SvennoJ on 30 November 2024
Main points for November 29th
- The Israeli military has intensified its deadly assault on northern Gaza, killing more than 100 people over the past 24 hours, including at least 75 people in two separate attacks on residential buildings in Beit Lahiya.
- At least 2,700 Palestinians have now been killed since Israel’s brutal ground and aerial assault of the north began on October 5, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency.
- Two teenage girls and a woman have been crushed to death as a crowd of Palestinians rushed to get bread at a bakery in central Gaza during a worsening food crisis in the war-ravaged territory.
- Gaza’s Government Media Office has said hunger in the besieged enclave has reached “catastrophic” levels and called on the World Food Programme to “uphold its duty” and resume the distribution of much-needed flour.
- The Israeli military has reportedly breached its fragile ceasefire with Hezbollah several times in Lebanese villages and towns on the border, including with artillery fire and tank shelling.
- Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem has declared “divine victory” after months of cross-border attacks and fighting with Israeli forces.