Four killed in Israeli attack on Nuseirat refugee camp

Ambulance crews have recovered the bodies of four people from under the rubble after Israeli forces shelled the group as they stood in front of the al-Najjar family home in Nuseirat, according to the Wafa news agency.

Military raids end across West Bank

Military raids that took place across the occupied West Bank overnight have now ended. However, these raids are frequent and could take place at any time.

One Palestinian was wounded by Israeli forces in a village near Bethlehem and military raids took place around Jenin, where at least one person was arrested, as well as in Nablus and Tulkarem.

The Israeli military stormed residential neighborhoods in the middle of the night and since October 7, the number of these raids has tripled while settler attacks have also risen.

Peace impossible as long as Palestine ‘groans’ under Israeli occupation: Official

Mahmoud al-Habbash, the Palestinian Authority’s chief justice and adviser to President Abbas, says, “There will be no peace in the world as long as Palestine is groaning under the yoke of Israeli occupation.”

He made the remarks during the 20th World Islamic Forum in Moscow.

The Wafa news agency quoted him as saying that the Palestinian people have been subjected to genocide in Gaza through the complete destruction of infrastructure, homes, mosques, churches and schools.

In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinians are being subjected to “a barbaric Israeli aggression, a war of extermination and ethnic cleansing”, al-Habbash said.

Chris Hedges Warns of Major Escalations in The Middle East



This is a clip from our show SYSTEM UPDATE, now airing every weeknight at 7pm ET on Rumble. You can watch the full episode for FREE here:
https://rumble.com/v5fn4cb-journalist-chris-hedges-on-media-terror-gaza-and-more-system-update-338.html

Now available as a podcast! Find full episodes here: https://linktr.ee/systemupdate_

Israel ‘salting Hezbollah’s wounds'

Israel released a statement that can only be described as salting Hezbollah’s wounds. This is nearly 24 hours since carrying out their latest assassination attack against Hezbollah in Beirut. They made public specifics about the operation on their social media. The Israeli army says it used precise strikes – that the Israeli jets were guided by the Intelligence Directorate.

The breadth and length, the specific names provided here, the structure of the command and control of the Radwan Force that they targeted – all of these details really do illustrate that Israel is sending out a very clear signal – it has a strong intelligence apparatus, not just in Israel but on the ground; it has that human intelligence asset readily available.

What they are trying to do – emboldened by the attacks they carried out – and they want to use overwhelming force and carry out episodic attacks against multiple fronts to try to force groups like Hezbollah and Hamas to make a tactical retreat, to come to the table, and to accept terms at the end of a very big stake.

Thus sticking to the same strategy that hasn't worked for the past 76 years. Problem is, with today's social media, claiming to be the victim when Hamas or Hezbollah strikes back doesn't work anymore. Well it still does in the Western Media, yet the UN, ICJ, ICC, WHO, and so on, are not fooled anymore.

This tactic hasn't worked to force Hamas to accept a temporary ceasefire deal for prisoner exchange, what does Israel hope to achieve against Hezbollah.

All-out war between Israel and Lebanon would ‘solve nothing’

An all-out war between Israel and Lebanon would “end in bloodbath” and “solve nothing”, Gideon Levy, an Israeli columnist at newspaper Haaretz, has told Al Jazeera.

Commenting on the Israeli army’s intensifying cross-border raids on southern Lebanon, Levy said it remains to be seen whether this is “the prelude for a ground operation, or if it is aimed at putting pressure on Hezbollah”.

“If [Israel] is going for an all-out war against Hezbollah, it is going to regret it, and I say it as an Israeli. It will solve nothing,” he said.

“The Israeli rhetoric speaks about an all-out war and a regional war,” he said, adding that this would result in “failure” to defeat Hezbollah, a much better-equipped group than Hamas in Gaza.

Israel says 180 targets ‘dismantled’ in southern Lebanon

The Israeli army says it “dismantled approximately 180 targets and thousands of launcher barrels” in southern Lebanon in the past hours, amid reports of the heaviest crossfire since Israel and Hezbollah began confrontations on October 8 last year.

Additionally, it said “approximately 90 projectile launches were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory”.

“The [Israeli military] will continue operating to dismantle and degrade Hezbollah’s capabilities and terror infrastructure,” it added in a statement.

Four injured in Lebanon following Israeli attacks: Report

An Israeli air raid on Qatrani Heights in southern Lebanon seriously wounded one person, the National News Agency reports.

More Israeli attacks targeted the western Bekaa Valley, a Hezbollah stronghold, causing minor injuries to three others who are currently receiving treatment at a hospital, it added.

