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Israeli strikes have killed 53 people across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Sunday. At least 46 of them were killed in the north as Israel tightened its siege with bombings on residential areas and mass arrests

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed after an Israeli strike destroyed several buildings in a residential area of Beit Lahiya in besieged northern Gaza. Palestinians were forced to dig through the rubble to find those trapped, as civil defence teams have been barred by Israel from operating in the north.

Oxfam's Gaza food security and livelihood leader, Mahmoud al-Saqqa, joined Al Jazeera from Deir el-Bala, discussing the escalating humanitarian crisis. Al-Saqqa outlined severe shortages of food, medicine, and essentials, worsened by Israeli bombardments and border closures. He highlighted that more than 90% of Gaza's population now faces acute food insecurity, and children are increasingly malnourished. Aid entry has been minimal, particularly into northern Gaza, where severe restrictions leave residents with few options but displacement. Al-Saqqa emphasised that humanitarian workers are risking their lives daily, calling for international action against the use of food as a weapon.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made his first comments about the “malignant” Israeli attack on Iran early Saturday in a meeting with the families of the four members of the armed forces who were killed. The Israelis try to make the impact of the strikes appear larger than reality, but any move inside Iran to make them appear smaller would also be “wrong”, he said. “It would be wrong for us to say that it was nothing and it did not matter,” Khamenei said. “The calculation error of the Zionist regime must be disrupted. They do not know Iran, its youth, its nation. They have not yet been able to fully comprehend the power, capabilities, initiative and will of the Iranian nation, we must make them understand it.” Khamenei also opened a Hebrew account on X after the Israeli strikes.

At least 40 people have been injured some critically after a truck crashed into bus station in Glilot, north of Tel Aviv. There are reports that several people are trapped under the bus. Israeli media says the driver was shot.

Israeli forces have killed at least 45 people in two separate attacks on residential buildings in Beit Lahiya, in northern Gaza. Dozens more were wounded and Gaza's health ministry is calling one of the strikes a “horrific massacre.”

And at least 40 people have either been killed or injured in an attack on Gaza City. Emergency workers and volunteers came to the scene of the attack on Saturday, after the Israeli military bombed a residential building.

Al Jezeera’s Ibrahim Al Khalili went to the scene in Sheikh Radwan.

Palestinians in northern Gaza are struggling to survive with little or no food and water. The Israeli army has been preventing the entry of humanitarian supplies for the past three weeks. The UN says it has blocked nearly half of all aid missions into the north, since the beginning of the month. It has accused the military of carrying out a systematic starvation campaign against Palestinians.

Rosalia Bollen is from UNICEF, and is based in Gaza. She says the humanitarian crisis there has worsened, with extreme shortages of water, food and medical supplies.

Israeli forces have finally withdrawn from Kamal Adwan Hospital, also in the north– after laying siege to the facility on Friday. Soldiers detained staff and patients and destroyed much of the compound. The World Health Organization says only three doctors are left to care for nearly 200 patients

Israeli forces have launched multiple air strikes in Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh. The overnight attacks came after Israel warned people several neighbourhoods to leave their homes or face bombings. The area is a Hezbollah stronghold.

The Health Ministry says one apartment block was destroyed in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya town. Palestinians are trapped under the debris after Israeli air strikes and rescue operations are continuing. The attack is a “horrific massacre”, the ministry said.

Hind Khoudary reporting from Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip. She says, "We don’t have any idea what happened to the detained medical staff and patients. All we know is Israeli forces withdrew a little, repositioning a couple of metres from Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. But we still don’t know what happened to the medical personnel. We don’t know what happened to those injured people. It was a very tough night. However, we do know that two children died in the ICU after the generator failed and the oxygen system was hit by Israeli forces, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The ministry also said all medical staff arrested by the Israeli military during an operation at Kamal Adwan Hospital were held without food or water. This has been going on for more than three weeks. Not just at this facility, but at the Indonesian and al-Awda hospitals which were also under siege."

As we have been reporting, several loud explosions have been reported on the outskirts of Tehran. The Israeli military has now confirmed that it is conducting attacks on military targets. Here’s the full statement, published by Israel’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee: The [Israeli military] is currently attacking with precision military targets in Iran in response to the Iranian regime’s ongoing attacks against the State of Israel over the past few months. The [Israeli military] is on alert offensively and defensively as we follow developments from Iran and its proxies. The [Israeli military] is conducting an ongoing situational assessment and at this stage, there has been no change in the Home Front Command’s instructions. We must continue to be vigilant and obey the instructions of the Home Front Command in order to inform the public of any new developments immediately.

The situation at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza has only worsened since Israel’s siege there. Al Jazeera’s Nada Qaddourah looks at how Israel’s relentless attacks have crippled the north’s health system.

Frank Smyth, founder of Global Journalist Security and long-time press freedom advocate, joined Al Jazeera live from Leesburg, Virginia, to discuss the unprecedented dangers facing journalists in Gaza. He highlighted that more journalists have been killed there in the past year than in any other conflict, with the majority being local reporters covering their own communities. Smyth emphasized evidence of direct targeting of journalists and the impact of indiscriminate bombings, which have claimed many lives, including those of media professionals.

Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reports live from Hasbaiyya, southern Lebanon. He says at around 4am, an Israeli—either an air strike or a drone strike—came into the compound where journalists are being housed in a series of villas. Khan reports that we are hearing that three people have been killed—two cameramen and a technician. He says that we are not naming the people or the organisations that they work for. But, suffice to say, these are the people that I have been working with almost every single day. We’ve all been doing our jobs here in Hasbaiyya.

Video from the besieged northern Gaza Strip shows Israeli tanks firing shells at the Kamal Adwan Hospital. Kamal Adwan Hospital is one of the few remaining operational medical facilities and has been overwhelmed with casualties during the Israeli army’s 20-day ground incursion in the north. Sorry Cinema | DigiDocs Palestinian filmmaker Ahmad Hassouna says ‘sorry’ to cinema as he puts his dreams of becoming a director aside to document his life under Israeli bombardment. Hussam Abu Safia, director at the Kamal Adwan Hospital, told Al Jazeera the Israeli attack caused severe damage to the facility’s intensive care unit.

Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud reports from Deir el-Balah, central Gaza. He says the Israeli military carried out a major attack on al-Hawaja Street, in the western part of Jabalia, causing a sheer level of destruction. He added that at least a dozen residential buildings were blown up. Mahmoud reports that based on an assessment by the civil defence agency, an estimated 150 people were either killed or wounded. He says rescue teams are unable to approach the bomb site to bring the injured to the hospital.

Al Jazeera has strongly rejected a claim by the Israeli military that six of its journalists based in Gaza are members of the Palestinian groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). The media network on Wednesday vehemently condemned the “unfounded allegations” by the Israeli army, which in a post on X described some of the named Al Jazeera Arabic correspondents as “operatives” working for Hamas’s armed wing to promote the group’s “propaganda” in the besieged and bombarded enclave. The six named journalists are Anas al-Sharif, Talal Aruki, Alaa Salama, Hossam Shabat, Ismail Farid and Ashraf Saraj. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on X that Israel had “repeatedly made similar unproven claims without producing credible evidence”. The press freedom watchdog noted that the Israeli military had “produced a similar document” after killing Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul in July, containing “contradictory information showing that [al-Ghoul], born in 1997, received a Hamas military ranking in 2007 – when he would have been 10 years old”.

Israeli air defences intercepted a number of rockets over Tel Aviv on Wednesday. Israel says they were fired from Lebanon. Warning sirens sounded across the city. Hezbollah says it was targeting the suburbs of Tel Aviv. Civilian flights were temporarily halted at Ben Gurion International Airport.

The Sahel hospital in Beirut, which the Israeli military bombed on Monday, was not “a legitimate target”, says Omar Nashabe, a criminal justice analyst and a former human rights adviser to the Lebanese government. The targeting of a hospital with civilians inside is a “war crime”, he told Al Jazeera. “It is the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court to look into these crimes and prosecute those who actually commit these crimes,” Nashabe said.

Al Jazeera's Dorsa Jabbari reports form Beirut, Lebanon. She says that what we know so far is that Israel carried out at least 11 air strikes in the past hour on various areas in the southern suburb and its nearby neighbourhoods. She added that what is clear is this is one of the most intense evenings we’ve seen in the southern part of Lebanon’s capital in recent weeks. Jabbari says that hat we had heard from the Israeli military earlier was a forced evacuation threat issued for four buildings in Dahiyeh before the strikes happened. But before that, several strikes, at least three, took place without warning.

In northern Gaza, Israel’s siege has entered its nineteenth day. The Israeli military is bombing schools, hospitals, and burning shelters, killing at least 31 people in the Jabalia Refugee Camp on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been ordered to leave the area or face death. They are left with an impossible choice - remain and risk starvation, or abandon their homes and face the threat of being shot by Israeli snipers and drones.

An Al Jezeera investigation has revealed the extent of military support the United Kingdom and United States have given Israel in the past year. They created an air bridge that was vital for Israel to sustain the intensity of its war on Gaza.

Turkey’s interior minister says a number of people are dead and wounded after an attack on the premises of the Turkish aerospace and defence company TUSAS. Ali Yerlikaya did not provide further details on the attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries, located on the outskirts of the capital, Ankara. “A terrorist attack was carried out against the Turkish Aerospace Industries Ankara Kahramankazan facilities,” he wrote in a social media post.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. He met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in West Jerusalem on Tuesday and urged him to allow desperately needed humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. Following a meeting with Israel’s PM Netanyahu, Blinken urged Israel to capitalise on the killing of Hamas’s chief Sinwar by securing the release of captives and ending the war in Gaza. Gideon Levy is a columnist with Israeli newspaper, Haaretz.

