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SvennoJ on 10 August 2025
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Main events on August 10th

  • The number of hunger-related deaths of Palestinians in Gaza reached 212 as the Israeli army kept up attacks and expanded its ground invasion of the enclave.
  • Footage showed a Palestinian child being killed by an airdropped aid package in central Gaza, as Israel keeps up with its aid scheme despite international criticism over its ineffectiveness and frequent danger to Palestinians.
  • Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied in the streets of Tel Aviv to call for the return of captives held in Gaza, and to protest the government and its plans to seize Gaza City.
  • The Israeli army launched an air strike on an area of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, killing one person whom it claimed was a member of Hezbollah.
  • Israeli settlers attacked Hebron, Ramallah and other areas across the occupied West Bank under the protection of Israeli soldiers, who launched more raids and arrested Palestinians.
  • European football’s governing body, UEFA, has faced a backlash online after failing to address the circumstances of Suleiman al-Obeid’s death in a tribute. The Palestinian football icon was killed in an Israeli attack while he waited for food aid in Gaza on Wednesday.
  • The UN Security Council is set to hold a rare weekend session to discuss Israel’s recently announced decision to seize Gaza City.

Rania Khalek: ‘US Is Trying to Instigate Civil War in Lebanon’


The Lebanese government has approved a US-backed plan to disarm Hezbollah, a move Rania Khalek says is plunging the country into political crisis.

“Since last year’s ceasefire, Israel has violated it over 4,000 times, bombing Lebanon, assassinating people, flying constant drones,” she says, noting that the Lebanese army “does not fight Israel” and is now being used to take away the Lebanese people’s only means of defense. The proposal offers “zero guarantees” that Israel will stop its attacks, and Khalek argues it’s part of a US strategy to strip Lebanon of its defenses or stoke instability and civil war. “The only thing standing in the way of Israel occupying southern Lebanon is Hezbollah’s weapons and their willingness to fight.”