- Israel continues to pound Lebanon, killing eight more paramedics, after assassinating Hezbollah’s top media relations officer, Mohammad Afif, in an air raid on central Beirut.
- Israeli forces also bombed Gaza’s “safe-zone” killing four people, including two children, as Pope Francis called for an investigation into allegations of genocide.
- Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed at least 43,846 Palestinians and wounded 103,740 since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day, and more than 200 were taken captive.
- In Lebanon, at least 3,481 people have been killed and 14,786 wounded in Israeli attacks since the war on Gaza began.
- US envoy Hochstein will be in Beirut on Tuesday: Lebanese sourceUS envoy Amos Hochstein will travel to the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday for talks on a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, a Lebanese political source has told Reuters.Lebanese media outlet Voice of Lebanon also reported the visit, quoting Lebanese Member of Parliament Kassem Hashem.The US has submitted a new truce proposal to the Lebanese state in hopes of putting a halt to more than a year of fighting. Hezbollah delivered its response last night to its negotiating proxy, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.Click here to share on social media
- PRCS evacuates 30 patients from northern Gaza to al-Shifa HospitalThe Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says it has evacuated 15 patients and their 16 companions from Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in coordination with the World Health Organization.“Additionally, 15 patients and two companions were evacuated from Al-Awda Hospital to Al-Shifa Hospital, in coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross,” it said on X.The Israeli army has placed the northernmost part of the Strip under a state of complete siege since early October, cutting off the area from all humanitarian aid, including medical supplies, and relentlessly bombing it.
- Aftermath of deadly Israeli attacks on central BeirutAs we’ve been reporting, Israeli forces launched several attacks on central Beirut on Sunday, killing at least two people in the Mar Elias neighbourhood and four others – including Hezbollah’s media chief – in the Ras al-Nabaa neighbourhood.These images show the aftermath of those attacks.
- Emergency personnel work at the site of Israel’s attack on Beirut’s Mar Elias Street, Lebanon, November 17, 2024 [Thaier Al-Sudani/ Reuters]
- Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in Beirut’s Mar Elias Street [Thaier Al-Sudani/ Reuters]
- People stand on the rubble after an Israeli strike on a building that killed Hezbollah’s media relations chief in Ras al-Nabaa, Beirut, Lebanon, November 17, 2024 [Adnan Abidi/ Reuters]
- Girls run for cover after Israel’s attack on Ras al-Nabaa [Adnan Abidi/ Reuters]
- Israeli forces strike makeshift tent in al-Mawasi, killing 2 childrenReporting from Deir el-Balah, GazaIsraeli helicopters have been expanding their attacks on al-Mawasi early this morning and overnight.A makeshift tent has been targeted in al-Mawasi in Khan Younis, in the suburbs of the city. Medical sources in Al-Aqsa Hospital confirmed that four Palestinians were killed, including two young children. Apparently, they are all from the same family.People who are still in al-Mawasi are expressing their deep concerns about safety because this area has been widely targeted over the past week, but the main focus of the Israeli military attacks has been on the northern part of Gaza in Beit Lahiya and the Jabalia refugee camp, which have been under relentless heavy bombardment.Witnesses confirmed to Al Jazeera that the Israeli military has been using robots that are highly equipped with explosives to blow up residential neighbourhoods.We saw different videos released by the Israeli army showing how they are blowing up full residential buildings in Jabalia and Beit Lahiya, creating a very destructive landscape there that prevents civilians from returning to live normally in that area.
- Families of American October 7 victims suing IranThe lawsuit, filed yesterday in US district court in Washington, DC, accuses Iran of culpability for the Hamas-led attack on Israeli territory last year, which killed an estimated 1,139 people.The lawsuit, first reported by The New York Times (NYT), details Iran’s funding of Hamas with the use of documents apparently seized in Gaza and published by the media.The plaintiffs, according to the newspaper, also obtained a new document that exposes a meeting between Hamas’s senior leadership and Iranian officials in 2022, in which now-deceased Yahya Sinwar requested an additional $7m per month in support from Iran to fund something referred to as “the big project”.The suit and NYT say that this “project” was the October 7 attack.Forty-six US citizens were killed on October 7, and 12 were among the 254 people taken captive by Hamas and other groups that day, according to the US government.
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