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At least 10 firefighters have been killed in an Israeli strike on a municipal building in the town of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, the local health ministry has reported.
Smoke could be seen billowing over parts of southern Lebanon as Israel resumed its airstrikes that it claims are targeting Hezbollah.
The Lebanese health ministry, a separate authority to the Iran-backed group, says 22 people were killed and 111 wounded in Israeli strikes across the south yesterday.
More than 2080 have been killed in total, and a further 9869 wounded, since Israel began bombing Lebanon a few weeks ago.
It comes as Israeli civilians mark the anniversary of Hamas’ deadly 7 October attack, during which they killed around 1,200 people and took 251 more hostage in Gaza, 101 of which remain in the enclave. Nearly 42,000 Palestinians have since been killed by Israel’s retaliatory air and ground attack in Gaza, according to the local, Hamas-run health ministry.
Families of the hostages marched to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem this morning to mark the terror attack.
Israeli fighter jets hit 120 targets in southern Lebanon
The Israeli air force staged a massive attack on southern Lebanon using 100 fighter jets to hit more than 120 targets, the military has said.
The military said the jets attacked Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon for an hour.
“These attacks are added to a series of attacks designed to deepen the damage to Hezbollah’s command, control and firing capabilities, and to assist the manoeuvring ground forces to achieve their goals,” the military said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter.
Tom Watling7 October 2024 16:35
In pictures: Destroyed buildings seen in Lebanon following airstrikes
Tom Watling7 October 2024 16:21
US issues new Hamas-related sanctions, Treasury Dept website shows
The United States issued new Hamas-related sanctions on the anniversary of the Palestinian militant group’s 7 October, 2023, attack on Israel, the Treasury Department website showed on Monday.
Tom Watling7 October 2024 16:03
Israel detects missile fired from Yemen
A missile has been fired at Israel from Yemen, the Israeli military has just claimed.
In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, the Israeli military said: “Following the alerts that were activated in the centre of the country, a surface-to-surface missile launched from Yemen was detected, the details are under investigation.”
Tom Watling7 October 2024 15:49
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian boy in West Bank confrontations, health ministry says
A 12-year-old Palestinian boy has been killed in confrontations between youths and Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry has revealed.
Video from the area of Qalandia showed youths blocking a road with burning tyres, with Israeli army vehicles and ambulances at the scene.
“During counterterrorism activity in Qalandia, a violent riot was instigated in the area, during which rioters hurled blocks and rocks at the forces who were operating in the area, endangering them,” said Israel‘s military in a statement. “The forces responded with riot-dispersal means and live fire toward the rioters. Hits were identified.”
Monday marked the first anniversary of Hamas’ 7 October attack against Israel, which triggered the war in the Gaza Strip and set off the worst bloodletting in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Violence has surged across the West Bank since last October. Hundreds of Palestinians – including armed fighters, stone-throwing youths and civilian bystanders – have been killed in clashes with Israeli security forces.
Dozens of Israelis have been killed in Palestinian street attacks over the past year.
Israel said it was on high alert for attacks on Monday. Movement in the West Bank was further restricted as many checkpoints shut down, residents said and some Palestinians with entry permits received notices on their mobile phones saying they will not be allowed into Israel.
Tom Watling7 October 2024 15:48
Watch live: Starmer says UK must ‘stand with Jewish community’ as he marks October 7 anniversary
Tom Watling7 October 2024 15:35
Israel can’t confirm death of Hezbollah’s Safieddine, spokesperson says
Israel cannot confirm whether the potential successor to the slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been killed, a government spokesperson said on Monday, following reports that he was targeted in an Israeli air strike last week.
Asked if Israel could confirm the death of Hashem Safieddine, spokesperson David Mencer told an online briefing: “We don’t have that confirmation yet. When it is confirmed, as and when, it will be on the IDF (Israeli military) website.”
A Hezbollah official told Reuters on Sunday that Israel was obstructing search and rescue efforts in an area where Safieddine is thought to have been when Israel bombed Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday.
Israel has killed much of Hezbollah’s military command and senior leadership in nearly a year of fighting that began when Hezbollah opened a front in solidarity with Palestinians the day after Hamas’ deadly 7 October, 2023 attack on southern Israel.
Tom Watling7 October 2024 15:22
‘This is a tense life’: Teenager speaks from Gaza’s bombed humanitarian zone
‘This is a tense life’: Teenager speaks from Gaza’s bombed humanitarian zone
A teenager from north Gaza has shared what her life is like living in a tent after she was displaced under Israeli bombardment. Enas Tantesh is 17 years old and lives in the Al Mawasi so-called humanitarian zone. “This is a tense life… You cannot set a routine, you cannot do whatever you want. You might be displaced or even die at any moment,” she said. Enas was displaced after Israel unleashed its heaviest-ever bombardment of Gaza and a siege last October after Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 as hostages, according to Israeli estimates. Since then, Israel’s retaliatory bombardment of Gaza has killed almost 42,000 people, the majority women and children, according to the Palestinian health ministry. A further 10,000 are thought to be under the rubble and an unknown number have been taken into Israeli detention.
Tom Watling7 October 2024 14:55
In pictures: Palestinians flee southern Gaza and look for water further north
Tom Watling7 October 2024 14:33
Israeli military says it conducted a targeted strike in Beirut
Israeli military said on Monday it conducted a targeted strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut a short while ago.
A thick plume of smoke was seen in the area.
Tom Watling7 October 2024 14:07
Read More: Israeli strike kills 10 Lebanese firefighters as vigils mark October 7 attack – live
