SvennoJ on 24 October 2024
Main points for October 24th
- The Israeli army has committed a “major massacre” in the Jabalia refugee camp, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency, with initial estimates placing the number of casualties at more than 150.
- Israeli tanks have attacked northern Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, causing severe damage to the facility’s intensive care unit as it struggles with an influx of wounded.
- Gaza ceasefire talks are set to resume in the coming days, but senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan has said there is no change in the group’s position that captives will only be freed if Israel ends its war on the Palestinian enclave.
- Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed at least 19 people over the past 24 hours, with Beirut bracing for another night of attacks as the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs face bombardment again.
- The Israeli military has said five of its soldiers have been killed and seven seriously injured in southern Lebanon over the past day in clashes with Hezbollah.
- The Committee to Protect Journalists has denounced Israeli allegations against six Palestinian journalists working for Al Jazeera in Gaza after Israel’s military accused them of being “terrorists”.
- Germany authorised more than $100m in military exports to Israel in the last three months, Foreign Office data showed.
