Israeli attacks killed 36 people across Lebanon

Amid increasing Israeli attacks, at least 36 people were killed and 150 wounded across Lebanon on Monday, the Lebanese Health Ministry said.

Israeli strikes on southern Beirut suburbs continue

<sub>Smoke rises over Dahiyeh area after the Israeli army carried out air strikes in the south of the capital Beirut


A view shows a damaged site in the aftermath of Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs


Smoke rises from an Israeli air strike in Dahiyeh</sub>

Four Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs in past few hours

The Israeli army issued a warning that it’s going to hit a number of buildings in Dahiyeh, the southern suburb of Beirut.

There have been at least four strikes in the past couple of hours. We don’t know the extent of the damage yet. We cannot independently verify it but Israel said the strikes targeted Hezbollah intelligence quarters.

They’ve often said this, but it’s extremely difficult to get in there. It’s even difficult for paramedics to see if there are any injuries or fatalities.

In the Baalbek region, a small village was struck and we’ve seen flames going up into the night sky. We know that there was an Israeli strike but we don’t know exactly what they were hitting, but we do know that flames have been burning for hours.

Netanyahu bars his defence minister from visiting US

Netanyahu says Defence Minister Gallant’s planned visit to the US tomorrow to meet his counterpart Lloyd Austin has not been approved until he speaks to President Biden first, Israeli media have reported.

Gallant’s scheduled visit to speak to Austin was expected to concern Israel’s response to Iran’s missile attack last week. However, according to Israeli news outlets, which cited sources familiar with the matter, Netanyahu spoke to Gallant this evening and said he was not approving the one-day visit.

Netanyahu also said the security cabinet must have final approval over the planned response to Iran’s attack before Gallant leaves.

Pentagon confirms Gallant’s US visit cancelled

As we reported earlier, Netanyahu has barred the Israeli defence minister from going to the US for a meeting with his counterpart Lloyd Austin.

A Pentagon spokesperson confirmed the cancellation, saying the US Defense Department looks forward to welcoming Gallant at a later date. Israeli media reported that Netanyahu decided to bar Gallant from visiting Washington on Wednesday because he wanted to speak to Biden before the visit.

Netanyahu feeling empowered in address to Lebanese citizens

It seems that Netanyahu feels emboldened and empowered. He is riding on that high of the victory he declared 24 hours ago that Israel was achieving.

In fact, he not only threatened the people of Lebanon, he incited them to fight Hezbollah. To “liberate” Lebanon from Hezbollah, a movement and party that is part of the social fabric and has elected members in parliament, represents an important component in Lebanese society.

So, that evokes or promotes thoughts and memories in the region of the Lebanese civil war, which was very bloody and very complicated because of outside intervention, including from Israel.

Israel issues evacuation orders for Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital

The management of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza says that Israeli forces have called for a full evacuation of all patients and wounded from the hospital within 24 hours. The management said that the Israeli army arrested a paramedic and obstructed the evacuation of premature infants.

“The occupation seeks to put the health system out of service to displace the residents of northern Gaza,” the management added.

Dr Hossam Abu Safia, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital said, “The military reached out to me directly with a clear threat, stating that by tomorrow all patients at Kamal Adwan Hospital must be evacuated, and the hospital, including its medical staff, must be cleared out otherwise, we will be putting ourselves in danger. This is an explicit threat.”

_{Palestinians, injured in Israeli attacks on Jabaliya camp, are brought to Kamal Adwan Hospital for treatment in northern Gaza on Monday}

“It is evident that there is a new plan to displace our people in northern Gaza by dismantling the healthcare system across all its sectors in this region. We urge the world to intervene to stop this terrifying decision, which does not serve the people of northern Gaza.

“We have informed everyone that the northern region is densely populated with a significant number of residents. We have the right to continue providing services to these people.

“We will remain steadfast, we will stay and we will continue to offer medical services no matter the cost.”

_{Palestinians, injured in Israeli attacks on Jabaliya camp, are brought to Kamal Adwan Hospital for treatment in northern Gaza on Monday}

Israeli forces opened fire on Gaza hospital administration office

We reported earlier that Israeli soldiers have ordered evacuation of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. The hospital officials are now saying that the threats have now increased with forces opening fire at the administration office, according to the Health Ministry.