Omar Rahman, a fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, has questioned the goal of US Secretary of State Blinken’s 11 trips to the region since the Gaza war began. “What has come out of those 11 trips? Nothing but continued Israeli aggression, war, mass killing, the expansion of the war into other fronts,” Rahman told Al Jazeera from New York. “I think it’s fair to wonder or to say whether this is just a show for appearances, something to run interference for the Israelis while the United States continues in every possible way to support Israel, including in its war aims.”

Laura Khan reports from Beirut, Lebanon. She says that Hezbollah has not put out a statement yet to say whether Hashem Safieddine was even there when the bombing took place on October 4, or whether he has been killed. She added that they did say, in a statement a couple of weeks ago, that they hadn’t seen him since that time. Khan says that it’s important to say just how important Hashem Safieddine is in Hezbollah.

Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh reports from Amman, Jordan. Al Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank. She said that the statement issued by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office after his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not once mention ceasefire. She added that it talked about the fighting in the north and in southern Lebanon, briefing Blinken about that and the prospects for releasing the captives now that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed.

In northern Gaza, hope for a ceasefire has vanished, and Israeli attacks bring constant destruction. 35 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since dawn on Tuesday. Drones warn residents of impending strikes, followed by air raids, leaving families devastated. In Beit Lahiya, a man finds his relatives killed in the aftermath. Gaza’s healthcare system is decimated, with all hospitals severely impacted. The UN reports widespread targeting of civilians and essential facilities. Palestinians face daily threats of death, unable to escape the relentless offensive. The situation is dire, with many left documenting the ongoing violence and loss.

Israel carried out multiple air strikes overnight on the southern suburb of Beirut -- after ordering people to leave the area or risk being bombed. Explosions were heard across the Lebanese capital. At least four people, including a child, have been killed. One of the strikes hit near the Rafik Hariri Hospital. Residents have been fleeing the city, as Israeli attacks intensify.

A spy network allegedly gathering information on military bases and energy infrastructure for Iranian intelligence has been broken up, Israeli authorities say. In a statement, Israel’s internal security agency and police said they “successfully dismantled a spy network involving seven Israeli citizens who were operating on behalf of Iranian intelligence”. In a statement, Israel’s internal security agency and police alleged that the seven collected information about other Israelis and photographed Israeli military installations, including missile defence systems, air force and naval sites, and power plants. Spies operating a network allegedly working for Iranian intelligence in Israel are reported to be immigrants from Azerbaijan, military analyst Elijah Magnier told Al Jazeera. He said there is a “strong connection between Azerbaijan and Iran in borders but also a strong connection between Azerbaijan and Israel”. “This is why this makes the Azeri very valuable for both sides where Azerbaijan provides oil to Israel and Israel provides weapons to Azerbaijan,” he said, adding: “This is what makes that community and diaspora extremely attractive” to Iranian intelligence services. He said the fact that the spies were reported to have carried out 600 missions shows its members are considered “reliable” by Iranian intelligence. Magnier added that it also represents “a failure” by the Israeli authorities to identify the network “only after two years”.

He was Israel's most wanted man. But after a year-long hunt, the military says it has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the man accused of masterminding the October 7th attack on Israel. Israel says he was killed on Wednesday in a chance encounter in Rafah in southern Gaza. His body was identified using DNA testing.
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Hind Hassan told Al Jazeera she met him “walking down the street in full view” during a period when Israel had been bombing Gaza for 11 days and “everyone had believed he was in hiding”.Hind said he did “not shy away” from some of the tougher questions.She said when she asked a question about the claims that Hamas firing rockets into Israel could constitute a war crime, he became “passionate” in his responses.He said that Palestinians were expected to be “perfect victims, and that’s something that they cannot be”, she said.He also drew a comparison between the protest movement that sprung up in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by US police in 2020, and what happened with the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States, to the Palestinian cause, Hind said.
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Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, discussed the potential impact of the rumoured death of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas leader, in an interview. He emphasized that no official confirmation has been made by either Hamas or the Israeli military. Bishara highlighted that previous assassinations of Palestinian leaders have often led to the emergence of more radical successors. He pointed out that the continued resistance is nurtured by the conditions of occupation. Bishara also explained that Sinwar, who spent 20 years in Israeli prisons, played a crucial role in uniting Hamas’s political and military wings.

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Israeli strikes killed at least 28 Palestinians who were at a UN-run school sheltering displaced people in the northern Gaza Strip in Jabalia.The Abu Hussein School housed thousands of displaced people when the strike happened.Dozens of others are injured and being rushed to nearby hospitals. The Israeli military claims it conducted a precise strike on a meeting point for Hamas and Islamic Jihad members. Northern Gaza including the Jabalia refugee camp is under Israeli military's siege for 13 days.

