According to sources close to Benjamin Netanyahu quoted by Haaretz, the Israeli prime minister is considering dismissing the heads of the Israeli army and the Shin Bet.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "did well to remove" his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Internal Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, a member of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, said.
"Congratulations to the prime minister for the decision to fire Gallant. With Gallant... absolute victory cannot be achieved -- and the prime minister did well to remove him from his position," Ben Gvir said on Telegram. said the minister in a message on Telegram.
The Israeli strike on Barja (Chouf) killed 15 people, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
The Israeli strike on an apartment in Barja (Chouf) killed several people, according to our correspondent.
Israeli protestors set a fire as they block a road in Tel Aviv on Nov. 5, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv this evening to protest the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, according to an AFP reporter on the scene. The demonstrators, armed with Israeli flags and drums, blocked Tel Aviv's main avenue and lit fires on the roads following the announcement of Gallant's dismissal, demanding that the Israeli government reach an agreement with Hamas to free the hostages still being held in the Gaza Strip.
The families of Israeli hostages kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023 and held in Gaza have expressed their "deep concern" after the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, calling on his successor to "give priority" to an agreement to free their loved ones.
The "sudden change" at the head of the Defense Ministry "could affect the fate" of the 97 hostages still being held, said the Families Forum, the main association of hostage relatives, in a statement. "We expect the new Minister, Israel Katz, to work closely with mediators and the international community to achieve the immediate release of all hostages," added the Forum.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an 8.30 p.m. drone attack on Israeli soldiers on the southeastern outskirts of Maroun al-Ras (Bint Jbeil).
Internally displaced persons staying at the Kamal Joumblatt public school, close to the building targeted earlier by an Israeli strike in Barja (Chouf), were injured by shards of glass, according to our correspondent. The targeted building partially collapsed.
The targeted building in Barja, Chouf, is located near the Kamal Joumblatt public school. Civilian families live there, reported our correspondent.
Nine people were injured, one of them seriously, in the Israeli strike on Barja, according to our correspondent.
At 5 p.m., Hezbollah targeted the Doviv barracks, opposite the Lebanese village of Yaroun, with a salvo of rockets.
An Israeli strike targeted an apartment in Barja, in the Chouf, with injuries reported, according to our correspondent.
An Israeli drone strike targeted a van between the Lebanese border town of Masnaa and the Syrian town of Jdeidet Yabous, according to our correspondent in the Bekaa.
⚡ Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was fired by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu, Reuters reported.
Gallant will be replaced by Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Gideon Sa'ar, an Israeli minister without portfolio, will assume Katz's role.
The Israeli army reported that it had targeted a "Hezbollah weapon storage facility in Qousseir," an area near the northern Syria's city of Homs.
Earlier today, Syrian news agency SANA reported that an "industrial area" was targeted by Israel in Qousseir.
Around 20 projectiles were fired at Israel's Western Galile, the Israeli army said, according to Haaretz. "Some were intercepted, and others fell in open areas."
Eleven people have been killed and 61 injured in Lebanon in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll from Israeli aggression against the country to 3,013 killed and 13,553 injured, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Here are the latest updates on Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa:
- An Israeli drone overflew the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sour, calling on residents to "evacuate and hand in their weapons," residents reported.
- Two airstrikes bombed Khiam (Marjayoun), with one missile failing to explode.
- Three people were injured, including one in critical condition, in the airstrike on Saadnayel (Zahle), reported earlier.
Latest updates on Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa:
- Three people were killed and three others injured in a recent airstrike that targeted the Qadmous area in the village of Aabbasieh (Sour district), reported our correspondent. All of the casualties are Syrian nationals.
- An Israeli drone flying at a low altitude over the village of Hanouiyeh (Sour district) and its vicinity, broadcasted a message for people to evacuate their houses and "hand over their weapons," residents told our correspondent in the region.
- Three airstrikes targeted the village of Saadnayel, central Bekaa. Zahle district.
