Six wounded in stabbing attack in Israel

At least six people were wounded, two seriously, in a stabbing attack in the Israeli city of Hadera.

“The terrorist has been neutralized,” police said in a statement. “Four separate locations have been identified, resulting in six victims with stab wounds.” The police did not immediately provide other details, but issued a brief video of the suspected attacker being apprehended.

Of the six people rushed to the hospital, at least two were in serious condition, according to medical officials. “We treated several injured individuals in varying conditions, some of whom were in serious condition,” said emergency service provider Magen David Adom.

Three seperate rocket attacks ‘concerning’ for Israel

The [air] defence systems failed several times to intercept all the rockets.

Some civilians had remained in those northern areas. They were encouraged by the Israeli government, who said they were launching this offensive against Lebanon to allow for the return of those who had left so they could resume their normal lives.

Now, they feel they need to leave those communities and head further south in order to be safer and away from the reach of the rockets. Those rocket [attacks] have been intensifying, not just in number, but also in reach as the Israeli offensive on Lebanon intensifies.

US evacuating its citizens from Lebanon ahead of further Israeli strikes: White House

White House press spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre says the US is working to get Americans out of Lebanon ahead of a potential Israeli attack. Jean-Pierre said the US embassy in Beirut remains open and can help Americans who need emergency passports or other documentation.

The US will continue to provide aircraft as long as the Beirut airport remains open.

_{Smoke rises over the Dahiyeh neighbourhood after the Israeli army carried out airstrikes in the south of the capital Beirut, Lebanon, on October 8}


Lebanon studying prefab ‘villages’ for war displaced

The Lebanese government has said it was mulling establishing at least two pre-fabricated “villages” to help shelter some of the hundreds of thousands of civilians displaced by intense Israeli bombing.

Environment Minister Nasser Yassin, who heads the government’s disaster management unit, said a “working paper” outlined options for shelters, including “setting up ready-made homes on some open, public land”.

“The matter depends on a number of criteria… related to the question of infrastructure as well as social and security” issues, he said in a statement released by Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s office.

“There are two locations… where pre-fabricated houses can be set up in cooperation with friendly countries, including Arab countries that have expressed readiness to cover the construction of these villages,” he said, without specifying which countries.

Israel’s bombardment has prompted some 1.2 million people to flee their homes, mostly since September 23, according to Lebanese officials.

More than 400,000 people have sought refuge in neighbouring Syria, according to Lebanese figures.

Many of those displaced inside Lebanon are staying with relatives or renting accommodation, but those with no alternative are sleeping on the streets.

France to host Lebanon conference on October 24

France will hold an international ministerial conference over the crisis in Lebanon on October 24 that will focus on the political situation and humanitarian aid, the Foreign Ministry has said.

"Its objective will be to mobilise the international community to respond to the protection and emergency relief needs of the Lebanese population and to identify ways of supporting Lebanon’s institutions, in particular the Lebanese Armed Forces, which are the guarantors of the country’s internal stability,” the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said the conference would include regional and international partners of Lebanon, the UN as well as civil society partners.

“Faced with a serious and profound political and humanitarian crisis, France will recall through this conference the urgency of a cessation of hostilities and a diplomatic solution,” it said, adding that the appointment of a president should be a first step.

Urgency? Then why wait another 2 weeks. It should be held 2 weeks ago.

Israel’s economy is suffering from the war on Gaza, unlike the US

The fact that the cumulative weight of bombs dropped on Gaza exceeds that of those dropped during World War II is “extraordinary”, Will Hutton, political economist and journalist, tells Al Jazeera.

Israel could not have done this without US military aid, but it could have “done substantial damage on their own”, he said, adding that it is a “militarised society” and a “militarised economy”.

However, he said the war has not benefitted the Israeli economy, which is “flat lining and may even be in a recession”. He said almost everybody in Israel from the ages of 18 to 30 has either been called up or served in the military, which has led to a loss of manpower.