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Israel says it is investigating whether the leader of Hamas Yahya Sinwar has been killed.The Israeli military says at this stage, the identity cannot be confirmed. Sinwar is accused by Israel of masterminding the October 7th attacks.He has led Hamas within Gaza since 2017.
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Palestinian rights groups are warning that Israel’s so-called General’s Plan is already “in motion” in northern Gaza.
The “General’s Plan” is a strategy put forward by retired Israeli Major General Giora Eliand that aims to lay siege to the few hundred thousand remaining residents of northern Gaza to essentially empty out and ethnically cleanse this part of the territory.
Luciano Zaccara, an associate professor of Gulf politics at Qatar University, says Israel is both starving or bombing Palestinians in Gaza to achieve its goal of defeating Hamas.
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The Lebanese armed group has fired a barrage of rockets, targeting the Israeli town of Ma'alot Tarshiha.The Israeli army says it intercepted some of the projectiles.Sirens were sounded in more than 60 cities and towns across northern Israel.
Hezbollah has also fired at least 10 rockets at the Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona.Local media are reporting two buildings were hit.There are no reports of deaths or injuries.
Overnight, Israeli jets fired flares into the night sky over the border region between the two countries.There have been several air strikes on the village of Aita al-Shaab in Southern Lebanon, that's about one kilometre from the Israeli border.
Those strikes came just hours after an Israeli Air Raid on the city of Nabatieh killed at least 16 people - including the mayor.The US State Department says Washington is in touch with the Israeli government about the attack and that the US opposes the targeting of civilian.
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As Israel's invasion of Lebanon escalates, some Israelis are pushing the idea of expanding Israel's territory yet again with the goal of a so-called ‘Greater Israel’ in mind. But is this just some fringe fantasy? Soraya Lennie looks at how this all came about.
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Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, Marwan Bishara, highlights the shift in tone from the US ambassador, noting that while American diplomats have historically balanced their support for Israel with occasional reservations, this latest statement goes further. He emphasizes that it feels more like a reprimand, especially when addressing the "so-called policy of starvation." Bishara suggests that this change is significant, not just in rhetoric, but because it reflects the stark reality on the ground.

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Canada has accused Indian diplomats of colluding with an international criminal gang led by jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi to kill a Sikh separatist leader. Who is Lawrence Bishnoi, the man at the centre of the case that has ruptured diplomatic ties between the two countries? Soraya Lennie breaks it down.

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North Korea says nearly one and a half million young people have applied to join its army. The State media published photos of what it said were young recruits enlisting. Pyongyang says the rush to join the army follows what it calls a “provocative drone incursion” by South Korea. North Korea's made similar claims about army recruitment in the past, during previous phases of heightened tensions in the region.

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Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, Marwan Bishara, highlights the ongoing war on Gaza by Israel. He suggests that Israel accuses the US of leaking information, while the US denies it, claiming it wasn’t meant for public release. Bishara links this to American deception regarding its concern for Gaza's humanitarian crisis and the threat to cut military aid if Israel doesn’t allow more aid in. The US appears to apply pressure while avoiding the perception of publicly reprimanding Israel.

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The US is deploying advanced missile defense systems and troops to Israel, as tensions with Iran reach new heights. Does this signal an imminent attack on Iran? And what could that mean for the region?
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Israeli air raids in Baalbek caused widespread destruction, damaging a hospital and terrifying residents. The bombing campaign intensified, with reports of severe damage to infrastructure and ongoing strikes while staff attempted to assist patients. Local residents described extensive damage to their homes, expressing fear for their safety. The situation highlights the relentless nature of the attacks and the urgent need for relief and support in the region.Israel says it's targeting Hezbollah sites but many strikes have hit residential areas.
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Hezbollah's deputy leader says the group has adopted "new calculations" to inflict pain on Israel. Naim Qassem also says the group will hit military targets throughout Israel if no ceasefire is agreed. The comments follow the deaths of at least 41 people in Israeli air strikes. The Israeli military says it's carried out 200 air raids on Hezbollah targets in the past 24 hours.

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Gideon Levy, a columnist with Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, says that although defeating Hezbollah in Lebanon is an “unachievable goal”, Israel believes this is an opportunity to beat its enemies and “delete all dangers”.“This is obviously an unachievable goal, but Israel is aiming there, first in Gaza to smash Hamas and then to crush Hezbollah in Lebanon and if possible also to at least hit the potential power of Iran, or at least to minimise it,” he told Al Jazeera from Tel Aviv.Israel has tried and failed to accomplish this in the past, such as in its 1982 invasion with the hopes to install a friendly government in Lebanon.“A gambler goes again and again to the casino, and he never learns,” Levy said of Israel’s unwavering belief that it will succeed in its goals this time. “He loses and loses and loses, and he tries again because he believes that the next time will be his chance, his great chance.”Levy added: “Israel in many ways is behaving very similarly, not learning anything from its own experience.”

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In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati stated that the United States had assured him that Israel's bombings of Beirut would decrease. He mentioned that his communications with American officials led to a visible reduction in escalations in the city and its southern suburbs. However, Mikati noted that concrete plans for a ceasefire had not yet developed, although discussions were ongoing at the UN Security Council level. He emphasized the need to eliminate any justifications for targeting Lebanon's vital infrastructure, including airports and ports. Israel has indicated it currently believes these facilities are not being used for military purposes but has warned of potential attacks if it changes its assessment.