Hezbollah fired 140 rockets into northern Israel saying it targeted military sites in retaliation for intensifying bombardment. There was no immediate report of casualties.

Lebanon PM cancels trip to UN, says stopping Israel a priority

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has cancelled a trip to the United Nations General Assembly after deadly attacks in the past week, which he decried as a “horrific massacres”.

Mikati said in a statement that he cancelled his trip “in light of the developments linked to the Israeli aggression on Lebanon”, after an Israeli raid on Beirut’s southern suburbs and attacks on Hezbollah devices blamed on Israel.

He said that no priority was higher than stopping Israel’s “massacres” and the various wars it is waging and called on the international community to take a stand against such actions.

‘We’re dealing with criminal wars’

Israel has committed a war crime when it blew up thousands of communication devices in Lebanon, says Geoffrey Nice, a British human rights lawyer who led the prosecution of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic in The Hague.

“The pagers and walkie-talkies were of unknown position and destination when they were activated, therefore, it was impossible for Israel to contemplate whether the outcome would be proportionate,” Nice told Al Jazeera, speaking from Canterbury in the UK.

“The international community needs to confront that we’re dealing with criminal wars. And the only value the law can provide is to be encouraged to investigate,” he said.

Sullivan made ‘shocking’ statement on Beirut attack

Mohamad Elmasry, professor in the media studies programme at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, says he is not surprised by the “shocking statement” made by US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan who indicated that the Israeli assassination of a top Hezbollah leader brought justice to the group – despite at least 37 Lebanese being killed in the same attack.

“The United States has a long history of its own war crimes and it has been covering for Israeli crimes not only during the past 11.5 months, but for decades now – giving Israel cover at the UN and in other diplomatic circles and supplying Israel with weapons to target civilians,” Elmasry told Al Jazeera.

“The US is acting like the neighbourhood drug dealer who tells the addict they really should stop doing drugs but constantly supplying them with drugs,” he said.

“The US says one thing but it’s doing another – supplying Israel with weaponry and telling everybody it wants a ceasefire but then vetoing ceasefire resolutions at the UN.”

US: Spate of attacks on Hezbollah may lead to ‘cessation of hostilities’

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says the risk of further escalation is “acute” following the targeting of senior Hezbollah leaders and the detonation of communication devices across Lebanon.

But he suggested the widescale attacks could actually dampen rising tensions in the Middle East region.

“While the risk of escalation is real, we actually believe there is also a distinct avenue to getting to a cessation of hostilities and a durable solution that makes people on both sides of the border feel secure,” Sullivan told reporters.

The blowing up of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon this week killed at least 39 and injured roughly 3,000 people. Israel has been widely blamed but has not taken responsibility for the brazen attacks.

Seems more likely every day the USA was in on this 'stunt'. Just as delusional as Netanyahu, always going with the bigger bomb instead of diplomacy. The only thing the US succeeds in is keeping the ME permanently at the brink of war.

Might doesn't make right, it only makes more long term enemies.

Can Israel’s Hezbollah attacks help return civilians to the north?

Israel’s deadly attacks on Hezbollah have been dramatic and damaging to the Lebanese group, but whether they’ll help in the stated military goal of returning tens of thousands of Israeli civilians to the country’s north remains to be seen, a Beirut-based analyst says.

Security and political affairs analyst Ali Rizk says the plan to safely returning Israelis is still in jeopardy as Hezbollah continues to fire rockets and drones at will.

“These operations do make for show and allow Netanyahu to further promote himself as being ‘Mr Security’, but on the ground I’m not sure how much a difference they’re going to make,” Rizk told Al Jazeera.

“Hezbollah will always possess this capability to carry out these missile attacks.”

‘Everything is ready,’ says Israeli air force chief

Israel’s air force says fighter jets attacked “thousands” of Hezbollah rocket-launch sites pointing towards the country.

Heavy artillery was also fired into several areas in southern Lebanon over the last few hours, the army said in a statement.

“We are continuing to maintain the highest possible level of readiness in the air force – especially in defence, but this has been for a while, and in the offence. We placed all the air force’s capabilities … on the shelf. Everything is ready,” said air force chief Major-General Tomer Bar.

“Now, in accordance with the developments, we are taking the plans that are most suitable for the context.” The military “continues to damage and degrade the terrorist capabilities and infrastructure of the terrorist organization Hezbollah”, it said.

Israeli fighter jets striking ‘widely’ in southern Lebanon: Military

The Israeli military said dozens of warplanes are attacking Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon as cross-border exchanges intensify amid growing fears of all-out war with Lebanon.