In contrast, he said, he could presume that the US, which is supplying the weapons, is manufacturing them using private companies, which are making a profit from the war on Gaza.

_{A man pushes a stroller while walking with a weapon in Tel Aviv, Israel}


Canada pledges humanitarian funding for Lebanon

Canada will provide 15 million Canadian dollars ($11 million) in new humanitarian assistance to support civilians affected by conflict in Lebanon, the Canadian foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

“Canada is deeply alarmed by the rapid escalation of the crisis in Lebanon. We are mobilizing to ensure that Canada is there to bring much-needed assistance to the Lebanese people,” Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement.

‘Dozens killed in Jabalia. No one can retrieve their bodies’

The Israeli military ground operation is ongoing against Jabalia refugee camp. We are here on the street corner of Jabalia al-Balad and Jabalia camp, where the Israeli forces shoot at anyone who moves in this street.

These are some displaced people who are trying to leave the street and to escape the scene. Also, the Israeli forces have set up a number of barriers, and they destroyed a number of citizens’ homes in order to close the street leading to Jabalia.

The Israeli military has deployed reinforcements here, and there are a number of dead and wounded in the eastern and northeastern areas of the camp. We can hear the sounds of gunfire. Dozens of people have been killed in the streets of the camp. No one can retrieve their bodies.

It’s a very difficult situation with the Israeli operation in the area now into its fifth successive day. The streets have been bulldozed, and the Israelis have created piles of earth as barriers to prevent any movement between Jabalia al-Balad and Jabalia camp.


_{People carry a wounded woman in Jabalia camp}

Al Jazeera cameraman wounded by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza

Cameraman Fadi al-Wahidi has been injured by Israeli military gunfire in northern Gaza, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

“Israeli forces shot at the Al Jazeera crew, and the network’s photographer, our beloved colleague Fadi al-Wahidi, was injured by a sniper’s bullet in the neck during our coverage,” Al Jazeera Arabic’s Anas al-Sharif said in a post on X.

_{Journalists film while standing before destroyed buildings in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday}

Israeli attacks on north Gaza ‘deepen sense of permanent displacement’

This is the fifth day in a row that the Israeli military is carrying out deadly attacks on trapped civilians in the northern part of the Strip.

It is doing it in a manner that will eventually force people out of the northern part of the Strip – part of a larger plan of making the entire northern part of the Gaza Strip quite uninhabitable, by destroying every means of life that have been somehow supporting their existence and presence for almost a year.

Since the early hours of this morning, the Israeli military has encircled the entirety of Jabalia – that includes Jabalia town and Jabalia refugee camp, from the eastern part of Salah al-Din Street all the way to the western part of Jabalia town – leaving one single exit out of the Jabalia area where it set up checkpoints for people to go through for the coming few days.



It is intensifying its across the northern part of the Strip including Beit Hanoon, Jabalia and Beit Lahiya where it targeted evacuation centres.

At midday, the Israeli military fired missiles at 10 sites inside Yemen Al-Saeed Hospital in Jabalia. This particular hospital was pushed out of service in the initial months of the war and turned into an evacuation centre for hundreds of displaced Palestinians whose homes and residential buildings were completely destroyed.

They have been sheltering in that area, seeking protection, but the Israeli military has forced the majority of people out of it. Those who managed to leave the area have given harrowing testimonies of what they experienced, including running for their lives under heavy artillery.

The fact that the Israeli military is deploying advanced quadcopters and surveillance drones that chase people as they leave the areas where they were told to evacuate from creates mayhem and a sense of intimidation, fear and concern – and deepens the sense of permanent displacement.

_{Residents of Jabalia refugee camp flee to other areas}

Journalist killed in northern Gaza, says Palestine Red Crescent

The PRCS says its teams transported to a hospital morgue the body of a journalist killed in an Israeli air raid “on a group of journalists at Abu Shrekh roundabout in northern Gaza.”

It did not identify them.

The Red Crescent also said that another injured person was transferred to al-Ahli al-Mamadani Hospital.