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The Israeli military has stationed an estimated 60,000 to 80,000 troops, along with tanks and artillery, at its northern border with Lebanon. Several divisions, including elite paratroopers and reserve forces, have been deployed to support military operations to fight Hezbollah. So far, ground combat between Israeli forces and Hezbollah has escalated, with Israel clearing areas near the border while conducting air attacks deeper into Lebanon. Although Israel hasn't confirmed its next steps, the growing intensity of daily clashes suggests further military action may follow.

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Deputy leader of Lebanese Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, says Israel wants to control all the “territory of Arab states and all the Muslims”, but adds a ceasefire in Gaza is the “solution” to end the escalating conflict.He accused Israel of committing "massacres" and pursuing a policy of terror through brutal crimes. He outlined three goals of Israel: instilling fear, securing full U.S. support, and leveraging time to achieve its long-term objectives.

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North Korea has blown up the northern sections of disused roads that connect it to South Korea, according to South Korea’s military.Some parts of the road north of the military demarcation line dividing the two countries were blown up at about midday (03:00 GMT), the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a message sent to media on Tuesday.The military fired warning shots south of the demarcation line, it said.Seoul had warned on Monday that Pyongyang was preparing to blow up the roads.Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have risen since North Korea accused its neighbour of sending drones carrying propaganda leaflets over the country’s capital Pyongyang.South Korea’s military later released video footage of the blasts.

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The Israeli military has killed 10 members of the same family in an overnight air strike on a home in Khan Younis. Many people were injured in the attack. They've been taken to the Nasser Hospital. The Israel military has bombarded the strip, killing at least 31 Palestinians since dawn on Tuesday.
Antony Loewenstein is the author of “The Palestine Laboratory”, a book on Israel's arms and surveillance industry.

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Asbestos in the vast piles of rubble left by Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza is a threat to Palestinians living there. Inhaled, it can cause cancers. Al Jazeera’s Nils Adler explains the threat.

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Iranian state TV has broadcast images showing the commander of the Quds Force, who hasn’t been seen in public for several weeks.Esmail Qaani was seen at a memorial ceremony for a senior Revolutionary Guard commander who was killed in Lebanon. There were reports that he may have been wounded in an Israeli strike on Beirut last week.

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There have been several Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon in the past few hours.From Aitou in the north, to a series of border towns near Israel. There was also a strike in the eastern Bekaa Valley - a playground was hit.

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South Korea's military has fired warning shots near the demarcation line dividing the two Koreas.It comes after North Korea blew up parts of the deeply symbolic roads connecting it to the south. Pyongyang's military last week vowed to permanently seal its southern border after spending months laying mines and building anti-tank barriers. Leader Kim Jong Un's declared South Korea his country's "principal enemy".
Robert Kelly is a professor of International Relations at Pusan National University.He says North Korea blowing up the roads won't have any practical effect.

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A diplomatic row is escalating between Canada and India, over last year's assassination of a Sikh activist in British Columbia.Both countries have expelled senior diplomats after officials in Ottawa announced they have evidence of violent criminal activity, linked to the Indian government.

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Israel says the drone attack by Hezbollah that killed four soldiers on Sunday will not go unanswered.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his army is paying a painful price, but that the fighting will continue.

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The Europa Clipper spacecraft is on an almost six-year, 3 billion kilometres (1.8b miles) mission to learn whether conditions on Jupiter’s moon could sustain life in what scientists believe could be a deep ocean hidden beneath its icy surface.The spacecraft launched Monday aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket from a NASA facility on Florida’s east coast.The launch was delayed several days by the impacts of Hurricane Milton at its Florida launch site.The launch also came a day after SpaceX launched its fifth Starship test flight from Texas and returned the rocket’s booster to land for the first time.

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EU foreign ministers displayed unity as tensions in the Middle East worsen. Josep Borrell, the EU’s chief diplomat, voiced growing concern, emphasizing that all 27 members demand Israel cease attacks on UNIFIL, which involves several European countries. France’s foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, stressed that Israel’s security should rely on dialogue, not force, while calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon. Besides the Middle East, the EU also approved a €35 billion loan to support Ukraine and imposed sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with drones and missiles.

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Since the 1979 Iranian revolution, Tehran's streets have been adorned with revolutionary slogans and images of fallen troops. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is on a regional tour to prevent further escalation in the region. He has visited Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman, aiming to strengthen cooperation and deter Israeli attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran. Despite Iranian calls for peace, Araghchi warns of retaliation if attacked, including targeting American troops. Israel's imminent response to a recent Iranian attack is expected to focus on Iran's nuclear and economic infrastructure.

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Air raid sirens have sounded in more than 190 locations in northern and central Israel after further rocket launches. Some were stopped by Israel's iron dome.It’s just the latest barrage of rockets, missiles, or drones launched by Hezbollah. On Sunday night, a major attack with unmanned aerial vehicles killed four Israeli soldiers at a military base and left seven in serious condition. Dozens of other people sustained minor injuries.Hezbollah has increased the number of rockets and missiles it's fired towards Israel since the end of last month.It's in response to Israel launching a massive air campaign on Lebanon.

