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Palestinian Prisoner's Society decries Israeli decision to block Red Cross from visiting detainees

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society denounced Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz’s decision to prevent members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from visiting Palestinian prisoners, saying it is an attempt by Israel to cover for the crimes being committed in their detention facilities, Al Jazeera reports, citing the Wafa news agency.

The decision was announced hours before a Supreme Court session on a petition to resume visits by the ICRC, which had been postponed numerous times since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023.

The advocacy group noted in its statement that the decision also came just after preliminary approvals in Knesset committees that would allow the execution of prisoners and the establishment of special courts that lack any judicial guarantees to try prisoners from the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society demanded that the ICRC resume its visits to prisoners and called on the organization to take a clear stance against Israel’s decision to block the visits.

Netanyahu makes first visit to cease-fire monitoring center in southern Israel

Netanyahu made his first visit to the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, in southern Israel, Times of Israel reports. The newly established center is the headquarters of the yet-to-be-established multinational force, mandated in Trump's truce plan to oversee the Gaza cease-fire.

Images from Hebrew-language outlets show Netanyahu shaking hands with U.S. CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper and Gen. Patrick Frank, commander of U.S. Army Central.

U.S. President JD Vance and envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited the center last week, where they gave a press conference emphasizing the cease-fire's durability while admitting the challenges it faced.

Israeli settlers attack Palestinian home in South Hebron, spray tear gas at family and kill several sheep

Half a dozen Israeli settlers broke into the South Hebron home of Mahmoud Dramin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank yesterday, smashed the windows of his house and a car parked outside, sprayed tear gas into the house, and killed several of his sheep.

Dramin and other family members were inside at the time but locked themselves in the house, according to his testimony, shared with Times of Israel. Security camera footage from his property shows part of the attack.

According to Dramin, four family members who suffered mild injuries from gas inhalation were hospitalized and discharged shortly after.

In addition, Dramin said the settlers killed six of his lambs and severely wounded four others — which are unlikely to survive. Footage taken after the incident shows the dead lambs, some of which had their eyes gouged out.

Dramin told The Times of Israel that he is currently filing a police complaint. Police have not yet issued a response.

Israeli military claims it conducted a 'targeted' strike in northern Gaza

The Israeli military claimed it conducted a "targeted" strike in the area of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip targeting an infrastructure site where weapons were stored, Reuters reports.

Residents in Gaza City said they heard an explosion in northern Gaza and saw a column of smoke.

The military said earlier today that it had resumed enforcing the Gaza cease-fire agreement after a series of strikes across the enclave that it said was in response to Hamas violations. Israel killed more than 100 people in its strikes today after the killing of one soldier in an incident Hamas said it had no connection to.

After threats from Israel, Activist Tarek Mazraani asks UNIFIL chief to ensure his and his family's protection

Tarek Mazraani, an engineer and activist from southern Lebanon who was threatened by Israel on Oct. 12, delivered a letter to the head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Diodato Abagnara, during a meeting with U.N. peacekeeping officials in Sour district's Naqoura today.

In it, he asks UNIFIL "to take into consideration what has happened and to adopt the necessary measures to ensure his protection and that of his family, so that they can resume a normal life," reports our correspondent in the South, Mountasser Abdallah.

Originally from the town of Houla, in Marjayoun district, Mazraani was threatened in an audio message broadcast by an Israeli drone over several towns in the region.

Last August, he founded the "Rally of Residents of Southern Border Towns," a group he says is unaffiliated with Hezbollah, which calls for the reconstruction of border regions devastated by the 13-month war between Israel and the party.

Due to the threats he received, Mazranni separated from his family, fearing for their safety, and his professional work has been put on hold, our correspondent reports.

UN calls Israel's killing of over 100 Palestinians amid cease-fire 'appalling'

The United Nations has called Israel's killing of over 100 Palestinians in airstrikes on Gaza "appalling" as it urged all sides not to let peace "slip from our grasp."

"Reports that over 100 Palestinians were killed overnight in a wave of Israeli airstrikes mainly on residential buildings, IDP tents and schools across the Gaza Strip, following the death of an Israeli soldier, are appalling," U.N. rights chief Volker Turk said in a statement cited by AFP.

Israeli soldiers cross the border and fire on a Lebanese Army vehicle near Majidieh

According to residents quoted by our correspondent in the South, several Israeli soldiers crossed the Lebanese border and attempted to intercept a Lebanese Army vehicle traveling between the Bastara farm and the town of Majidieh (Hasbaya district).

