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Hundreds protest Gaza humanitarian crisis in Tel Aviv

Hundreds of people gathered at Charles Clore Park in Tel Aviv to protest the heavy civilian toll in Gaza, as Israelis across the country took part in demonstrations calling for a hostage agreement and a cease-fire.

Gaza’s Civil Defense reported 12 Palestinians killed since dawn in Israeli bombardments, following the death of at least 50 people across the besieged territory, devastated by 23 months of war.

Qatar’s emir meets grandson of slain hostage Oded Lifshitz

Daniel Lifshitz, whose grandfather Oded was kidnapped in Gaza, killed in captivity, and whose body was returned to Israel under the latest agreement, met with Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Haaretz reports.

Police block hostage families’ protest outside Israeli army headquarters

Police denied a request by hostage families to protest at their usual site in Tel Aviv this evening, Haaretz reports. In recent weeks, protests outside the army headquarters have been relocated to the nearby Hostages’ Square, joining smaller, quieter demonstrations there.

The police rejected the request, citing a planned march in the area, while the protest outside the headquarters was scheduled to start after the march ended. The police did not respond to requests for further details. In a statement, they said they were “acting in accordance with operational considerations and for the safety of the public.”

Israeli drone drops sound bomb on Aita al-Shaab

An Israeli drone dropped a sound bomb on the town of Aita al-Shaab, in the Bint Jbeil district, our correspondent in the South reports.

Rima Hassan joins flotilla heading to Gaza

French MEP from La France Insoumise, Rima Hassan, announced today that she is joining the humanitarian flotilla (Global Sumud Flotilla), led in part by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, which departed from Barcelona at the end of August for Gaza.

“Our governments are responsible for the ongoing genocide in Gaza,” the Franco-Palestinian MEP wrote on X. In June, she had already boarded a sailboat bound for Gaza, which was intercepted by Israel.

“They also stood out for their silence after the two attacks on the Global Sumud Flotilla,” she added. The flotilla had reported on Tuesday that one of its vessels had been targeted by a drone while anchored off Sidi Bou Saïd, near Tunis.

“Faced with this inaction, I am joining this citizen initiative, which is the largest maritime humanitarian convoy ever undertaken,” said the Palestinian cause activist, who has been at the center of numerous controversies over her positions on the Middle East conflict.

Hezbollah MP Hassan Ezzeddine reaffirms party’s attachment to its weapons

Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Ezzeddine expressed today the party’s attachment to its arsenal, as the Lebanese government approved the army’s plan to disarm it.

“Talking about disarmament is a dangerous attempt to strip Lebanon of its defense capabilities, because the equation is clear: disarmament means a new ground invasion as part of the Zionist expansionist project, as happened in Syria,” the lawmaker said during a Hezbollah ceremony in South Lebanon.

Haykal: Military units deployed in the South are carrying out extremely sensitive missions

Lebanese Army Commander General Rodolph Haykal stated that troops deployed in South Lebanon “are carrying out extremely sensitive missions,” as the army has been tasked by the government with dismantling Hezbollah’s infrastructure following the recent war with Israel.

“The military units deployed in the South are performing essential, difficult and extremely sensitive missions, and alongside other units are making colossal efforts to steer the homeland to safety,” General Haykal emphasized while offering condolences to the families of Lebanese soldiers killed in August in South Lebanon. “The army is proud of its martyrs, grows thanks to them, and draws determination and strength from them,” he added in a message posted on the army’s X account.

First ship of the Sumud international flotilla departs Tunisia for Gaza

The first ship of the Sumud international flotilla, which includes more than 40 vessels and involves over 800 activists from 44 countries, departed from the port of Bizerte in northern Tunisia, heading for Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

The other ships will regroup offshore before setting course for Gaza, with the aim of breaking the Israeli blockade and delivering food and medical aid.

South Lebanon: One injured in Kfar Kila after a new Israeli sound bomb dropped by a drone

An Israeli drone dropped a second sound bomb on the town of Kfar Kila, in the Marjayoun district, which had already been targeted earlier in the afternoon. This time, one person was injured, whose identity was not immediately known, our correspondent in the South, Muntasser Abdallah, reported.

The Israeli army said it eliminated a Hezbollah member yesterday in the town of Aitaroun, Bint Jbeil district, in southern Lebanon. According to the army, the victim “had taken part in Hezbollah’s attempts to rebuild its military capabilities in South Lebanon.” The party confirmed his death, stating that it was Hussein Khalil Mansour.

The Gaza Ministry of Health warned that blood banks in hospitals still operating in the Strip are suffering from a “severe and critical shortage of blood units and blood components.”

“The daily needs exceed 350 units,” the ministry said, adding that “sources of replenishment, including community donation campaigns, have decreased” due to the spread of famine in the enclave.

“The Ministry of Health issues an urgent appeal to all concerned parties to boost the stock of blood units and components in hospitals,” it added.

“All of Gaza City is considered a dangerous combat zone,” says Israeli army

The Israeli army, through its Arabic-speaking spokesperson Avichay Adraee, is calling on “residents of Gaza City” to leave Rashid Street and to “immediately move” to al-Mawasi and the cleared areas of the central camps.

“All of Gaza City is considered a red zone, meaning a dangerous combat area, and must be evacuated immediately,” he added, noting the blue zones, which are not part of the “humanitarian zone” located in the “green zone.”