_{Journalists film while standing before destroyed buildings in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday}

Journalist killed in north Gaza identified

The Gaza Government Media Office has identified the Palestinian journalist killed by Israeli forces in northern Gaza as Mohammed Tanani. Tanani, who worked for Al-Aqsa TV, was killed while covering Israel’s siege of Jabalia camp, the media office said.

US-based media watchdog pressing for evacuation of wounded Al Jazeera journalist

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says it is pushing for the immediate evacuation of Al Jazeera cameraman Ali al-Attar, who was wounded in an Israeli attack near Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.

In a post on X, CPJ said: “He is in a critical condition and needs urgent treatment that cannot be supplied in Gaza because of the destruction by Israel of Gazan medical facilities.”

“The US – a defender of press freedom – should urge this.”

Israeli forces ‘intentionally’ target journalists

The Israeli military does not like any critical voices talking about the many atrocities that have been committed for a whole year of genocide. Right now, we are seeing more of these deliberate actions against civilians and journalists who are documenting these human rights violations.

The past 72 hours have been difficult for journalists.

We have an Al Jazeera cameraman that was targeted. He is in critical condition. Another colleague was hit by two small pieces of flying shrapnel when he was in his tent sleeping. The shrapnel pierced his skull, causing severe haemorrhages.

A journalist who works for a local channel was killed in the early hours, targeted by a quad copter.

Al Jazeera condemns Israel’s latest attack on journalists in Gaza

As we’ve been reporting, the Israeli army targeted a number of journalists working in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip this afternoon with gunfire, killing at least one and critically wounding Al Jazeera Arabic camera operator Fadi Al Wahidi in the neck.

Al Jazeera has issued a statement condemning this attack, saying, “This incident marks yet another grave violation against journalists in Gaza, where Israeli forces have been increasingly hostile toward media workers”.

“Al Wahidi was covering the Israeli bombardment and ground invasion of Jabalia camp, which has entered its fifth day. The Israeli military has ordered all residents to evacuate the camp, yet continues to target anyone attempting to move, while colleague Ali Al-Attar was covering the conditions of the displaced in Deir al-Balah”, the statement continues.

Al-Attar was wounded by Israeli forces two days ago and remains in critical condition. “The deliberate targeting of journalists is a flagrant violation of international laws protecting the press and humanitarian workers in war zones”, the statement goes on to say.

“Al Jazeera urgently calls on the international community to take immediate action to ensure the safety of journalists and civilians in Gaza, and hold the Israeli Occupation Forces accountable for their repeated crimes against journalists.”

UN data shows intensifying damage to agricultural in Gaza

More than 60 percent of Gaza’s cropland has been damaged by the continuing conflict, leaving 2 million people in urgent need of food, the latest UN data shows.

The satellite data collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) showed extensive damage to agricultural production exacerbating the humanitarian and hunger crisis.

The data showed 52.5 percent of agricultural wells and 44.3 percent of greenhouses have been damaged.

The inability to access food also hit the poultry sector as Palestinians in Gaza struggled to feed their animals. UN data showed dramatic losses in the sector, with only 1 percent of heads remaining alive.

Israeli military dropped 2,000-pound bombs in "dangerous proximities" to nearly all hospitals in Gaza, study finds

The Israeli military dropped highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs in “dangerous proximities” to nearly all Gaza’s hospitals during the early weeks of its war in the enclave, according to a peer-reviewed study published Wednesday, which cites a CNN investigation.

Between October 7 and November 17, 2023, Israel deployed 2,000-pound bombs within the “lethal range” of 25% of all hospitals in Gaza, according to an analysis of impact craters by researchers at Harvard and other universities.

The analysis also found impact craters from the bombs within the “infrastructure damage and injury range” of more than 83% of hospitals – 30 out of 36 – in the strip.

The report, published in the journal PLOS Global Public Health, comes as Israel orders the evacuation of three hospitals in northern Gaza amid a renewed military operation in the area. The Gaza health ministry has called for all medical institutions to be protected.

