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SvennoJ on 28 July 2024
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Netanyahu denies children exit from Gaza to UAE for treatment

According to Israeli media reports, Israel had perviously given approval to allow 150 critically ill children from Gaza to receive treatment in the UAE.

However, following the incident in Majdal Shams, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended this decision, the reports said.

Tania Hary, executive director at Gisha – Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, said the children were meant to leave tomorrow via Israel’s Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing.

Israeli security cabinet meetings ends, reports say

Israeli media is reporting that the cabinet, which was convened earlier by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has authorised him and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant to decide on the country’s response to yesterday’s deadly attack on Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Israeli news outlet Yedioth Ahronoth reports that the military will take “limited” but strong action against Hezbollah, the group in Lebanon that Israel blames for the attack.

Hezbollah has denied all responsibility.

Lebanon’s deputy Parliament speaker: ‘We do not want war’

Elias Bou Saab has given an interview to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic, as Israel appears poised to retaliate against Hezbollah for an attack on the occupied Golan Heights yesterday that killed 12.

Israel blames Hezbollah, the Lebanese political party and paramilitary force, for the attack, a charge it has denied.

Here are a few of his key points:

  • Hezbollah has no interest in bombing the town of Majdal Shams.
  • The mediators are in constant contact with us and they are trying to avoid a major escalation.
  • We do not want war, but the Israelis want to cover up what is happening in Gaza by escalation.
  • US envoy Amos Hochstein is well aware of the difficulty of controlling the fronts while the war on Gaza continues.
  • Lebanon is united and will be more united if Israel decides to expand its attacks.
  • The Israeli side must realize that war is not what will bring the residents back to their towns in the north.
  • If civilian casualties occur or if Beirut and its suburbs are targeted, we will not consider this a measured and limited response.

Families of children killed in Golan attack refuse to meet Netanyahu: Report

According to Haaretz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office unsuccessfully tried to organise a meeting today or tomorrow between the premier and several relatives of the children killed in the rocket strike on Majdal Shams.

The report said that senior members of Netanyahu’s office contacted a few relatives, and were told that the families prefer not to meet the prime minister.