The ministry also said:

 
Al Jazeera cameraman severely wounded in Israeli bombing on Al-Aqsa Hospital

Ali al-Attar, 27, was wounded in a bombing that targeted Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza.

Al-Attar was wounded as two pieces of shrapnel hit his head following the bombing that targeted a police checkpoint inside the hospital next to the journalists’ tents where he was located. He is currently suffering from a skull fracture and internal bleeding in the brain, and doctors have described his condition as critical, especially in light of the depleted medical facilities.

Journalists and media professionals are appealing to international humanitarian and media organisations to intervene to transfer al-Attar for treatment outside Gaza. Journalists have been forced to work from inside hospitals during the war due to lack of electricity, internet and workspace.

_{Ali al-Attar while covering Israeli attacks on Gaza}

Israeli settlers, forces attack various areas in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers have attacked the Umm Safa village, northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Wafa news agency is reporting the head of the village council Marwan Sabbah as saying that settlers threw stones at houses and set adjacent tracts of land on fire.

He said that settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, took over plots of land and set up caravans to live in as a prelude to the creation of a new settlement.

Israeli forces also raided the town of Deir Balout, west of the city of Salfit, as well as the Madama village, south of Nablus, triggering confrontations with young Palestinian men.

Israeli forces besiege Hebron neighbourhood as settlers carry out more attacks

Israeli forces tightened the siege on the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood in central Hebron City, according to a human rights activist.

Imad Abu Shamsieh said that Israeli forces sealed off all entrances leading to the neighbourhood, as settlers held a rally in the area, chanting anti-Palestine slogans.

The Palestinian neighbourhood is located in the Israeli-controlled area of the old town, known as H2, where several hundred hardline Jewish settlers are based. Israel heavily restricts the movement and activity of Palestinians in the H2 area while allowing the settlers free movement and access.

Meanwhile, settlers attacked Palestinians’ vehicles near Khan al-Ahmar village, east of the occupied West Bank city of Jerusalem. Wafa reported that settlers attacked and damaged the cars of Palestinians who were passing by the village.

Beirut’s Dahiyeh suburb ‘completely unrecognisable’ after Israeli attacks

This would make it about five strikes just in the past few hours throughout the evening and into the early hours of the morning. The Israeli army did issue warnings that a number of buildings would be struck and they have indeed struck those buildings, as far as we know.

They said they were aiming for a Hezbollah intelligence headquarters and also a Hezbollah commander. We have no verification whether that was the case, whether they did hit them.

It is very difficult to get in and out of the suburb of Dahiyeh at the moment. I’ve seen videos coming out of there… and really, the place is in total destruction – buildings destroyed, roads destroyed. Completely unrecognisable.

We have also seen a massive explosion take place in the Baalbek region in the Bekaa Valley this evening. There was a huge fireball that went up into the night sky.

Fourth Israeli division on Lebanon border as evacuation ordered for coast

Israel has stated that it is putting a fourth division on the border between Lebanon and Israel. The Israeli army has been very quiet about how many soldiers that means.

But Israeli media has been saying that it is about 15,000 upwards. Military analysts are hazarding a guess – they’re saying at least 15,000. And many say this means they are really going to push towards more face-to-face combat with Hezbollah and try to push into that border territory.

We also know that there were evacuation orders given by the Israelis a couple of days ago along Lebanon’s coast. This will cut off about a quarter of the country’s coastline.

The Israeli army has warned residents along those beaches from the Awali River to about 60km (37 miles) south to the border to evacuate. So, again, a huge number of civilians are having to leave their homes and join 1.2 million people who are already displaced in Lebanon.

Hezbollah clashes with Israeli troops in southern Lebanon

The Lebanese armed group said it detonated an explosive device and clashed with Israeli troops as they tried to infiltrate southern Lebanon through the town of Blida.

The claim came as Israel expanded its ground operation in Lebanon, deploying a fourth division to the south of the country.

Earlier, Hezbollah’s deputy leader said Israeli forces had not been able to advance since they launched the ground incursion into Lebanon a week ago.