Israeli army strikes building in Gaza less than an hour after evacuation warning issued

Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee stated on X that the troops carried out a strike on a multi-story building used by Hamas in Gaza City, “where military infrastructures were installed to plan and execute terrorist operations against army forces in the region.”

Israeli army urges residents of four blocks and those near the Safed area to evacuate to al-Mawasi

The Arabic-speaking spokesperson for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, called on residents of Gaza City, “particularly those in blocks 727, 786, 726, 784 and especially in the Al-Nour tower, as well as nearby tents on Safed Street,” to evacuate and move toward al-Mawasi.

An Israeli drone dropped a sound bomb on the town of Kfar Kila in the Marjayoun district.

More than 40 people killed in Gaza over the past 24 hours

Over the past 24 hours, 47 people have been killed and 205 injured, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. The overall toll from the conflict now stands at 64,803 dead and 164,264 injured.

Additionally, five people seeking humanitarian aid have been killed and 26 injured.

Death toll rises in Gaza

The number of victims of Israeli attacks since dawn has reached 16, including 11 in Gaza City, according to al-Jazeera.

‘Too few countries are willing to take in’ Palestinians in need of medical care, says WHO chief

The World Health Organization “is doing everything possible to relieve suffering and evacuate those who need urgent medical care out of Gaza,” said its head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

“The urgent problem we face is that too few countries are willing to accept them. We call on countries to open their arms to these critically ill patients,” he said. He also called on Israel “to allow people to be treated in the West Bank [occupied, ed.] and East Jerusalem, where hospitals closer to their homes can care for many patients.”

Famine in Gaza kills seven more people, including two children

Seven new deaths from famine, including two children, have been reported over the past 24 hours by Gaza’s Ministry of Health. The death toll from malnutrition now stands at 420, including 145 children.

Israeli army says over 250,000 residents have left Gaza City

The Israeli army stated that more than 250,000 residents have left Gaza City for other areas of the Palestinian territory, following an intensification of Israeli bombings and strikes in recent weeks.

“According to army estimates, more than a quarter of the city’s one million residents have left for their own safety,” said the Israeli army’s Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, on X.

Doha to host extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit on Israeli strikes against Qatar

Qatar’s Prime Minister’s adviser and spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Majed bin Mohammad al-Ansari, announced that Doha will host on Monday an “extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit” to examine Israeli strikes against Qatar.

The summit “will discuss a draft statement” regarding the Israeli attack on Qatar, which will “be presented at the preparatory meeting of the foreign ministers of Arab and Islamic countries, to be held” tomorrow, he added.

“The holding of this Arab-Islamic summit at this particular moment carries multiple meanings and implications, and reflects broad Arab and Islamic solidarity with the State of Qatar in the face of Israel’s cowardly aggression targeting the residences of several leaders of the Hamas movement, as well as the categorical rejection by these countries of the state terrorism carried out by Israel,” he continued.

Israeli army urges Gaza residents to evacuate to ‘humanitarian zones’ in al-Mawasi and central areas

The Arabic-speaking spokesperson of the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, called this morning for Gaza residents to evacuate to humanitarian zones in al-Mawasi and central Gaza.

“For your safety, I urge you to take al-Rashid Street and go immediately to the humanitarian zone in al-Mawasi and the cleared areas of the central camps … where you will receive better humanitarian support,” Adraee wrote on X.

He also reiterated that “the Israel Defense Forces are determined to eliminate Hamas in Gaza City,” noting that the army “is therefore intensifying the pace of its attacks.”

Situation update in southern Lebanon

An Israeli army unit infiltrated at dawn on the outskirts of Odaisseh (Marjayoun) and blew up a house that had been targeted during the war, according to our correspondent Muntasser Abdallah.

Houthis claim overnight attack on Israel

The Houthis claimed an overnight attack on Israel, saying they targeted “multiple sensitive sites” in Tel Aviv using a projectile equipped with submunitions. According to the Israeli army, the missile was successfully intercepted, and The Times of Israel reported that no injuries or damage were reported.

Abu Dhabi summons Israeli charge d’affaires over ‘cowardly’ attack in Qatar

The United Arab Emirates announced that it summoned Israel’s deputy ambassador in Abu Dhabi for a formal protest following the Israeli attack in Qatar.

“Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, minister of state for international cooperation, summoned Israel’s deputy head of mission in the UAE, David Ohad Horsandi,” the Emirati Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The minister expressed “the UAE’s protest and firm condemnation of the vile and cowardly attack carried out by Israel against the State of Qatar, as well as hostile statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”

The UAE, along with Bahrain, was among the first Gulf states to normalize relations with Israel in 2020. They have repeatedly criticized Israel’s conduct of the war against Hamas in Gaza and had already strongly condemned deadly Israeli raids targeting Palestinian officials in Doha last Tuesday.

U.N. General Assembly supports a future Palestinian state, excluding Hamas

In New York, after nearly two years of a seemingly intractable war between Israel and Hamas, the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a declaration aimed at reviving the two-state peace solution — Israeli and Palestinian — while unequivocally excluding Hamas.

Israel rejected the resolution as “shameful,” saying it encourages Hamas to “continue the war.” In contrast, the Palestinian vice presidency hailed it as “an important step toward ending the Israeli occupation.”

50 killed in Israeli military operations

50 people were killed yesterday in Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip, according to local sources, as Israel intensifies its strikes on Gaza City.

Berlin, Paris and London called in a joint statement for the “immediate halt of Israeli military operations in Gaza City, which are causing massive civilian displacement, civilian casualties and destruction of essential infrastructure.”

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