In this file photo, UNIFIL peacekeepers in the town of Marwahin, southern Lebanon, are seen on October 12, 2023. © Thaier Al-Sudani, Reuters

🔴 Live: New Israeli attack wounds UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, foreign ministry says

by · France 24

Summary:

  • Lebanon's foreign ministry condemned an Israeli attack that it said wounded UN peacekeepers in the country's south, after Lebanon's state media reported a new attack.
  • 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.
  • More than 42,126 Palestinians have been killed and 97,117 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:

  • At least 22 people were killed and 117 wounded in Israeli air strikes that hit two different areas in central Beirut, Lebanon’s health ministry said.
  • The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Israeli tank fire on its headquarters in the country's south wounded two of its members. The force accused Israel of "repeatedly" hitting its positions.
  • An Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza killed 28 people, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. The Israeli military said it targeted militants in the compound.
  • An Israeli strike hit a road linking Syria and Lebanon as Israel tries to cut off Hezbollah supply routes, said the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
  • Syrian state media reported that 'Israeli attacks' hit the Syrian town of Hassian, claiming the target was a "car factory" located in the city's industrial area.                             
  • Members of the UN Security Council, including the US, expressed "concern" at the Israeli parliament's approval of two bills that aim to end the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)'s activities and privileges in Israel. 

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)