Saturday, October 19, 2024
12:49 GMT — At least eight people were killed and several others injured in Israeli attacks on northern Gaza, Palestinian sources said.
According to medical sources, four people were killed and over 15 others injured in an Israeli air strike targeting a home in the Tuba area of the Jabalia refugee camp.
In a separate incident, the Palestinian civil defence confirmed that two more Palestinians were killed and seven others injured in another strike on a home belonging to the Saeedi family in Jabalia.
Separately, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said Israeli artillery targeted the upper floors of the Indonesian Hospital, which housed over 40 patients and injured individuals, as well as medical staff.
The situation worsened as the hospital lost electricity, further endangering the lives of patients, especially those dependent on oxygen machines.
Two patients in the intensive care unit were killed due to the Israeli army’s siege of the hospital and cutting off its electricity for hours, a medical source at the hospital told Anadolu.
Marwan Sultan, the director of the facility, described the dire conditions, saying at least 30 patients were injured, with 10 in urgent need of oxygen support, warning that their lives are at risk if the power outage continues.
Separately, a group of displaced civilians gathered outside the hospital gates were hit by artillery fire, causing casualties, according to witnesses.
Witnesses said the hospital is surrounded by Israeli forces, who have besieged shelters housing thousands of displaced civilians around the hospital area.
Meanwhile, the Al Awda Hospital in the Tel Al Zaatar area of Jabalia was also hit by Israeli artillery just hours after the attack on the Indonesian Hospital.
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12:44 GMT — Lebanon security source says Israel strikes south Beirut
At least two Israeli air strikes hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut, a security source told AFP.
AFP footage showed plumes of smoke rising over the area, less than an hour after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order.
12:36 GMT — Gaza rescuers say over 400 killed in past two weeks in Israel assault on territory's north
Gaza's civil defence agency said more than 400 Palestinians were killed in the north of the territory over the past two weeks during the Israeli siege.
"We have recovered more than 400 martyrs from the various targeted areas in the northern Gaza Strip, including Jabalia and its camp, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, since the start of the military operation by the occupation army" on October 6, Gaza civil defence agency spokesperson, Mahmud Bassal, told AFP.
12:25 GMT — Lebanon media says mayor among 4 killed in Israeli strike in east
Lebanon state media said four people including a mayor were killed on Saturday in an Israeli strike on a town in the eastern Bekaa Valley region.
The strike hit a residential building in the town of Baaloul, killing four, the official National News Agency said, adding that the dead include Haidar Shahla, the mayor of the nearby town of Sohmor.
12:11 GMT — Israel army issues new evacuation call for south Beirut residents
The Israeli military called on residents to leave parts of southern Beirut, a warning usually followed by strikes on those areas of the Lebanese capital.
"Urgent warning to residents of the southern suburb (of Dahiyeh), specifically those in ...Haret Hreik neighbourhood: You are located near facilities and interests belonging to Hezbollah, against which the IDF (Israeli military) will be operating in the near future," military spokesman Avichay Adraee wrote in Arabic on X.
10:39 GMT — Death toll from Israel's war on Gaza tops grim 42,500
At least 19 more Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza, bringing the overall death toll since October last year to 42,519, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave has said.
A ministry statement added that some 99,637 others have been wounded in the ongoing assault.
“Israeli forces killed 19 people and injured 91 others in three massacres of families in the last 24 hours,” the ministry said.
“Many people are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.
10:29 GMT — Israeli rescuers say one killed by shrapnel after rocket fire from Lebanon
Israeli emergency services have said a man was killed by shrapnel near the port city of Acre after a barrage of rockets was fired from Lebanon into northern Israel.
"Paramedics have pronounced the death of a man, around 50 years old, who was struck by shrapnel while sitting in his vehicle," the Magen David Adom emergency service said in a statement.
10:20 GMT — Seven Palestinians, including children, killed in Israeli air strike on school sheltering displaced in Gaza
At least seven Palestinians, including children and women, have been killed in an Israeli air strike targeting a school run by the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in western Gaza that was providing shelter to displaced families.
According to Palestinian medics, the Israeli attack on the school resulted in seven fatalities and multiple injuries, with the wounded being transported to nearby hospitals.
Witnesses said the air strike targeted the Asma school in the Shati refugee camp, which is currently housing thousands of displaced Palestinians.
10:11 GMT — Iran in favour of peace but prepared for any scenario: Foreign Minister Araghchi
Iran is in favour of peace but it is also prepared for any scenario, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said.
"The spread of the war in the region is a serious threat; we are in favour of peace, but we are also prepared for any scenario," he told a press conference with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Istanbul.
Despite international outcry and efforts to end the conflicts, Israel continues its air and ground attacks in both Lebanon and Gaza.