Hezbollah announced that it targeted Israeli artillery positions in the village of Noot Mordechai in the Upper Galilee with a squadron of drones at 7 a.m.
Within the framework of the warning issued by Hezbollah to a "number of northern Israeli settlements," the group also said that it fired rockets at the city of Nahariyya at 5 p.m.
Israel's Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, told the Financial Times that Hezbollah's "ability to defend themselves in southern Lebanon is collapsing."
“We understand we’re in a unique opportunity — we have superiority over Hezbollah. They can’t resist," he said.
“Unlike in 2006, today Israel’s military achievements put us in a strong position to demand Hezbollah to push back its forces," Gallant added, referring to the 2006 war in Lebanon.
He also said that Israel cannot accept the "Iranian military in Syria.”
“We need to stop the transfer of weapons, especially powerful weapons, from Iran through Syria and Iraq to Lebanon,” Gallant added.
An American soldier has died after being wounded during a mission at the temporary jetty designed to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, the U.S. military announced on Tuesday. "It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Sergeant Quandarius Davon Stanley," said Captain Shkeila Milford-Glover, an army spokesperson, in a statement.
Within the framework of the warning issued by Hezbollah to a number of northern Israeli localities, Hezbollah announced that it fired rockets at Dalton, a village located near Safed, at 12 p.m.
The party also said that it fired a salvo of rockets at a group of Israeli soldiers in the village of Yiftah, located opposite to the Lebanese southern village of Khiam (Marjayoun district), and another at another group of soldiers in Margaliot, facing Lebanese Houla (Marjayoun), at 5 p.m.
The casualty toll of the Israeli airstrike on Jiyyeh (Chouf) has risen to one killed and 20 wounded, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Latest updates from southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent in the region:
- Israeli airstrikes targeted the town of Borgholiyeh (Sour district), leaving an undetermined number of casualties.
- Israeli warplanes bombed the villages of Haddatha (Bint Jbeil) and Sir al-Gharbiyeh (Nabatieh).
Dublin today approved the appointment of a Palestinian ambassador to Ireland, after recognizing the State of Palestine in the spring.
According to government sources, Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid, a diplomat currently head of the Palestine Mission in Ireland, will take up the new post. At the end of May, Ireland, Spain and Norway recognized the "sovereign and independent" state of Palestine, with the aim, they claim, of advancing towards peace in the Middle East.
The bodies of 12 people were recovered from under the rubble in the perimeter of the village of Khiam (Marjayoun district), according to our correspondent in southern Lebanon. They were all killed in Israeli attacks several days ago.
The mayor of the village of Wazzani, Ahmad al-Mohammad, told our correspondent that between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. today, the International and Lebanese Red Cross as well as the UNIFIL were able to recover the bodies of 12 people, including three women. He added that four people remain under the rubble and that rescue teams will recover them later.
A few days ago, five bodies were recovered from under the rubble in the same village.
Ogero, Lebanon's public operator for landline and internet services, announced it had restored service to several places in southern Lebanon, which had been damaged by Israeli attacks.
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Lebanon's caretaker health minister, Firas Abiad, said the sector would need "almost $120 million to cover expenses for the next six months."
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The casualty toll of the Israeli airstrike on Jiyyeh (Chouf) has risen to one killed and 16 wounded, according to our correspondent. They were all taken to hospitals in the region.
Hezbollah announced that it fired a barrage of rockets at the Israeli Meron air base at 12 p.m.
The party targeted this base three times yesterday.
An Israeli strike targeted the Syrian town of Qousseir, near the Lebanese border, Syria’s official news agency, Sana, reported. The strike hit an industrial zone in Qousseir, in Homs province, just a week after deadly strikes in the same area, according to Sana. Information on casualties was not immediately available. Hezbollah has previously operated in that area.
Four Israeli airstrikes targeted Shebaa, in southern Lebanon's Hasbaya district, reported our correspondent.