Israeli forces kill 9 Palestinians from one family in Shujayea

The Wafa news agency is reporting that paramedics have recovered the bodies of nine people from one family following an Israeli attack on a residential building in the Shujayea neighbourhood in northern Gaza.

The victims were from the Farhat family and their bodies were transferred to Gaza City’s Baptist Hospital, the agency reported. The attacks followed a day of relentless Israeli bombardment that killed 43 people across Gaza, according to medical sources.

The Palestinian Civil Defence warned earlier of a worsening humanitarian situation in northern Gaza, saying that Israeli forces were “preventing the entry of water, food and medical supplies” to the area and “committing massacres, killing dozens and injuring hundreds”.

Eight Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on central Gaza

More on Israel’s continuing attacks on the Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps.

The Wafa news agency is reporting that paramedics recovered the bodies of three people, including a child, after Israeli fighter jets bombed a house belonging to the Al Jamal family in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Emergency workers also retrieved the bodies of four people, including another child, after Israeli fighter jets bombed the Al Khalidi family biome in the Bureij refugee camp.

On Tuesday alone, Israeli forces killed 25 Palestinians in the Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps. Many of the victims were women and children.

Gaza hospital director says will not comply with Israeli order to shut facility

Dr Hussam Abu Safia, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, said the “situation is disastrous” amid threats and warnings by the Israeli military that all staff and patients must leave the hospital.

The director also said that the hospital intends to remain open, despite the order to shut down.

“They told us formally and they are threatening us that we need to leave the hospital. We need to evacuate and render the hospital out of service,” Abu Safiya told Al Jazeera.

“We have also to evacuate all the employees from the different departments within the hospital, so that the hospital will be completely out of service. There will be no patients. No medical staff. Otherwise, the occupation will do exactly what they did with al-Shifa Hospital,” Abu Safiya said.

“We have babies and newborns that are in the ICU,” he said. “Even if we can evacuate a few patients, we cannot leave the hospital because there is no other hospital that is providing services and treatment to children, except Kamal Adwan Hospital,” he added.

“We will continue to provide services even if the army enters the hospital. We will continue to provide services because we are providing, first of all, humanitarian services that are not violating international humanitarian law and we are urging all international organisations to support us.”

Israel’s military deploys more troops into Gaza’s Jabalia

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israel’s military is sending in more troops as reinforcements into the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

Al Jazeera’s correspondents on the ground reported that dozens of bodies of Palestinians are lying on streets across the camp and that rescue workers are unable to reach them due to continuous Israeli bombardment.

Israel’s ground assault on Jabalia comes after its military on Sunday ordered the evacuation of all of northern Gaza. Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli forces ordered the evacuation of three hospitals in the area and threatened to arrest those who did not leave.

The Wafa news agency said residents in Jabalia “fear being forcibly displaced” from the camp “through starvation and continuous bombardment” amid Israeli media reports of plans to create a military zone in northern Gaza.

_{Displaced Palestinians flee areas in northern Gaza following an Israeli evacuation order in Jabalia, October 6}

365 Days of Israel’s war on Gaza, 76 years of occupation

Seventy-six years after the Nakba, Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza is unfolding before the eyes of the world.

Where are the Israeli captives taken in the Hamas-led October 7 attack?

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Despite pressure to agree to a deal that would see captives released, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has not budged.


_{Israeli protesters call for the release of the captives in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house in West Jerusalem on October 7}

It has been a year since the Hamas-led attack on Israel in which 1,139 people were killed and about 250 captured and taken to the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian armed groups led by Hamas’s armed wing attacked several areas in southern Israel. Israeli officials said 251 people were taken captive, including women, men, children and the elderly.

Among them were 23 Thai nationals, one Nepali national and one Filipino national who were working or studying in Israel. Several were dual nationals. It is unclear how many of the captives hold dual citizenship. However, at least 15 of those released were from Mexico, Germany, Argentina, Ireland, the United States and South Africa. The US says 12 Americans were taken captive and seven are still in captivity.

The captives were believed to have been taken to different locations in the Gaza Strip by fighters from different Palestinian groups.

Nearly half the captives have been released. Others are still in captivity with some confirmed or feared dead.

• Israeli officials said 117 have been returned to Israel.
• Israeli and US officials say 101 people are still in Gaza.
• At least 33 bodies have been recovered by Israeli forces as of September 1, according to the Israeli government.

