Israeli raids killed dozens of people, including children, on Sunday in Lebanon and the isolated north Gazawhile the world was watching for signs of how the US elections would affect the economy The war between Israel and Iranian-backed armed groups Hamas and Hezbollah.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he spoke with him three times Donald Trump Since Tuesday’s elections, they have been “in agreement face to face regarding the Iranian threat in all its components.” Israeli President Isaac Herzog is scheduled to meet US President Joe Biden on Tuesday.
The Israeli air strike in Lebanon resulted in the killing of at least 23 people, including seven children, in the village of Almat, north of Beirut, far from the eastern and southern regions where Hezbollah has a large presence. There was no Israeli warning to evacuate. The Israeli army said it struck a Hezbollah site used to store weapons, and that the strike was under review.
Hezbollah began firing missiles, drones, and missiles at Israel after the outbreak of war in Gaza, in solidarity with the Palestinians and Hamas. Israel responded, and a series of escalations led to all-out war.
In northern Gaza, an Israeli raid on a house housing displaced people in the urban Jabalia refugee camp killed at least 17 people, including nine women, according to Dr. Fadel Naim, director of Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City.
The Israeli army said it targeted a site where militants were active, without providing evidence. She added that the details of the strike are under review.
A separate strike hit a home in Gaza City, killing Wael Al-Khor, a minister in the Hamas-run government, as well as his wife and three children, according to civil defense first responders who work under the government.
Israel strikes deeper into Lebanon
Israel has carried out deeper strikes inside Lebanon since last September Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed And most of its senior leaders. Hezbollah expanded the range of missile launches from northern Israel to its centre. The fighting led to the deaths of more than 3,100 people in Lebanon, according to the Ministry of Health, and more than 70 people in Israel.
After the Israeli strike in Elmat, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Beirut, MP Raed Berro denied the presence of any Hezbollah personnel or assets in the targeted building.
Berro said: “Everyone can see in front of the cameras that those being recovered from under the rubble are women, children and elderly people who have nothing to do with weapons or missile depots.”
Hassan Gaddafi, who lived next door and was slightly injured as he headed to his balcony to drink morning coffee, said the displaced people were in the building.
“I saw them and recognized them a few days ago,” Gaddafi said. “They were peaceful. On the contrary, they had someone from the Lebanese Internal Security Forces working in the country, and we saw their clothes and clothing under the rubble.”
In Syria, an Israeli air strike bombed a residential building in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, and the Ministry of Defense said that seven civilians were killed, according to the Syrian news agency SANA. The opposition war monitor, based in Britain, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, indicated that Hezbollah had been targeted. Israel did not immediately comment.
Fears of famine in northern Gaza
Middle of the month The deadline is approaching Regarding the ultimatum issued by the Biden administration to Israel: allow more aid to enter Gaza or Risking potential restrictions on US military financing.
Israeli forces have cordoned off and largely isolated Jabalia and the neighboring towns of Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip over the past month, allowing Israel to do so. Only a little humanitarian aid. Experts from a committee that monitors food security say Famine is imminent Or maybe it’s already happening.
The northern third of the Gaza Strip, including Gaza City, has suffered the greatest amount of destruction during the 13-month-long war. Israel I have sent the troops backSaying that Hamas has reorganized its ranks.
Israeli strikes often kill women and children. The army says it only targets militants it accuses of hiding among civilians.
On Sunday, the Israeli army also released what it described as footage of Hamas mistreating detainees. The silent footage, dating from 2018 to 2020, appears to show detainees masked and chained in stress positions. In some clips, the men beat or stab them with batons. It was not possible to independently verify the videos, which the army said it found during operations in Gaza.
Rights groups They have been accused for a long time The Hamas-run government in Gaza and the Western-backed Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank are accused of mistreating detainees and violently suppressing dissent. Israel has been accused of committing similar violationsEspecially since the beginning of the war. Israeli prison authorities say they follow relevant laws and investigate allegations of wrongdoing.
The outcome of the war
The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants stormed southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and kidnapping about 250. About 100 hostages remain inside GazaIt is believed that about a third have died.
The Israeli attack led to the death of more than 43,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, who do not distinguish between civilians and militants in their statistics, but say that more than half of the dead were women and children.
Israeli bombing and ground invasion Large areas of Gaza were left in ruins It caused the displacement of about 90% of the population of 2.3 million people. Often several times. Hundreds of thousands live in camps with few, if any, services.
Ceasefire talks brokered by the United States, Qatar, and Egypt have repeatedly faltered, as have parallel efforts by the United States and others to stop the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
Qatar, the main mediator with Hamas, said so on Saturday Its efforts have been suspended It will resume it when “both sides demonstrate their readiness and seriousness to end the brutal war.”
Some Palestinians in Gaza responded with frustration.
Akram Jarada, a displaced person from Gaza City, said, “The Arab silence that dominates Arab capitals is due to fear of the American administration and Israel.”
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