According to our correspondent in the region, five Israeli warplanes are visible in the airspace over North Lebanon, flying at medium altitude.
Heavy clashes are taking place on the outskirts of Ain Ebel and Hanine, near the village of Rmaish (Bint Jbeil), according to L'Orient Today's correspondent. Machine guns and rockets are being used in the clashes.
The Saint Charbel school, located near the targeted building in Jiyeh (Chouf), suffered damage, according to images circulating on social networks.
The Israeli airstrike on Jiyeh (Chouf) left one dead and eight injured, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent.
Israeli airstrikes targeted the outskirts of Anqoun (Saida) and the village of Deir el-Zahrani (Nabatieh), according to L'Orient Today's correspondent.
At the same time, L'Orient Today's correspondent reported that Israeli jets hit a house in Housh al-Rafqah (Baalbeck). The missile did not explode.
Four Palestinians were killed Tuesday by Israeli airstrikes in the northern occupied West Bank, according to several official Palestinian sources.
Two people were killed in the town of Tammun, Ahmad al-Assad, governor of Tubas, whose jurisdiction includes Tammun, told AFP.
Israeli warplanes have broken the sound barrier over the Western Bekaa and other parts of Lebanon, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent. Sonic booms could be heard in towns around Beirut.
Nine injured people were taken to hospital following an Israeli airstrike on Jiyeh (Chouf), according to L'Orient Today's correspondent.
L'Orient Today's correspondent in Bekaa previously reported that an Israeli airstrike on a car between Talia and Haour Taala (Baalbek) killed two people.
Later, the Ministry of Health issued two statements regarding two strikes in this region. According to the ministry, three people were killed in a strike in Haour Taala and two were killed and one injured in a strike in Talia. However, L'Orient Today's correspondent could only confirm that only one strike took place in this region.
The Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Tuesday a new death toll of 43,391 in the Palestinian territory since the start of the war with Israel more than a year ago.
At least 17 people have been killed in the past 24 hours, he said in a statement, adding that 102,347 people have been injured in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war, triggered by an unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that three people were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a car on the road between Haour Taala and Talia (Baalbeck).
Hezbollah announced that it fired missiles this morning at an explosives manufacturing plant located in Hadera, a city on the Israeli coast, halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa.
The party already targeted an anti-missile defense base located east of Hadera last Wednesday, using rockets and drones.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly willing to offer "several million dollars" for the release of each hostage held by the kidnappers, according to reports from Israeli Channel 12, reported by The Times of Israel.
According to these sources, the prime minister is also willing to guarantee "safe passage" out of Gaza for the kidnappers and their families if they release the hostages. Netanyahu reportedly gave these instructions during a security consultation held on Monday evening, thus illustrating the Israeli government's efforts to speed up the process of releasing those detained since the start of the conflict on Oct. 7, 2023.
(Credit: NNA)
Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari extended an official invitation to caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to attend the upcoming Arab Islamic Summit scheduled to be held in Riyadh on Nov. 11, according to the state-run National News Agency (NNA). The two men met at the Grand Serail.
Israeli planes carried out an airstrike on the town of Jiyeh (Chouf), according to L'Orient Today's correspondent.
Jiyeh is located about thirty kilometers south of Beirut, and about fifteen north of Saida, on the coast. It has rarely been targeted since the conflict began on Oct. 8, 2023.
More than 100 patients, including children suffering from trauma and chronic illnesses, will be evacuated from Gaza on Wednesday in a rare transfer out of the war-ravaged enclave, a World Health Organization official said, according to Reuters.
"These are ad hoc measures. What we have repeatedly asked for is a sustainable medical evacuation out of Gaza," said Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the occupied Palestinian territory, adding that 12,000 people were waiting to be transferred.
The patients will travel in a large convoy on Wednesday via the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel before flying to the United Arab Emirates, he added, and then some of them will go to Romania.
Israeli jets have carried out three new airstrikes on the western Bekaa, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent.