The use of 2,000-pound bombs in such close proximity to hospitals in late 2023 was a “clear violation of international humanitarian law, with tools that the US is supplying,” Dennis Kunichoff, a data analyst at Harvard University and lead author of the study, told CNN.

“When they [the bombs] hit the ground, they release about 1,000 pounds of shrapnel … at incredible speed,” he said. “Essentially, the force and the shrapnel can kill people and damage concrete infrastructure from hundreds of meters away.”

Responding to a request for comment on the findings, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said “allegations that the IDF fires indiscriminately undermines the significant and unprecedented efforts made by the IDF to accurately strike military infrastructure, objectives, and operatives.” The IDF added that it follows international law and “does not target civilian objects and civilians.”

Israel’s offensive in Gaza has created enough rubble to fill New York’s Central Park up to 26 feet



Israel’s yearlong offensive in Gaza, launched in the wake of the Hamas-led October 7 attacks, has forced about 1.9 million Palestinians from their homes, decimated the strip’s health care system, damaged cultural sites, eviscerated academic institutions, and spawned a humanitarian crisis of hunger, displacement and disease.

Palestinians say they are barely surviving, let alone able to rebuild, under Israel’s bombardment and siege. Many of Israel’s strikes have hit civilian infrastructure. Israel has for years said Hamas fighters use mosques, hospitals and other civilian buildings to hide from Israeli attacks and launch their own. Hamas has repeatedly denied the claims.

CNN has spoken to people in Gaza’s five governorates – Northern Gaza, Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah – whose lives and livelihoods have been turned to rubble, including doctors, shop owners, aid workers and educators.

As the Israeli military intensifies its war on multiple fronts in the region, people in Gaza fear the world’s focus has shifted from their plight.

“Gaza is not just a warzone. It is home to millions of people trying to live their lives, despite unimaginable circumstances,” Samer Abuzerr, a public health scientist and father-of-four displaced in central Gaza.

“We are more than victims of violence. We are doctors, teachers, students, parents – and we deserve the same dignity and humanity as anyone else. This war has not only shattered buildings, but also the very fabric of our society.”

See CNN’s data-led interactive reporting on the lives in Gaza reduced to rubble.

‘Bombs won’t bring quiet’

The parents of 49-year-old Israeli entrepreneur and activist Maoz Inon were killed in the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel.

He shared with Al Jazeera his views on the war, the Israeli government and the future of what he calls the Palestinian-Israeli peace movement.

“I was among the first ones to call to stop the war even before we started. And I was crying publicly for all the life that was lost. What we see now, it’s not Judaism. It’s not Zionism. It’s a mutation. It’s a mutation that took over,” he said.

“And it’s a mutation that is creating destruction within Judaism and Jewish people.”

In one year, at least 563 people killed sheltering in UNRWA facilities

The UN agency providing relief to Palestinian refugees says nearly 200 of its facilities have been hit during Israel’s yearlong war on Gaza:

It also said in a statement:

Doctors Without Borders shares harrowing messages by medics in Gaza

The medical aid and relief organisation has released several voice notes from staff in Gaza.

In one voice note dating back to October 20, 2023, Dr Obeid, a surgeon, said: “We amputated him, in front of his mother and sister, because there was no space. You cannot imagine this. This is our best. We cannot do more.”

In a post on X, Doctors Without Borders said, “It’s been a year of unrelenting horror, and an immediate and sustained ceasefire is needed more than ever.”

Messages during war: These are just some of the harrowing voice notes we have received from our staff in Gaza.

It's been a year of unrelenting horror, and an immediate and sustained ceasefire is needed more than ever. #ceasefirenow pic.twitter.com/Suapj1w6Sa

— Doctors w/o Borders (@MSF_USA) October 9, 2024

“No settler colony has the right to use force in order to maintain its territorial holdings and that is precisely what we’re seeing right now. The problem is that colonialism has been made invisible to people so that they don’t understand what it is and don’t have the language to use against it,” Erakat said.