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An Israeli air attack on northern Lebanon has killed at least 18 people.The attack happened in the village of Aitou.Residential homes sheltering people displaced from elsewhere in Lebanon were hit. Many of the buildings and vehicles in the blast zone have been destroyed.It's the first time Aitou has been targeted.Red Cross volunteers searched for survivors while ambulances evacuated the wounded. Israel's strikes have primarily targeted southern Lebanon, though the specific target in Aitou remains unclear.

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More than 1.6 million children under the age of five are at risk of malnutrition because of flooding in in South Sudan.Parents say they don’t have enough food or clean drinking water.800,000 people have fled their homes and thousands of acres of land are under water.

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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have a little over three weeks to sway voters in the upcoming US presidential election.And as Israel's war on Gaza continues, each candidate has a vision on how to restore peace. But thousands of kilometres away, Palestinians see the headline that matters to them.

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The Pentagon has confirmed the Biden administration is planning to send a missile defence system to Israel to protect against any Iranian threats.It also says US troops will be deployed to operate the system, known as “THAAD”.
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense requires 95 soldiers to operate.It is highly effective in shooting down short, medium and intermediate-range ballistic missiles. It can hit targets as far as 200 kilometres away.It consists of six truck-mounted launchers, 48 interceptors, radio and radar equipment.The United States previously deployed a THAAD battery to Israel in 2019 for training and an integrated air defence exercise.

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An Israeli air strike on the grounds of Al-Aqsa Hospital has killed at least four Palestinians, injured dozens and caused a huge fire, The attack hit tents near the hospital building where many displaced Palestinians were sheltering.

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An Israeli air strike on the grounds of Al-Aqsa Hospital has killed at least four Palestinians, injured dozens and caused a huge fire, The attack hit tents where many displaced Palestinians had been sheltering near the hospital building. Gaza's media office says this is the seventh time this year Israel has targeted the grounds of Al Aqsa Hospital, killing Palestinians who were forced to flee their homes.

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China has been accused of circling Taiwan in large-scale naval and air force exercises.Taiwan says China's latest war games are blatant provocations that seriously undermine regional peace and stability.It has been warning of an increase in Chinese military activity over the past five years. Beijing views the island as its own territory, a claim which Taiwan's government rejects.
Wen-Ti Sung is a non-resident fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub. He says the escalation is concerning, but not surprising.

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US President Joe Biden has toured the worst affected areas of Hurricanes Milton and Helene in Florida.He announced millions of dollars in funding to protect the power supply. Many residents are still flooded out of their homes.

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The head of the United Nations says Israel's latest attacks on peacekeeping forces in Lebanon may constitute a war crime. Antonio Guterres called on the Israeli military to guarantee the safety and security of UN forces.This comes after Israeli tanks destroyed the main gate of UNIFIL headquarters and fired several rounds.

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Israel says at least 4 of its soldiers have been killed and 61 people have been injured in a drone attack on an army base in northern Israel. It's the deadliest Hezbollah strike on Israel, since the war on Gaza began. Hezbollah says it was in response to an Israeli attack on the Lebanese capital on Thursday.

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Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has died at the age of 69. As a member of the Scottish National Party, Salmond was a key figure in Scotland's independence movement.He served as First Minister from 2007 to 2014, stepping down after the failure of an independence referendum.

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A local militia helping Nigerian security forces fight the armed group Boko Haram, is expanding its influence and operations. The Civilian Joint Task Force has, for more than a decade, supported the military with intelligence gathering and combat operations.The efforts led to the recovery of most of the areas held by Boko Haram in Nigeria’s northeast.

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The United States is sending an advanced anti-missile system to Israel, the Pentagon has announced, as President Joe Biden’s administration continues to provide “ironclad” support for one of its top allies amid mounting tensions with Iran.At the direction of US President Joe Biden, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin authorised the deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and its associated US military personnel. This move aims to bolster Israel's air defences following Iran’s unprecedented attacks against Israel on 13 April and again on 1 October, Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement.

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At least 39 people have been injured following a drone attack in northern Israel. Hezbollah claims its drones targeted an Israeli military camp. Israeli media reports that among the injured, five are in critical condition, after the attack near the town of Binyamina in the Haifa district.

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The United Nations says Israeli tanks burst through the gates of its peacekeeping force base in southern Lebanon after three platoons of Israeli soldiers crossed the Blue Line.The UN peacekeepers said in a statement at 4:30am (01:30 GMT), two Israeli army Merkava tanks “destroyed” their main gate and “forcibly entered the position” while peacekeepers were asleep.“The tanks left about 45 minutes later after UNIFIL protested through our liaison mechanism, saying [the Israeli military] presence was putting peacekeepers in danger,” it said.At 6:40am (03:40 GMT), peacekeepers reported several rounds being fired about 100 metres (328 feet) north of their position in what appeared to be an attack with some sort of chemical agent.“Despite putting on protective masks, 15 peacekeepers suffered effects including skin irritation and gastrointestinal reactions after the smoke entered the camp. The peacekeepers are receiving treatment.”The Israeli army must obey its “obligation to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and property” at the Lebanon border, the force said after the latest attack.“Breaching and entering a UN position is a further flagrant violation of international law and Security Council resolution 1701,” UNIFIL said in a statement.