The Israeli army targeted the northern outskirts of the village of Mashghara, the main road between the villages of Sohmor and Yohmor and an area between Yohmor and Zellaya. No casualties have been reported so far.
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry is evacuating about 100 Russian citizens on a special flight from Beirut to Moscow, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the ministry. The information was relayed by Reuters.
In south Lebanon, the Israeli air force bombed Bazourieh and Shabriha (Sour) then Blat (Marjayoun) according to L'Orient Today's correspondent.
In the Bekaa, L'Orient Today's correspondent reported a drone strike on Talya on a car (Baalbeck). The fate of the driver is not yet known. Three missiles were fired.
At least 29 villages have been "completely destroyed" by Israel, in a 120 km strip from the Naqoura region (Sour) to Shebaa (Hasbaya), according to Mohamed Shamseddine, research director at the Lebanese polling institute Information International, in an interview with al-Sharq al-Awsat published this morning.
The expert cites in particular the villages of Aita al-Shaab, Kfar Kila, Odaisseh, Houla, Dhaira, Marwahine, Mhaibib and Khiam, which were completely destroyed, as well as some 25,000 houses, he added.
(Screenshot from a video posted by Sputnik on X)
Caretaker Health Minister Firas Abiad received this morning a plane carrying 20 tons of medical aid sent by Russia to Lebanon. The plane landed at the military base of Beirut International Airport, according to the state-run National News Agency (NNA). Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Rodakov and the chairman of the parliamentary Health Committee Bilal Abdallah (Progressive Socialist Party) were also present.
- The Israeli army bombed Kfar Joz (Nabatieh).
- The Israeli military said it intercepted part of a salvo of rockets fired from Lebanon toward northern Israel and said others fell in uninhabited areas, according to Haaretz. Hezbollah has not yet claimed responsibility for any operations at this time.
Iran is not "seeking" escalation but "has the right to legitimate defense," the Iranian foreign minister said Tuesday from Pakistan regarding a possible response to the Israeli strikes on Oct. 26 against Iran.
"Unlike Israel, the Islamic Republic of Iran does not seek escalation but we reserve our inalienable right to self-defense," Abbas Araghchi said at a press conference alongside his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar in Islamabad.
"We will respond, for sure, to the Israeli aggression, in due time and in the appropriate manner, in a very measured and well-calculated manner," he continued.
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The teams of the International and Lebanese Red Cross, as well as those of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), continued on Tuesday the clearing of the rubble to recover the bodies of fifteen Lebanese killed in the perimeter of the village of Khiam (Marjayoun). The searches which had begun on Sunday could not continue on Monday in particular due to a "refusal" by Israel.
(Photo relayed by L'Orient Today's correspondent Muntasser Abdallah)
The Israeli air force bombed Toul (Nabatieh).
The Israeli army and internal security service, the Shin Bet, issued a statement saying they had arrested or killed more than 60 members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in the West Bank and Lebanon in a "large-scale operation" against "high-ranking members and key figures" of the organization, founded in Beirut in 1967 by Georges Habashe.
Three members of the PFLP were killed on Sept. 30 in a targeted strike in the Cola district of Beirut.
Iran's foreign minister arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Tuesday for a two-day official visit to discuss a range of issues including Middle East tensions and improving bilateral relations, officials said on Tuesday.
- An Israeli airstrike targeted a house in the town of Jwaya (Sour). According to initial information from L'Orient Today's correspondent, the owner was inside.
- The Israeli air force has again bombed Maroun al-Ras (Bint Jbeil).
- Israeli aircraft bombed a house in Baflieh (Sour), killing four people.
- An Israeli drone carried out a strike on Kfour (Nabatieh).
- Israeli artillery fire targeted the Maslakh and Wadi al-Asafir neighborhoods in Khiam.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for sending the drone intercepted by the Israeli army earlier this Tuesday morning over the southern part of the Dead Sea.
