Wednesday, January 8, 2025
11:23 GMT — Lebanese media has reported six more Israeli violations of a ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel in late November.
The state news agency NNA said an Israeli tank shell hit the residence of Bin Jbeil mayor in southern Lebanon.
Israeli soldiers armed with machine guns launched a search operation in Maroun El Ras in southern Lebanon, the broadcaster said.
Military vehicles were also seen moving on the outskirts of Maroun El Ras as reconnaissance drones flew over Lebanese airspace, NNA said.
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12:07 GMT — Palestinian used as human shield shot dead by Israeli commander in Gaza
An Israeli army commander shot dead a Palestinian man used as a human shield in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, according to Israeli media.
The Palestinian was forced to serve as a human shield by Israeli army forces to search buildings in Khan Younis when he was shot to death by an army commander, said the Hebrew-language independent investigative journalism website, "The Hottest Place in Hell."
As the Palestinian was permitted to be in the area, a commander in the army’s Nahal Brigade arrived, identified the man as Palestinian, took out a rifle, and shot him dead.
11:54 GMT — Three Palestinians, including two children, killed in West Bank: WAFA
Three Palestinians, including two children, have been killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian news agency WAFA said, as Israeli strikes persisted following Monday's killing of three Israelis in the territory.
The Israeli military said its air force "struck a terrorist cell in the area of Tamun", a town northeast of Nablus city. It told Reuters it was looking into reports children had been killed in the strike and would respond shortly.
WAFA said two boys, aged nine and ten, were killed by a drone strike which also killed a 23-year-old man. There was no immediate confirmation from the Palestinian Health Ministry.
10:00 GMT — UK lawmakers demand govt to end double standards for Gaza
British lawmakers have strongly condemned Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza’s healthcare system and called for the immediate release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital detained by Israel for nearly two weeks now.
Speaking to Anadolu, John McDonnell, an independent MP for Hayes and Harlington, criticised Israel’s actions and the UK’s weak stance against them, emphasising that mere condemnation and calls for a ceasefire are insufficient.
"Yes, we need a ceasefire immediately, but also we’ve got to bring these war criminals to justice at some stage," McDonnell said, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders.
09:52 GMT — Palestinian death toll hits 45,936 amid Israel's war on Gaza
The Health Ministry in Gaza has said that 51 people were killed in the besieged Palestinian territory in the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 45,936.
The ministry also said in a statement that at least 109,274 people had been wounded in more than 15 months of Israeli war after Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack.
09:10 GMT — Israel kills tens of Palestinians amid intensified truce talks
Israeli military strikes across Gaza killed at least 22 people, Palestinian medics have said, as the US stepped up efforts to overcome sticking points between Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire to end the war.
One of the air strikes killed at least 10 people in a multi-storey house in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, while another killed five in the nearby Zeitoun suburb, medics said.
In Deir al Balah city in central Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering, an Israeli air strike killed three other people.
In Jabalia, where the army has operated for more than three weeks, an Israeli air strike killed four people, medics said.
08:43 GMT — US checks weapons to be destroyed by Lebanese army
US Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers, head of the five-nation oversight committee monitoring the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, visited the Lebanese army headquarters in southern Lebanon to follow up on the army deployment in the area and check the stockpiles of weapons to be destroyed in the coming days by the Lebanese army.
According to a statement by the US Embassy in Beirut on Tuesday, Jeffers, accompanied by French Brig. Gen. Guillaume Ponchin, visited the Lebanese army’s 5th Brigade headquarters following the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the area and the deployment of the Lebanese army "to clear roads, remove unauthorised munitions, and provide security for the people of Lebanon."
"Generals Jeffers and Ponchin viewed stockpiles of weapons to be destroyed in the coming days, which the LAF (Lebanese army) seized from unauthorised armed groups," the statement said.
06:30 GMT — Israel kills 4 Palestinian children in south Gaza's 'safe zone'
Israel has killed four Palestinian children in a drone attack targeting a tent housing displaced people in the Al Mawasi area of western Khan Younis in southern besieged Gaza, which Israel has designated as a "safe zone".
Ten others, mostly children, were wounded in the attack, a medical source told Anadolu Agency.
An Israeli drone targeted the tent in "Wijdan Camp", resulting in the deaths of four children and numerous injuries, eyewitnesses informed Anadolu.
05:45 GMT — EU funding for Israeli tech raises fresh concerns of complicity in genocide
Israel's use of artificial intelligence (AI) funded by European Union research programmes to target civilians is drawing criticism.
Since the Israeli attacks on Gaza began on October 7, 2023, the EU has provided over $246 million to Israeli institutions for research and innovation.
The funds are believed to have supported the development of AI-driven "location and killing" technologies used against civilians in Gaza by Israel.
05:00 GMT — Israel says only 'limited' number of its soldiers faced possible arrest overseas
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that the number of Israeli soldiers subjected to possible arrest overseas for accusations of war crimes in Gaza is "very limited", despite intense media coverage of a case of a soldier forced to leave Brazil this week due to possible legal action.
The Foreign Ministry said it is aware of fewer than a dozen similar complaints around the world.
Eden Bar-Tal, the ministry's Director General, accused "terrorist organisations" of spearheading the efforts to investigate Israeli soldiers.
04:22 GMT — Palestinians in Gaza still hopeful for ceasefire amid Israel's carnage
Displaced Palestinians in besieged Gaza still have hope that Israel's 15-month carnage will end soon, as both sides appear to be inching toward a ceasefire deal.
"What we are living is not a life. Nobody could bear the situation we're experiencing for a single day," said Munawar al Bik, a displaced woman from Gaza City.
"We wake up at night to the sounds of men crying, because of the bad situation," al Bik said.
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