Live blog: Israel kills 26 Palestinians in air strikes across Gaza

Friday, November 1, 2024

2346 GMT — At least 26 Palestinians were killed and 47 wounded in Israeli air strikes on besieged Gaza, said medical sources.

An Israeli bombardment targeted a house in the Sabra neighbourhood in southern Gaza City, killing two Palestinians and wounding four, they said.

Another strike targeted a gathering in the town of Al-Zawayda in central Gaza, killing two Palestinians and injuring three others.

At least 16 Palestinians were killed and 30 wounded, including children, in strikes that targeted two houses north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, said medical sources.

Four Palestinians were killed and ten others were wounded, including children, in a bombardment that targeted a house in northwest Gaza City, sources said.

Two Palestinian brothers were killed and several others wounded when an Israeli warplane bombed a house in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Palestinian paramedics told Anadolu Agency.

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0349 GMT — Rocket fire from Lebanon kills 7 in Israel including four Thai nationals

Rocket barrages from Lebanon into northern Israel have killed four foreign workers and three Israelis, Israeli medics have said, the deadliest cross-border strikes in Israel since it invaded Lebanon.

Thailand confirmed the death of four of its nationals in the rocket attack.

Thailand's Foreign Minister, Maris Sangiampongsa posted on social media platform X that he was "deeply saddened" by the deaths close to the town of Metula on Thursday, adding another Thai citizen was wounded as well.

2229 GMT — Arab League calls for UN resolution against Israel's UNRWA ban

The Arab League called for the passage of a UN resolution opposing Israel's move to ban the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) from operating in the country.

The meeting demanded in its decision that "the representatives of Arab countries in New York coordinate with the ambassadors and representatives of friendly countries and the UN Secretariat to request a special session of the UN General Assembly, as it is the body that issued the decision to establish UNRWA, to discuss the repercussions of this serious Israeli law and to issue a UN resolution rejecting this illegal Israeli measure."

2204 GMT — Russia says Israel's UNRWA ban violates international law

Russia said that Israel's decision to ban the activities of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) violates international law.

"The adoption of these bills (by Israel's parliament) not only violates international law, including UN General Assembly decisions and the UN Charter, but also contradicts the conditions for Israel's admission to the UN," said a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

2041 GMT — Israel killed 1,200+ Palestinians in northern Gaza in 4 weeks

The Israeli army has killed over 1,200 Palestinians in its siege of northern Gaza that started nearly four weeks ago, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said.

"The Israeli army continues to commit massacres and target shelters and civilians in Beit Lahia, resulting in casualties amidst a severely strained health care system," Munir al-Bursh, director general of the ministry, told Anadolu Agency.

He stressed that "the Israeli occupation is committing murder and destruction due to the absence of oversight or accountability to stop its crimes."

2101 GMT — Israel 'waging an open war on the UN,': Palestinian envoy

Officials and representatives voiced grave concern about Israel's acts against Palestinians, as the Palestinian deputy envoy to the UN emphasised that Israel is "waging an open war on the UN."

"Israel claims it is the one under attack by the UN, even as it is the one waging an open war on the UN not just on UNRWA but on; the secretary-general (Antonio Guterres), on special rapporteurs, commissioners, on the Security Council, General Assembly, Human Rights Council, the ICJ (International Court of Justice), the ICC (International Criminal Court), on this committee. On every single country that dares to speak out, on the entire UN system and the international community," said deputy Palestine envoy to the UN Feda Abdelhady.

Underscoring the urgency of a global response, Abdelhady said: "We believe we are at a turning point. Although the days have never been darker, the prospects for justice and accountability have never been greater."

2104 GMT — US envoys in Israel to seek Lebanon truce plan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met visiting US officials to discuss a possible deal to end Israel's war with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Netanyahu told Washington envoys Amos Hochstein and Brett McGurk that any Lebanon deal must guarantee Israel's longer-term scrutiny.

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