SvennoJ 2 days ago
Main points for November 23rd
- Israeli forces launched a fresh attack on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, killing at least two people and wounding 12 medical staff. The director of the facility, Hussam Abu Safia, was among those wounded.
- In Lebanon, an Israeli attack flattened an eight-storey residential apartment block in the heart of Beirut, 2km (1.3 miles) from the country’s parliament. At least 20 people were killed and 66 wounded.
- Israel’s military also attacked the Jousieh border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, days after killing 36 people in an attack on the Syrian city of Palmyra.
- Israeli protesters marched in Tel Aviv, urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure the release of the captives held in Gaza after Hamas announced the death of a woman in an air attack on the enclave.
- Hungary’s prime minister invited Netanyahu to Budapest in defiance of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), even as the European Union’s top diplomat said the tribunal’s orders are binding on all member states.
Israel issues forced displacement orders for parts of Gaza City
Hundreds of Palestinians have fled Gaza City’s Shujayea after the Israeli military issued fresh displacement orders and threatened to shell the northern neighbourhood, according to the Wafa news agency. Dozens of families fled the area on foot, carrying some belongings and blankets on their backs, Wafa reported, citing local sources.
The orders came as an Israeli siege on northern Gaza, including Jabalia, Beit Hanoon and Beit Lahiya, entered its eighth week
