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Oct 17, 2024

Mayor among 16 dead from Israeli strike on Lebanese municipal building

The mayor of a major town in south Lebanon was among 16 people killed when an Israeli airstrike destroyed its municipal headquarters in the biggest attack on an official Lebanese state building since the Israeli air campaign began.

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Reuters
Oct 15, 2024

UN says 25 per cent of Lebanon under Israeli evacuation orders

Israel, which began incursions into south Lebanon two weeks ago to battle Iran-backed group Hezbollah, has issued military evacuation orders affecting more than a quarter of the country, the United Nations (UN) refugee agency said on Tuesday.

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Reuters
Oct 14, 2024

At least 10 dead as Israel steps up military pressure in north Gaza

Palestinian medics said on Monday that at least 10 people were killed and 30 injured by Israeli tank shells that hit a food distribution centre in northern Gaza’s Jabalia, with casualties including women and children.

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Reuters
Oct 14, 2024

Israeli minister denounces UN peacekeepers as fighting rages

Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen on Monday accused the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon’s (UNIFIL) peacekeepers in south Lebanon of being a useless force that failed to protect Israeli citizens from Hezbollah attacks and called on it to withdraw as fighting ramps up.

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Reuters
Oct 12, 2024

Israeli strikes kill 19 people in Gaza, medics say

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Web Desk
Oct 12, 2024

International community condemns Israeli attacks on peacekeepers

Ireland became the latest nation to condemn Israel on Friday, for the attacks on peacekeepers taking part in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission.

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Reuters
Oct 11, 2024

Over 100 medics and emergency workers killed in Lebanon conflict

The United Nations (UN) human rights office said on Friday that over 100 medics and emergency workers had been killed in Lebanon since a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah began a year ago.

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Reuters
Oct 10, 2024

Israeli troops fire at 3 UNIFIL positions in southern Lebanon

Israeli troops opened fire at three positions held by U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Thursday, according to a U.N. source who was not immediately able to specify the type of fire.

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Reuters
Oct 09, 2024

Israeli strikes kill at least 45 in Gaza

At least 45 people were killed in Israeli military strikes on Gaza in the past 24 hours, Palestinian medics said on Wednesday, as Israeli forces pressed on with a raid on the Jabalia refugee camp in the enclave’s north.

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Reuters
Oct 04, 2024

Lebanon’s displacement shelters full: UN

United Nations officials said on Friday most of Lebanon’s nearly 900 shelters were full and that people fleeing Israeli military strikes were increasingly sleeping out in the open in streets or in public parks.