In a statement published on Telegram, the pro-Iranian group claimed to have "attacked a military target in the north of the occupied territories, using a drone" adding that it intends to continue its operations "at an increasing pace."
In a call with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken "reviewed the steps Israel has taken to date and urged further action to significantly increase and maintain humanitarian assistance – including food, medicine and other essential supplies – to civilians throughout the Gaza Strip," the U.S. State Department said, according to AFP.
Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Israel that Washington could withhold some weapons shipments if progress was not made by next week on delivering aid to the Gaza Strip.
The call comes on the eve of the US presidential election, in which Republican candidate Donald Trump has promised to give Israel more leeway if he wins.
During the same call, the head of American diplomacy mentioned "the efforts underway to reach a diplomatic solution in Lebanon that allows Lebanese and Israeli civilians to return home safely."
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot will travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Wednesday to call for a cease-fire in Gaza and "respect for international humanitarian law," he announced on France 2.
"France has a vocation to carry messages and that is why I will go tomorrow evening to Israel and the Palestinian territories to meet the authorities, the humanitarian actors, to carry the voice of France in this region where the war has already lasted far too long," said Barrot.
In addition to the cease-fire, the French diplomat wants to insist on "respect for international law." "Violations of international humanitarian law are unacceptable and must stop," he stated. Barrot had already visited Israel on the occasion of the first anniversary of Oct. 7.
The visit comes as relations between Israel and Paris have become significantly strained in recent weeks, following statements by President Emmanuel Macron calling for a halt to arms sales used in Gaza and accusing Israel of "sowing barbarity." "Dialogue has never been broken off," Barrot insisted.
At least six Palestinians were killed on Tuesday in military raids and airstrikes carried out by the Israeli army in several towns in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported, citing Reuters. The latter said two people were killed in the town of Qabatiya and two others in the Tammoun region.
Separately, an Israeli drone strike targeted the village of Muthalath al-Shuhada, south of Jenin, killing two more Palestinians, the Wafa news agency reported. One of the victims was a 40-year-old man who died of shrapnel wounds, the Palestinian agency reported, citing the director of Jenin's Al-Razi government hospital, who added that they had received a second body, whose identity has not yet been established.
In south Lebanon
- Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a rocket attack carried out at 9 a.m. on a group of soldiers in the Dovev barracks, opposite Yaroun (Bint Jbeil district).
- Israeli artillery shelled Maroun al-Ras, Bint Jbeil and Tiri (Bint Jbeil).
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday deplored that Hamas had again rejected a temporary truce in the Gaza Strip, in a call with his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelatty, according to AFP.
In a phone call with the latter, Blinken "noted that Hamas has once again refused to release even a limited number of hostages in order to obtain a cease-fire and relief for the people of Gaza," according to a statement from the State Department.
A Palestinian movement official said Friday that the Palestinian Islamist movement had refused to consider a proposal for a short-term truce in the Gaza Strip from the mediating countries – the United States, Egypt and Qatar – because it did not include a permanent cease-fire.
The U.S. Secretary of State "stressed the importance of ending the war in Gaza, ensuring the release of all hostages and increasing and maintaining the delivery of humanitarian aid," according to the statement.
During the night, in south Lebanon, several Israeli strikes were reported, including: On the outskirts of the town of Hanawieh (Sour), in an uninhabited area as well as on the center of Khiam (Marjayoun), also targeted by Israeli artillery fire. The area between the towns of Sir Gharbieh and Qossebeh (Nabatieh) was targeted by an airstrike.
Hezbollah claimed in a statement to have attacked around midnight a gathering of Israeli army forces on the southwestern outskirts of the town of Maroun al-Ras (Bint Jbeil) with a "salvo of missiles."
This morning, around 6:30 a.m., two large salvos of missiles were fired toward Israeli territory, according to information from L'Orient Today's correspondent.