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Bushra Khalidi, from the British charity Oxfam, says the hunger situation in besieged northern Gaza has deteriorated so drastically that people have resorted to eating animal feed, donkeys and horses just to survive.The comments come as Israel’s military blocked food from entering northern Gaza for the past 10 days, something she called “unacceptable” as it cuts the area off completely.“People are not surviving, people are very likely dying of starvation as they have been since the beginning of the war. The problem is we’re talking about levels of destruction that didn’t exist several months ago,” Khalidi told Al Jazeera.“I don’t know how people will survive. It’s likely they’ll die of starvation, die from the massacres we’re seeing in the north, or die trying to evacuate to the south.”She said most Palestinians are “ready to die in their homes” rather than doing the “death march” to southern Gaza, where Israeli attacks are also ongoing.

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The United States and Israel have no intention of calming the situation down in the Middle East, argues Matt Duss, executive vice president at the Center for International Policy and former foreign policy adviser to Senator Bernie Sanders.
Duss tells host Steve Clemons that the US and Israel are working in lockstep to create a "new security arrangement" in the region.
With full support and coordination from the US, Israel is free to wreak havoc in the occupied Palestinian territory and Lebanon, striking at will in Syria and Yemen, and planning to attack Iran directly again - with no end in sight.

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Addressing Guterres, the Israeli prime minister has demanded removing UN peacekeepers deployed in southern Lebanon after many of them were wounded in Israeli attacks.“Mr Secretary-General, get the UNIFIL forces out of harm’s way. It should be done right now, immediately,” Netanyahu said in a video statement issued by his office.At least five UN peacekeepers have been wounded in recent days as Israeli forces fight against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.Netanyahu’s appeal comes a day after the UN forces in Lebanon refused to withdraw from the border area despite five of its members being wounded in Israeli fire in recent days.Netanyahu, speaking at a cabinet meeting, said Israeli forces asked UNIFIL several times to leave but it “met with repeated refusals” that provided a “human shield to Hezbollah terrorists”.“Your refusal to evacuate the UNIFIL soldiers makes them hostages of Hezbollah. This endangers both them and the lives of our soldiers. We regret the injuring of UNIFIL soldiers and we are doing everything in our power to prevent this injuring. But the simple and obvious way to ensure this is simply to get them out of the danger zone.”

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More than a year into Israel’s most brutal assault on Gaza, much of the besieged enclave has been destroyed, including many schools and hospitals. Last year, as the war was just beginning, we visited Gaza’s largest and most important hospital - al-Shifa - as it faced collapse following the Israeli siege on water and fuel. The electricity was about to run out and al-Shifa was close to collapse.
Now, more than a year later, we go back to the hospital that served so many Palestinians throughout so many attacks on Gaza. Al-Shifa Hospital ­is now an empty shell after the latest siege. No patients remain at the facility. Most of the buildings are extensively damaged or destroyed and the majority of the equipment is unusable or reduced to ashes. The scale of devastation has left the facility completely non-functional, further reducing access to life-saving healthcare in Gaza. Restoring even minimal functionality in the short term seems implausible but with a partial reopening, not impossible.
The hospital’s emergency department and surgical and maternity ward buildings are extensively damaged due to explosives and fire. The western wall of the emergency department and the northern wall of the neonatal intensive care department (NICU) have been torn down. At least 115 beds in what once was the emergency department have been burned and 14 incubators in the NICU destroyed, among other assets.
Numerous shallow graves have been dug just outside the emergency department, and administrative and surgical buildings. In the same area, many bodies were partially buried with their limbs visible, a smell of decomposing flesh engulfing the hospital compound.
According to the acting hospital director, patients were held in abysmal conditions during the siege. They endured a severe lack of food, water, healthcare, hygiene and sanitation, and were forced to relocate between buildings at gunpoint.
This film will bring to light the devastation of al-Shifa Hospital, and what this means for the healthcare system of Gaza.

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As Lebanon falls under relentless fire from Israel, we spoke with Karim Makdisi about Israel’s psychological warfare and the desire among the political and media class to ‘remake the Middle East.’
Karim Makdisi is an Associate Professor of International Politics at the American University of Beirut and co-host of the Makdisi Street.
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Patients, the injured and babies in incubators are being forced to flee the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza - after the Israeli army's forced evacuation order.They are now seeking shelter in Gaza City's Al Shifa medical facility.
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Turkey has lost two million hectares of wetlands in the past 12 years - mostly due to unregulated water use.The findings in a new study have also highlighted that in the last six decades, most of the country's lakes have dried up.