_{Israeli female soldiers pose for a photo on a position on the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel, February 19}

Four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Nablus

The Palestine Red Crescent Society says four men have been killed by Israeli special forces in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.

According to initial reports, the attack was carried out by Israeli Special Forces in the centre of Nablus City. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that an undercover Israeli unit “sneaked their way into the city and opened gunfire on a vehicle”.

Palestinian factions have called for a general strike on Thursday in Nablus in response to the attack.

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz and Israeli Army Radio, citing the Israeli military, the Israeli Police and domestic security agency Shin Bet, say that five people were killed in the incident.

_{Palestinian people inspect the car that was hit by bullets in which four Palestinians were reportedly killed by Israeli special forces in the West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday}


Knife attack ‘very concerning for Israeli security establishment'

We know that the Israeli police have identified the attacker as a Palestinian citizen of Israel. The attack happened in three different locations in Hadera, injuring more than nine people. One of them, at least, is described in very critical condition.

Of course, this is very concerning for the Israeli security establishment, which has gone to great lengths to separate the Palestinian-Israeli community from Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

It declared, as part of its objectives, to make sure that there would be no signs of expressions of solidarity – no protests, no rallies, but certainly not any solidarity attacks.

And this comes after 2021, when another war on Gaza was raging, and there were wide protests and actions all across Israel from Palestinian-Israeli citizens.

This is the second attack by a Palestinian-Israeli citizen, and the minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, was highlighting the importance of his policy of handing out weapons to Jewish-Israeli citizens, so that they can take out such attackers and save, as he said, human lives.

For first time in weeks, Biden and Netanyahu speak

The US president and Israeli prime minister have just finished speaking over the phone in their first known conversation since August.

Since then, developments in the Middle East have spiraled to the brink of regional war, with Israel opening up a massive campaign against Lebanon and Iran carrying out a missile attack on Israeli territory in retaliation.

The talks between the two leaders are reported to have covered Israel’s response to Iran’s attack, which Israel has promised to carry out with the White House approving publicly.


_{In this handout photo from the Israeli Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his advisers hold a phone call with US President Joe Biden on Wednesday, October 9. Editor's note: Parts of this photo have been obscured by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office.}


Israel’s defence minister says response to Iran’s attack will be ‘surprising’

Israeli Army Radio and the Israeli newspaper Haaretz report that Yoav Gallant says Israel’s response to Iran’s missile attack last week “will be deadly, precise and above all surprising. They will not understand what happened and how.”

Iran ready to launch ‘thousands of missiles’ at Israel if attacked

A senior commander with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says Iran is prepared to mount operations much larger than the one last week if attacked by Israel.

“If we hit 200 there, we’re now prepared to land hundreds or thousands of missiles in their occupied territories and hit their security, military and economic centres,” said Ebrahim Jabbari, an advisor to IRGC chief commander Hossein Salami.

He pointed out that Israel is small in geographical size compared with Iran and must, therefore, be careful about the ramifications of an Iranian retaliation.

“We are a vast country. We have created the capability to strike from other points in the country if any one of our points are hit. But what are they going to do? The US won’t dare enter into battle with us, but we can quickly plough that little territory,” Jabbari said in reference to Israel.

EU warns commercial air traffic in Israeli airspace

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has warned airlines to have strict risk monitoring procedures for flights within the airspace of Israel.

“The European Commission and European Union Aviation Safety Agency have updated the Conflict Zone Information Bulletin (CZIB) for Israel issued on September 28. The revised CZIB recommends air operators to implement a stringent monitoring process and risk assessment for each flight when intending to operate within the airspace of Israel,” it said.

“The recommendation is valid until October 31 and can be reviewed earlier and adapted or withdrawn subject to the revised assessment,” it added.

This after Israel came under heavy attack from Iran last week in the form of a missile strike, and promised to retaliate with an attack on Iran.