SvennoJ on 21 October 2024
Main points for October 21st
- There have been at least 13 strikes from Israeli drones and the Air Force targeted three locations: Ozai, Jinah and Haret Hreik in southern Beirut.
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry says the attacks have killed at least four people, including a child.
- The director of field hospitals at Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israel is targeting the three remaining medical facilities in northern Gaza.
- The Israeli army spokesperson claims that a strike in Syria’s capital killed the commander of a Hezbollah unit who was responsible for the transfer of weapons from Iran.
- Israeli authorities have arrested seven citizens who they say were paid by Iran to collect intelligence for more than two years.
- An Israeli air raid on the eastern city of Baalbek has hit a building in a densely packed residential area, killing six people, including a child.
- UNRWA says Israel continues to prevent humanitarian missions from reaching areas of northern Gaza with critical supplies, including water, food and medicine for people under siege.
- The Sahel General Hospital is being evacuated after Israel’s army claims a Hezbollah bunker filled with cash was located under the medical facility – an allegation the hospital director denies.
- Israel’s military claims a strike in the Syrian capital Damascus has killed a Hezbollah commander who was responsible for the transfer of weapons from Iran.
- The head of the Palestinian agency for UN refugees, UNRWA, has accused Israel of blocking humanitarian aid from reaching northern Gaza, which has been under a deadly siege for more than two weeks.
- An advanced US missile defence battery is now “in place” in Israel, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin says, as Washington seeks to help shield the country against Iranian retaliation.