The Israeli soldiers fired at the vehicle, without causing any injuries, our correspondent added.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Hamas leaders that they would have no immunity

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Hamas leaders that they would have no immunity, according to AFP.

"There will be no immunity for anyone in the leadership of ... Hamas, neither for those in suits nor for those hiding in tunnels," Katz said, referring to several Hamas political leaders residing in Doha.

"Whoever raises a hand against an [Israeli] soldier will face severe consequences. The [Israeli military] has been instructed to act decisively against every Hamas target and will continue to do so," he added.

South Lebanon: Man targeted in Wadi Jilo was a Hezbollah “logistics officer”

The Israeli army said in a statement, released by its Arabic-speaking spokesman Avichay Adraee, that the man killed by the Israeli strike on Wadi Jilo on Oct. 14, Hussein Ali Tohme, was a Hezbollah “logistics officer” in Qana (Sour district).

According to the army, Tohme, who was identified by the party as one of its members, was responsible for “transporting offensive capabilities in order to rebuild Hezbollah's military capabilities in the region.”

Israel army says Gaza cease-fire renewed after killing over 90

The Israeli military said Wednesday it had reinstated the Gaza ceasefire after carrying out a series of strikes on dozens of militant targets since the previous day.

"Following a series of strikes, in which dozens of terror targets and terrorists were struck, the IDF has begun the renewed enforcement of the ceasefire in response to Hamas' violations," the military said.

"As part of the strikes, the IDF and ISA struck 30 terrorists holding command positions within the terrorist organisations operating in the Gaza Strip," it added.

Gaza civil defense, hospitals say over 100 killed in Israeli strikes

Gaza's civil defense agency and hospitals said Wednesday that a series of Israeli strikes killed more than 100 people across the Palestinian territory.

"At least 101 fatalities were brought to hospitals, including 35 children and a number of women and elderly, as a result of Israeli air strikes in less than 12 hours," said Mahmoud Bassal, spokesman for the agency.

The toll was confirmed by an AFP tally of reports from medical officials at five Gaza hospitals that received the dead and wounded.

South Lebanon: Man who died of wounds two weeks after Israeli strike in Wadi Jilo was Hezbollah member

Hezbollah announced that the man who died of his wounds on Tuesday, two weeks after an Israeli strike on Wadi Jilo (Sour), was a member of the group. He will be buried this afternoon in his hometown of Aitit, in the same district.

Israeli army accuses Hamas of staging recovery of hostage’s body

Before the deadly strikes on the enclave, the Israeli army accused Hamas of staging the discovery of human remains belonging to an Israeli hostage. The army released footage showing fighters carrying a white bag and placing it in a pit to support its claim. The authenticity of the footage could not be immediately verified.

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, Israel’s main advocacy group for the return of hostages, urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to “act decisively” against Hamas for its “violations” of the agreement.

The Red Cross, which receives the bodies from Hamas to transfer them to Israel, issued a statement condemning the Palestinian movement and denouncing an “unacceptable performance, when so much depends on the implementation of this agreement.”

The body returned by Hamas the previous day was that of Ofir Tzarfati, killed on Oct. 7, 2023, parts of whose body had already been returned.

Hamas denies ambushing Israeli army in Rafah

The Israeli army confirmed that one of its reservists, Yona Efraim Feldbaum, 37, was killed Tuesday in the Gaza Strip. According to a military statement, the soldier was part of an engineering unit “operating in Rafah” that “fell into a Hamas ambush.”

Hamas denied in a statement that it had attacked Israeli troops, insisting it “reaffirms its commitment to the cease-fire agreement.”

Gaza: At least 90 killed in Israeli strikes Tuesday night

Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday night on the Gaza Strip killed at least 90 people, according to figures obtained by Al-Jazeera from medical sources in the enclave’s hospitals. Forty-two people were killed in central Gaza, 31 in the north, and 18 in the south, the outlet reported.

According to Mahmoud Bassal, a spokesman for Gaza’s Civil Defense, quoted by AFP, about 200 others were wounded in what he called “a clear and blatant violation of the cease-fire agreement.” He described the situation in Gaza as “catastrophic and terrifying.”

Trump: ‘Nothing’ will jeopardize Gaza cease-fire

Reacting to the strikes, U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday morning they did not jeopardize the cease-fire and that Israel had the right to respond to the killing of one of its soldiers.

"As I understand it, they took out an Israeli soldier," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. "So the Israelis hit back, and they should hit back. When that happens, they should hit back."

"Nothing is going to jeopardize" the cease-fire, Trump said. "You have to understand Hamas is a very small part of peace in the Middle East, and they have to behave."

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