Israel shells civil defence team in southern Lebanon: Report
Lebanon’s National News Agency has said the Israeli forces targeted a civil defence team in the village of Taybeh in southern Lebanon with an artillery shell.
The attack was carried out while the team was extinguishing a fire in the village, and a member was injured by shrapnel in the chest before being hospitalised, according to the report.
Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily fire since Israel launched war on Gaza in the wake of deadly Hamas attack.
Risk of all-out Middle East war grows daily, German minister warns
Germany is extremely concerned about rising violence on Israel’s border with Lebanon and the increasing risk of a full-blown regional conflict.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock also warned, as a “friend” of Israel, that it could “lose itself” in the war on Gaza and that burgeoning international anger at the plight of civilians there undermines Israel’s security.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu signalled on Sunday that Israel could move more troops to the north, where fighting against Hezbollah has escalated on the border with Lebanon.
“We are extremely concerned about the increase in violence at the northern border. I will pay a visit to Beirut tomorrow again exactly for this reason,” Baerbock said. “Together with our partners, we are working hard on finding solutions that can prevent more suffering. The risk of an unintended escalation and of all-out war is growing by the day.”
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Israel killed 54 Palestinian children in occupied West Bank this year alone: Rights group
Israeli forces and illegal settlers have killed 54 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank in 2024, including two United States citizens, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP).
The Palestinian human rights organisation focused on child rights said 135 Palestinian children have been killed in the occupied West Bank since October 7 last year when Israel’s war on Gaza erupted.
In 2023, Israeli forces and settlers killed at least 121 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, including 103 Palestinian children killed with live ammunition, 13 Palestinian children killed in drone strikes, four Palestinian children killed by missiles fired from a US-sourced Apache attack helicopter, and one child killed in an Israeli warplane air strike, it said.
“Under international law, intentional lethal force is only justified in circumstances where a direct threat to life or of serious injury is present,” DCIP said. “However, investigations and evidence collected by DCIP regularly suggest that Israeli forces use lethal force against Palestinian children in circumstances that may amount to extrajudicial or wilful killings,” it added.
