- Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza, killing at least 10 people in Gaza City and knocking out the power generators at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north of the territory.
- WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus describes conditions at the besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital as “appalling” and called “for this hell to stop”.
- The victims of Israel’s bombings on Monday included Khaled Nabhan, a grandfather in Gaza who touched millions around the world after he was filmed mourning his slain granddaughter, calling her the “soul of my soul”.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 45,059 Palestinians and wounded 107,041 since October 7, 2023. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day, and more than 200 were taken captive.
- Photos: Aftermath of an Israeli strike on al-Tabatibi family home in Gaza City
- [Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu]Israeli military says explosions expected as part of ‘routine activity’ in LebanonThe Israeli military says in a report addressed to Israeli citizens that sounds of explosions could be expected in the coming hours in the Upper Galilee.It said this would be part of “routine activity” by the army in southern Lebanon and there is no need for concern about a security incident.The warning was issued while Israel’s ceasefire with Hezbollah continues to hold despite numerous violations.The Israeli army, which has launched many deadly attacks inside Lebanon during the ceasefire, did not elaborate about the cause of the expected explosions.
- Destroyed buildings in the village of Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon are seen from northern Israel on December 3, 2024 [Maya Alleruzzo/AP]
- Gaza death toll risesAt least 45,059 people have been killed and 107,041 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, the enclave’s Health Ministry says.Of those, 31 Palestinians were killed and 79 wounded in the latest 24-hour reporting period, the ministry added.
- Palestinians in Syria flock to cemetery off-limits under al-AssadIn a war-ravaged Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, Radwan Adwan was stacking stones to rebuild his father’s grave, finally able to return to Yarmouk cemetery after Bashar al-Assad’s fall.“Without the fall of the regime, it would have been impossible to see my father’s grave again,” said 45-year-old Adwan.“When we arrived, there was no trace of the grave.”It was his first visit there since 2018 when access to the cemetery south of Damascus was officially banned.Yarmouk camp fell early in the war. It was bombed and besieged by al-Assad’s forces, emptied of most of its residents and reduced to ruins before its recapture in 2018.Al-Assad’s ouster has allowed former residents to return for the first time in years.Back at the cemetery, Adwan’s mother Zeina sat on a small metal chair in front of her husband’s gravesite.She was “finally” able to weep for him, she said. “Before, my tears were dry.”“It’s the first time that I have returned to his grave for years. Everything has changed, but I still recognise where his grave is,” said the 70-year-old woman.Yarmouk camp, established in the 1950s to house Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their land after Israel’s creation, had become a key residential and commercial district over the decades.
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