At least 33 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks throughout the Gaza Strip since dawn, medical sources say, including 18 in Jabalia refugee camp as the forced expulsion by troops in the north continues.Medical sources tell Al Jazeera that at least 640 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its military operation in northern Gaza 17 days ago.
Dozens of rockets launched from Lebanon to Israel: Army
The Israeli army says about 30 rockets were fired from Lebanon to Israel this afternoon.
Aerial warning sirens were heard in the Upper Galilee and Central Galilee areas, a military statement said.
Some of the rockets were intercepted and others crashed in open areas, the army said, adding that there were no casualties.
Arab League chief urges ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit says the group’s priority is to achieve an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon.
Speaking at a meeting Beirut, he called for Israel’s prompt withdrawal from any Lebanese territories it has occupied or entered.
Aboul Gheit was also asked if Hezbollah could be destroyed, to which he replied: “You cannot destroy an idea.”
Nearly a month of all-out war has killed at least 1,470 people in Lebanon, although the real toll is likely higher.
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit [File: Rafael Marchante/Reuters] According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society and the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, 91 of these women were detained after October 7, 2023.
The organisations said three of the women are from Gaza, four from Israel proper, four others from occupied East Jerusalem, and 83 from the occupied West Bank.
They said 61 remain under arrest, five have been sentenced, and 28 are in administrative detention – held without charge for an indefinite amount of time.
“Seven of the detainees were released in the 2023 exchange deal with Israeli authorities and were re-arrested at various times throughout the year. “Between 7 October 2023 and October 20, 2024, a total of 425 women were arrested by Israeli forces, with all but 94 released at various times.”
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Israel airport authority says flights halted at Ben Gurion airport
Israel’s airport authority has halted the takeoff and landing of flights at the country’s Ben Gurion airport, but did not provide a reason for the move.
“In coordination with the security system, landings and takeoffs at the airport were stopped,” said the airport authority in a statement.
What is Lebanon’s al-Qard al-Hassan financial institution?
Israel’s fighter jets struck branches of what it said is a Hezbollah-linked financial institution overnight.
Here is some information about al-Qard al-Hassan Association:
- Founded in 1983, al-Qard al-Hassan describes itself as a charitable organisation that provides loans to people according to Islamic principles that forbid interest. It has more than 30 branches, most of them located in Beirut, southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley. It operates under a licence granted by the Lebanese government.
- The US Department of the Treasury, which sanctioned the association in 2007, has claimed that Hezbollah uses al-Qard al-Hassan as a cover to manage “financial activities and gain access to the international financial system”. The department sanctioned individuals linked to it in 2021.
- Hezbollah’s slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated in an Israeli air raid on September 27, spoke about the institution many times. In 2020, after al-Qard al-Hassan was hacked and names of its clients were published, Nasrallah said the aim was to scare away its users in a bid to make the institution collapse. He urged Hezbollah supporters to respond by depositing any funds they had at home with al-Qard al-Hassan. He described it as an organisation supported and protected by Hezbollah.
A man rides his motorcycle past the site of an overnight Israeli air attack that targeted a branch of the al-Qard al-Hassan group in Beirut’s southern suburbs [AFP] The Israeli opposition leader has told European Union Ambassador to Israel Dimiter Tzantchev the pursuing of arms sanctions by some members of the bloc against Israel is “unforgivable”, according to local media quoting a statement by his office.
“The European Union countries must work together with Israel to advance a deal to return all the abductees,” he said on X after the meeting.
“An arms embargo on Israel while we are fighting against terrorist organisations is unacceptable,” he added in Hebrew.
Israel still blocksaid from reaching northern Gaza: UN
Israeli authorities continue to prevent humanitarian missions from reaching areas of northern Gaza with critical supplies including water, food, and medicine for people under siege.
Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), says hospitals have been hit and are without power while wounded people are left without care.
“@UNRWA remaining shelters are so overcrowded, some displaced people are now forced to live in the toilets. According to reports, people attempting to flee are getting killed, their bodies left on the street. Missions to rescue people from under the rubble are also being denied,” he said.
“Denying & weaponizing humanitarian assistance to achieve military purposes is a sign of how low the moral compass is.”
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