🔴Live: Israel army orders residents of southern Lebanon 'not to return to homes'

Summary:

• Two UN peacekeepers were wounded by an Israeli strike near their watchtower in south Lebanon on Friday, Israel's military said, while blasts shook the peacekeepers' main base in the area for the second time in 48 hours as Israeli forces battled Hezbollah.
• Israel observed Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, on Saturday amid a firestorm of international criticism over its military offensive in Lebanon and its soldiers firing on peacekeepers. As the holy day got under way Friday from sundown, Israel faced diplomatic backlash over what it acknowledged was a "hit" earlier in the day on a United Nations peacekeeping position in Lebanon.
• More than 42,175 Palestinians have been killed and 98,336 wounded in Israel's military offensive in Gaza since October 7, 2023, according to the Gaza health ministry. 

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Yesterday's key developments:

• French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday condemned the "deliberate" targeting of UN peacekeepers by Israel after two UN peacekeepers in Lebanon were wounded by Israeli fire.
• France summoned the Israeli ambassador to discuss the attacks on three UN bases in south Lebanon, which constitute “serious violations of international law”, France’s foreign ministry said. “The Israeli authorities must explain themselves," the ministry added.
• Israel slammed a UN probe that concluded it was deliberately seeking to destroy the healthcare system in Gaza and abusing Palestinian detainees, branding the findings "outrageous". 
• Israel's army said it had killed Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad's top commander for the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. 
• US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said on Thursday that de-escalation was needed in the Middle East.      

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)