10:11 GMT — Israel army says at least 115 projectiles fired from Lebanon
The Israeli army has said at least 115 projectiles were fired from Lebanon targeting the country amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah.
The projectiles were fired mainly into northern Israel, with sirens blaring across the region at regular intervals. AFP compiled the figure of projectiles based on a series of statements released by the Israeli army.
09:24 GMT — 8 Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes on central Gaza
At least eight Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes in central Gaza, sources told Anadolu.
A medical source at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah confirmed the fatalities, saying many more who were injured in the attack were rushed to the hospital following the aerial assault.
Separately, Israeli forces advanced into the eastern part of the Bureij camp in central Gaza amid heavy gunfire and intense artillery shelling aimed at civilian homes, witnesses said.
09:24 GMT — Hezbollah says fires rockets at Israeli military base
Hezbollah has said it fired rockets at a military base near the northern Israeli city of Haifa after the Israeli army reported a barrage of projectiles launched from Lebanon.
The "large salvo" of advanced rockets hit a military base east of Haifa, said Hezbollah, which has vowed to intensify attacks on Israel weeks into an all-out war that erupted on September 23.
07:21 GMT — Israeli PM Netanyahu’s residence hit by drone: Authorities
A drone was launched towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in the northern Israeli town of Caesarea, his spokesperson has said, adding that the premier was not in the vicinity and there were no casualties.
Earlier, the Israeli military said that a drone was launched from Lebanon and that it had hit a building. It was not immediately clear what the building was.
07:20 GMT — Two killed in Israeli strike north of Lebanon's capital
At least two people have been killed in an Israeli strike on a car in Jounieh, north of Beirut, Lebanon's health ministry has said, in the first attack on the area by Israeli forces.
06:14 GMT — Gaza facing ‘unprecedented rain of destruction’ — UN expert
Gaza has experienced “a biblical, unprecedented rain of destruction” since Israel launched its military offensive on Oct. 7 last year, the UN housing expert has said.
Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN independent investigator on the right to adequate housing, told reporters that “the ferocity” of destruction in Gaza wasn’t seen in the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine.
By January 2024, Rajagopal said, 60-70 percent of all homes in Gaza were destroyed, and in northern Gaza, it was 82 percent of homes. “It is far worse than that right now,” particularly in the north which is approaching the 100 percent level, he said.
05:29 GMT — US destroys 20 Houthi uncrewed aerial systems, missiles: CENTCOM
The US military has destroyed 20 one-way attack uncrewed aerial systems and land cruise missiles in Yemen's Houthi-controlled area over several days, according to a statement.
"The drones and missiles were downed by a combination of US Air Force and US Navy assets deployed to the region," it added.
04:43 GMT — Iran warns US about potential Israeli attack
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has cautioned the US that it would be held accountable for any losses Iran might suffer if it supports an anticipated Israeli attack.
Araghchi’s remarks came after US President Joe Biden acknowledged he was aware of Israel’s plans on the timing and nature of possible retaliation against Iran for a missile attack against Israel earlier this month.
The Iranian minister wrote on X that anyone with knowledge of or involvement in facilitating such an attack by Israel would bear responsibility for any potential consequences in Iran.
03:20 GMT — Israel kills 33 civilians, including 21 women, in Gaza's Jabalia
Israel has killed at least 33 Palestinians, including 21 women and many children, and wounded more than 85 others in strikes on homes in Jabalia camp in northern Gaza, the Palestinian Authority's official news agency WAFA reported early on Saturday.
Mohammad Salha, director of al-Awda Hospital, told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli air strikes targeted a number of Palestinian homes in the Tel al Zaatar area, east of Jabalia camp.
He noted that there are still missing people under the rubble of the homes, while ambulances are unable to reach the area under fear of being targeted by the Israeli invading army.
03:00 GMT — UN expert accuses Israel, Western nations of speech breaches
Protest crackdowns, banned marches, media workers at risk — a UN expert has accused Western nations and Israel of freedom of speech violations in the year since the Gaza war broke out.
"No conflict in recent times has threatened freedom of expression so seriously or so far beyond its borders than Gaza," UN special rapporteur Irene Khan told reporters as she presented her report, "Global threats to freedom of expression arising from the conflict in Gaza."
The Bangladeshi human rights lawyer, who has been the special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression since 2020, notably cited crackdowns on pro-Palestine protests in Western countries in the early months of the war.
02:30 GMT — Houthi group attacks ship in Arabian Sea for links with Israel
The Yemeni Houthi group has said it targeted a ship in the Arabian Sea for having links to Israel and reported more US-UK raids on western Yemen.
Yahya Saree, the group's military spokesman, said in a statement that the group targeted the Malta-flagged Megalopolis container ship with drones in the Arabian Sea, and achieved direct hits.
Saree said the group targeted the ship because the company that owns the ship breached the Houthi's embargo on ships entering Israeli ports.
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