After 8:00 a.m., new Israeli strikes targeted Arab Salim, Kfar Tebnit (Nabatieh) and a neighborhood in the town of Shahabieh (Sour), causing heavy material damage to homes without any casualties having been reported yet. Other strikes also hit the farm of Msharef (Sour), Khraibeh (Saida) and Arnoun (Nabatieh).
At least 29 Palestinians were killed early Tuesday in Israeli airstrikes on tents sheltering displaced people in several areas of Gaza, including Beit Lahia, Deir Al-Balah and the town of Al-Zawayda, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, relayed by Reuters.
According to WAFA, 20 people were killed in a heavy airstrike on a house in Beit Lahia, located in the northern part of Gaza. At least six of them were killed while they were in tents.
The Israeli army said it intercepted a drone coming from the east over southern Israel, in the Dead Sea region, on Tuesday.
"A drone that entered Israeli territory from the east was intercepted" by the Israeli air force, the army wrote in a statement, without specifying where the drone came from.
The attack has not yet been claimed.
In Israel, the Families Forum, the main association of relatives of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, demanded on Monday that full light be shed on the affair of the leak of documents which has tarnished the Israeli prime minister and could have harmed an agreement on the release of the hostages.
"Currently, the Palestinian people depend almost entirely on aid from abroad, especially from UNRWA, and cutting it off is tantamount to killing the entire Palestinian people," said Abdel Karim Kallab in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.
Hamas said Israel's decision "is an attempt to deny refugees the right to return to their homes."
The movement also said on Monday that it spoke with its rival Fatah in Cairo about the war in Gaza and efforts to reach a Palestinian national consensus.
In a phone call with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken "noted that Hamas has once again refused to release even a limited number of hostages to secure a cease-fire and relief for the people of Gaza," according to a State Department statement.
Hamas said on Friday that it had refused to consider a proposal for a short-term truce in the Gaza Strip from mediating countries because it did not include a permanent cease-fire.
The war has been going on since Oct. 7, 2023, and the Hamas attack that left 1,200 dead in Israel. In retaliation, Israel has drowned the Gaza Strip in bombs and reinforced the blockade that has already existed since the 2000s on the enclave, killing more than 43,000 Palestinians in just over a year.
On the eve of the presidential election in the United States, Israel's main ally, diplomatic efforts to end these hostilities have remained unsuccessful.
According to UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini, the daily average of trucks allowed by Israel to enter Gaza fell to 30 in October, which "is not enough to meet the needs of more than 2 million people, many of whom are hungry and sick and living in desperate conditions."
A week after the Knesset voted on a law banning UNRWA activities in Israel, the Israeli Foreign Ministry "notified the UN on Monday of the cancellation of the agreement between Israel and UNRWA," according to a statement.
The agreement dates back to 1967 when Israel began its occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza, as well as East Jerusalem, where UNRWA provided essential aid for decades - education, health, social services, food and cash assistance.
Israel again accused "employees of the organization of having participated in the massacre of Oct. 7, 2023.
"If the law is implemented, it risks causing the collapse of the international humanitarian operation in Gaza, of which UNRWA is the backbone," warned Jonathan Fowler, a spokesperson for the agency.
" There is simply no alternative to UNRWA," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reacted on X, for whom the ban "will not make Israel safer" but will "only increase the suffering" of the Palestinians.
Israel told the U.N. that the ban on UNRWA would come into effect after "a period of three months."
Gaza's Health Ministry on Monday accused the Israeli army of "bombing and destroying" the Kamal Adwan Hospital, the only one still functioning in the northern Gaza Strip, reporting "numerous injuries among medical staff and patients."
The facility's director, located in Beit Lahia, Houssam Abou Safia, described a "catastrophic" situation after strikes without prior warning. "The third floor of the facility was reportedly hit again, injuring six children," World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told X.
The Israeli army said it verified the reports. It had previously said it was "operating against terrorist infrastructure and agents in the north and center" of the Palestinian territory, an area where it launched an offensive on Oct. 6, saying it wanted to defeat units of the Palestinian Islamist movement.
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