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Israel has expanded its bombing campaign in Lebanon, by targeting at least three areas outside traditional Hezbollah strongholds. The town of Deir Bella in northern Lebanon was hit by an Israeli air strike, for the first time since hostilities escalated. Two people were killed and four others injured.
A strike targeting Maaysrah killed at least nine people.Four people in Barja were killed by an attack there. Many people fled to northern Lebanon to escape Israeli air strikes elsewhere -- which has prompted further concern about an expansion of the war.
There's widespread destruction in Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, after an Israeli air strike hit a market there.First responders say a fire broke out after the attack, stopping them from reaching the scene.At least eight people were injured. Nabatieh has come under several Israeli attacks since cross-border hostilities escalated.

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It is three weeks to the US presidential election, and polling suggests Donald Trump has a slim lead over Kamala Harris in the crucial swing state of Arizona.For decades it's traditionally been a Republican stronghold, but Joe Biden won it by a narrow margin in 2020.That’s partly because of the significant number of independent voters in the state.

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The Israeli army says it's intercepted five rockets above the city of Haifa.It says the barrage was fired from Lebanon - triggering warning sirens across northern Israel.There are no reports of injuries.

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At least eight Palestinians have been killed in a new wave of Israeli air strikes that targeted a home in Jabalia, in the north of the Gaza Strip.At least 30 people were killed across Gaza on Saturday.Staff from the World Health Organization have been moving patients from the last major medical facility in the area, after Israeli threats to leave or face deadly attacks. But more injured people continue to turn up at Kamal Adwan Hospital, after every Israeli air strike.
Al Jazeera’s Moath al-Kahlout reports from Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Israel has stepped up its attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp with heavy gunfire being heard in the area on Sunday morning. Thousands of Palestinians have already been forced from their homes by Israeli forces. Those fleeing had been travelling on foot towards Gaza City.But witnesses say Israeli forces have now put sand barriers on the main streets between Gaza City and the northern part of the strip, besieging tens of thousands in Jabalia.

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Israel has escalated its bombing campaign in Lebanon, with airstrikes on at least three villages outside traditional Hezbollah strongholds. At least 15 people were killed in the central and northern region on Saturday.One of the locations targeted was in the town of Deir Bella in north Lebanon, which had not been struck before.The towns of Maaysrah and Barja were also hit.
In southern Lebanon, Israeli forces have carried out air strikes on Nabatieh.At least eight people have been injured.Nabatieh has come under several Israeli attacks since cross-border hostilities escalated.

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The US has expressed concern to Israel after its troops fired on UN peacekeeper positions in Lebanon.US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called his Israeli counterpart, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, demanding the safety of the UN Lebanon peacekeeping force, known as UNIFIL. 40 nations contributing to UNIFIL have also signed a joint statement, reaffirming the protection of peacekeepers.

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US aircraft manufacturer Boeing is planning to lay off 17 thousand workers. That's ten percent of its entire workforce. Strike action by its machinists has forced its factories to close. The aero-space giant is also facing legal pressure over deadly crashes and serious in-flight mishaps in re-cent years.

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More injured Palestinians are still arriving at Kamal Adwan Hospital following the latest Israeli attacks in Jabalia. That's despite hospital staff already trying to evacuate patients from the facility.

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Environmental groups say illegal sand mining is taking a damaging toll in South Africa. But for many, it's a crucial source of income in a country where one third of the population is unemployed. And global appetite for sand is keeping miners busy.

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Iman Ayad, a 22-year-old medical student from Gaza, faces immense challenges studying in a tent since the war on Gaza began. Using a friend’s laptop for online classes, she remains committed to her education, motivated by her desire to help the people of Gaza. Despite the hardships, Iman refuses to give up, knowing her studies will enable her to make a difference for her community.

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Many Palestinians in Gaza have made the difficult decision to leave the occupied territories.And some have found success abroad but they say their thoughts are never far from their homeland of Palestine.

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Online video streaming is becoming a mainstay of cultural life in Africa where audiences are growing. Now web series creators on the continent are seizing the opportunity to explore complex and often controversial themes.

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Public transport workers have brought the capital Lima to a near standstill after calling for a three-day strike. Drivers are demanding the government take action against gangs who violently impose them extortion fees.

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The months of October and November mark the olive harvest season for Palestinians. But in the past year, the UN says at least one-million olive trees have been uprooted by the Israeli military in GazaDespite the destruction, Palestinians across Gaza continue to honor the tradition of olive picking as an act of resilience.

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Teenage volunteers in central Gaza are teaching other children how to sing and play musical instruments. Displaced themselves, they're helping traumatised kids to smile again some have lost limbs, their homes, and their family members. And still aren't safe from Israel's ongoing bombing.

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Resistance songs have formed the soundtrack to Palestine solidarity marches around the world.Music by Arab artists has reached new audiences.But it’s also artists beyond the diaspora who are using their platform to shine a spotlight on Israel’s war.

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