Israel also announced additional security measures for the country’s north.

“In the last hour we are attacking widely in southern Lebanon following the identification of Hezbollah’s preparations to fire into Israeli territory,” military spokesperson Rear-Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a televised statement.

“Dozens of air force aircraft are currently attacking terror targets and launchers to eliminate threats against the citizens of Israel.”

Earlier the military said it hit “thousands” of rocket launcher barrels and other targets belonging to Hezbollah.

‘Significant opportunities, heavy risks’: Israel’s defence chief

Hezbollah is on the run and attacks on Lebanon will continue in the effort to return tens of thousands of civilians to northern Israel, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant says.

“This is a new phase in the war, it has significant opportunities but also heavy risks. Hezbollah is feeling chased and the sequence of our military operations will continue,” Gallant was quoted as saying by Israeli media during a meeting with officials.

“Our goal is to return the residents of the north to their homes safely. As time goes by, Hezbollah will pay an increasing price. At the same time, we will continue and carry out the effort to return the hostages and dismantle Hamas.”

Israeli army restricts civilian movements in the north

The Israeli military says gatherings of civilians – from the northern city of Haifa up to the border with Lebanon – will be restricted in anticipation of retaliation for Israeli attacks on Hezbollah.

An Israeli attack wrecked two buildings in the Lebanese capital Beirut during rush hour on Friday, killing at least 37 people and wounding dozens more. Among the dead was senior Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil – along with three children and seven women.

More southern Lebanon towns targeted by Israel

Israel’s military continues to pound southern Lebanon with the towns of Tayr Harfa, Sheihin, Jibeen, Zebqin, and Dahira taking fire, the National News Agency reports.

The Israeli military also carried out renewed attacks on the outskirts of Tafahata and al-Bissariya, NNA said. Hezbollah says it will keep fighting Israel until it agrees to a ceasefire in its devastating war on Gaza.

_{Rescue teams work to extinguish flames on a house in northern Israel following a rocket attack from Lebanon}

Jordan urges citizens to evacuate Lebanon immediately

The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a renewed warning to its citizens advising against travel to Lebanon because of the continuing Israeli attacks.

The ministry also urged Jordanians currently in Lebanon to leave the country.

On Saturday, Israel launched an intense wave of air raids on southern Lebanon. The Lebanese group responded by firing a large number of rockets – some of the heaviest fighting since the war on Gaza broke out last October.

_{Sparks fly at the site of an Israeli air strike on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of Zawtar late on Saturday}

Witnesses recount Israeli air raid on school-turned-shelter in Gaza City

Three witnesses have described an Israeli attack that hit a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood, killing at least 22 people.

Randa Khalil said two missiles hit the place filled with “normal displaced people”.

“The Israelis hit us with two missiles without any prior warning. Suddenly, the missiles targeted us in the school. Three floors of the building were destroyed at once,” Khalil said, describing the sounds as “massive” and “scary”.

Rawand Ahmed said that “blood was all over the place, people were killed and torn up, pieces of their flesh were scattered on the walls and on our faces”.

“A woman who was about to give birth in a few days was killed and her fetus came out of her womb. The victims have made nothing wrong and haven’t commit any sins to be killed in such a brutal way,” Ahmed added.

Ahmed Masour said the survivors had “no other places to go to”. “We have no other alternatives. There are no safe houses and no safe shelters and no safe schools any more. Even the streets are not safe places for us,” he said.

Jordan condemns latest Israeli attack on Gaza school

Jordan’s foreign ministry denounced what it called a “systematic and continuous targeting of civilians and shelters for Palestinian displaced persons in the Gaza Strip”.

It referred to the killing of at least 22 Palestinians in an Israeli air raid that hit a school sheltering displaced people in northern Gaza City. Ministry spokesperson Sufyan al-Qudah said Jordan rejects, “Israel’s continued violations of international law and international humanitarian law.”

Al-Qudah stressed the need to provide civilians with basic services and humanitarian shelters, which international law stipulates must be protected at all costs, a statement said.

Qassam Brigades hits Israeli soldiers in southern Gaza

The armed-wing of Hamas says its forces targeted two homes with Israeli forces stationed inside with four shells east of the Tannour neighborhood in the city of Rafah.

The attack led to an unspecified number of deaths and injuries, the armed group claimed.

Heavy fighting between Israel troops and Hamas fighters has increased in the past week as tanks and soldiers push deeper into the southern city. Last week, Israel’s army claimed Hamas’s Rafah Brigade had been “dismantled” with 2,000 fighters killed.