Hamas so far released 109 of the captives

• Some of the captives were unilaterally released by Hamas from October 20 to October 23, based on “humanitarian grounds”.
• Those released include: Natalie, 17, and Judith Tai Raanan, 59, (released on October 20) as well as Yochevid Lifshitz, 85, and Nurit Cooper, 79, (released on October 23).
• One hundred and five captives were released as part of a prisoner exchange mediated by the Qatari government from November 24 to December 1. They were 81 Israelis, 23 Thai workers and one person from the Philippines.

In return, Israel freed about 240 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, many of whom were minors and many more who had not been convicted of a crime. Within the first four days of the temporary ceasefire, Israel arrested more than 130 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
(And since then many of the released Palestinians have been re-imprisoned)

Eight people have been rescued alive from Gaza by Israeli forces, often during heavy shelling that kills scores of Palestinians:

• On October 31, Israeli forces rescued a female soldier, 18-year-old Ori Megidish, from northern Gaza.
• On February 12, two Argentinian-Israeli men – Louis Har, 70, and Fernando Marman, 60 – were rescued in Rafah in a raid that reportedly killed 100 Palestinians.
• On June 8, Israeli soldiers killed more than 270 people and injured 700 in a raid to rescue four captives from the Nuseirat refugee camp: Noa Argamani, 25; Andrey Kovlov, 27; Shlomi Ziv, 40; and Almog Meir Jan, 21.
• One man, Kaid Farhan Elkadi, 52, was found in southern Gaza on August 24 by Israeli soldiers.

As of September 1, about 101 captives were believed to still be in Gaza, according to Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari. They include more than 30 people Israeli officials said are likely dead.

• On August 12, Abu Obeida, a spokesperson for Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, confirmed that Hamas guards had killed a male captive and seriously wounded two female captives in separate incidents.
• On Monday, the Israeli group Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement on X that officials informed the family of Idan Shtivi, a 28-year-old male captive, of his death.

At least 33 bodies have been recovered, according to Israeli forces, including:

• Three captives who were killed by Israel on November 10 in an air raid that Israel said targeted a tunnel where Hamas commander Ahmed Ghandour operated. Officials initially denied Israel was responsible for the killings but admitted that it was “likely” last month.
• Three men who had escaped their captors and were killed by Israeli forces on December 15 in the Shujayea area of Gaza. The soldiers opened fire even though the three men waved white flags and spoke in Hebrew to the soldiers.
• Six captives who were found dead in a tunnel complex in Rafah on September 1. Hamas said they had been killed by Israeli bombs. Israel said they were shot by Hamas members.

Despite pressure from families of the remaining captives to accept a ceasefire Hamas proposed that would see all of them freed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is insisting that Hamas must release the captives before any ceasefire can be negotiated.

Netanyahu has faced even more pressure from the families as Israel has widened its war by attacking Lebanon last week. Some accuse Netanyahu of not prioritising the captives but focusing instead on starting wars with Israel’s neighbours for political gain. A captive deal “has certainly fallen off the table when it comes to this government”, Al Jazeera’s Stephanie Dekker said.

Demonstrations demanding the release of the captives have been held weekly in Israeli cities in recent months. Hamas, meanwhile, has maintained it will not release the captives unless Israel agrees to and implements a complete ceasefire in Gaza.

_{Relatives and supporters of captives taken by Palestinian fighters on October 7, 2023, mourn at a memorial at the site of the Nova music festival on the first anniversary of the Hamas-led attack}

Israeli PM tells Lebanon, either ‘liberate’ from Hezbollah or suffer ‘fate of Gaza'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a message – in English – to the people of Lebanon, telling them that his country has assassinated the leader of Hezbollah as well as his successors.

This was said despite that detail not being confirmed by either Hezbollah or the Israeli security establishment. Nonetheless, Netanyahu gave the Lebanese people a choice between the fate of Gaza, which has been going through a genocide and a very destructive war for the past 12 months, or “liberation”, as he put it, from Hezbollah.

In a way, Netanyahu is kind of inciting internal strife in Lebanon [by calling on people to fight Hezbollah], in exchange for saving that country from the wrath of war.