel has “repeatedly asked” the peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon to leave the area where the...
October 15, 2024

UN Security Council voices 'strong concern' for peacekeepers in Lebanon

Sunday's drone attack was one of Israel's biggest in more than a year - four Israeli soldiers were killed
Drone attack on Israel puts spotlight on Iron Dome's limitations
HAIFA — Slow, small and relatively cheap to make, drones have become a deadly headache for Israelis in this year-long war.Hezbollah’s attack on an army base near Binyamina in northern Israel on Sunday, which killed four men and injured dozens more, was the most damaging drone strike on the country to date.It’s led to fresh questions about how well-equipped Israel’s hugely expensive air defense system is to stop them.Visiting the damaged army base on Monday morning, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said “significant efforts” were being put into solutions that would prevent future drone attacks.Some parts of the air defense system work well. Here in northern Israel we hear booms at regular intervals as the Iron Dome intercepts rockets that Hezbollah fires from southern...
October 15, 2024

Drone attack on Israel puts spotlight on Iron Dome's limitations

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