Gaza
*, ! = read with care
● = may require sign-up or subscription
Guardian: "Israel-Hamas war" — (LINK)
Al Jazeera: "Israel-Hamas war live": now "Israel War on Gaza" — (LINK)
Tel Aviv-area school hit by Houthi missile fired from Yemen. — 19 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 32 media reports (LINK)
US imposes sanctions on Iran, Houthi-related targets. — (LINK)
MSF: Israel's assault on Gaza bears 'clear signs of ethnic cleansing'. — 19 December 2024 (LINK)
Hamas official: 34 hostages could be released in first phase of deal, Rafah Crossing would reopen. — 18 December 2024 (LINK)
Swiss parliament votes to ban Lebanon's Hezbollah despite govt. opposition, a week after it proscribed Palestinian group Hamas. — 18 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 29 media reports (LINK)
— The Swiss government opposed the anti-Hezbollah move after Switzerland's Federal Council said that the Lebanese resistance movement could not be banned as a threat to security under the country's intelligence act because the existing law required sanctions or a ban by the United Nations to be in place for such a move to be applied.
Facebook restricts Palestinian news but boosts Israel's: BBC research. — 18 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 30 media reports (LINK)
— Middle East Eye: Meta censorship is having a 'devastating' impact on Palestinian news sources: new report reveals the impact of shadow-banning by Facebook and Instagram's parent company. — (LINK)
'At least 54 killed' in Gaza after Israeli forces carry out air and ground attacks. — 15 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 93 media reports (LINK)
Cabinet unanimously approves $11 million plan to double population of the Golan Heights. — 15 December 2024 (LINK)
Israel announces closure of Dublin embassy due to 'anti-Israel policy' of Irish government. — 15 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 294 media reports (LINK)
Ireland is asking the International Court of Justice to broaden its definition of genocide, claiming Israel has engaged in collective punishment of people in Gaza. — 12 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 21 media reports (LINK)
Israeli Navy destroys much of Syrian Fleet in Latakia. — 9 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 106 media reports (LINK)
Report: Hamas submits list of names for hostage-prisoner swap, including US citizens held captives. — 9 December 2024 (LINK)
Netanyahu says Israeli forces have seized a buffer zone in the Golan Heights after Syrian unrest. — 8 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 248 media reports (LINK)
Gaza health officials say latest Israeli airstrikes kill at least 14 including children. — 8 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 43 media reports (LINK)
Israeli strikes on a Gaza tent camp kill at least 21 people, hospital says. — 5 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 49 media reports (LINK)
New UN General Assembly resolution calls by 157-8 for creation of Palestinian state, announces an international summit for June 2025. — 4 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: media reports (LINK)
— France, represented by President Macron, stated it is ready to recognize a Palestinian state, but only "at a useful moment".
Award-Winning Syrian photojournalist killed in airstrike near Hama. — 4 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 19 media reports (LINK)
Palestinians say Hamas and Fatah are close to an agreement on a committee to administer postwar Gaza. — 3 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 91 media reports (LINK)
Israel, Hezbollah exchange fire after truce; US believes ceasefire still holds. — 2 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 328 media reports (LINK)
At least 200 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on northern Gaza on 30 November, according to local health officials, as the United Nations said it would pause aid deliveries through the enclave's main crossing after more of its trucks were stolen.. — 1 December 2024 (LINK)
UNRWA says it is halting aid deliveries through main Gaza crossing due to threats from armed gangs. — 1 December 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: media reports (LINK)
Israel steps up bombing of central Gaza, strikes kill 26 people. — 28 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 53 media reports (LINK)
Israel says ceasefire with Hezbollah violated, fires on south Lebanon. — 28 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 23 media reports (LINK)
Swiss decide against banning Hezbollah after Hamas banned. — 28 November 2024 (LINK)
— Switzerland's Federal Council says the group could not be banned as a threat to security under the country's intelligence act because the existing law required sanctions or a ban by the United Nations to be in place for such a move to be applied.
— It said it banned Hamas over the "unprecedented terrorist attacks" of October 7, 2023, in line with the practice of proscribing organizations on a case-by-case basis only "for extremely serious reasons."
Thousands return home to south Lebanon after ceasefire starts. — 27 November 2024 (LINK)
Netanyahu recommends approval of ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah. — 26 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 48 media reports (LINK)
Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, Human Rights Watch says. — 25 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 34 media reports (LINK)
Murder of Israeli Rabbi in UAE reported missing on 21 November raises regional security and diplomatic concerns. — 25 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 355 media reports (LINK)
Gunman shot dead, 3 police injured in shooting near Israeli embassy in Jordan. — 24 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 70 media reports (LINK)
Lebanon, Hezbollah agree to US cease-fire plan, Reuters says. — 23 November 2024 (LINK)
At least 15 killed after Israeli strike flattens building in central Beirut overnight, Lebanese officials say. At least 63 other people were injured in the strike, according to a toll provided by Lebanon's Ministry of Health. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) did not issue an evacuation order for the area ahead of the strikes, and has not yet commented on the attack. — 23 November 2024 (LINK)
International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu, former Defence Minister Gallant and Hamas leader. — 21 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 385 media reports (LINK)
!Daniel Pomerantz, Allgemeiner: ICC Prosecutor Karim Kahn has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant of "war crimes," specifically, "deliberately depriving Gaza's civilian population of essential goods, including food, water, electricity and medical supplies" as part of a "widespread and systematic attack against civilians."
In reality, the claims are preposterous. Israel delivers an average of 3,729 food trucks to Gaza per month, representing an average of 3,374 kcal per person per day, almost double the needs of an average adult human! — (LINK)
— "This data is from a detailed study by the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (whose figures have been independently verified by RealityCheck). Similar data is available regarding fuel, water, medical supplies, and all other forms of humanitarian aid."
Netanyahu offers a $5 million reward to Gazans for each hostage returned. — 20 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 195 media reports (LINK)
UN Force in Lebanon says four Ghanaian peacekeepers wounded, Israel blames Hezbollah rockets. — 19 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 10 media reports (LINK)
Armed gunmen loot more than 100 aid trucks in Gaza on 16 November, according to the United Nations. — 19 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 84 media reports (LINK)
Beirut schools closed after deadly airstrikes hit central Beirut near key government buildings and embassies. — 18 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 113 media reports (LINK)
Incoming majority leader says U.S. Senate will sanction ICC unless case against Israelis dropped. — 18 November 2024 (LINK)
Israeli strike in Beirut kills Hezbollah spokesman Mohammad Afif. — 17 November 2024 (LINK)
Israeli troops reach deepest point in Lebanon since Oct. 1 invasion before being pushed back by Hezbollah militants, Lebanese media say. — 17 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 92 media reports (LINK)
IDF says 10 gunmen in Gaza's Jabalia killed in drone strike. — 16 November 2024 (LINK)
Israeli military says its planes targeted Hamas operatives at former Gaza school serving as a shelter for displaced Palestinians, after 10 said killed in strike. — 16 November 2024 (LINK)
— The IDF says that the Hamas operatives had set up a command center within the former UN-run school, and were using it to plan "imminent" attacks against troops operating in Gaza. To mitigate civilian harm, the IDF says it used a "precision munition," aerial surveillance, and other intelligence.
Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders killed in Israel strike on Syria. — 16 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 30 media reports (LINK)
2 Israeli airstrikes hit Syria's capital and a suburb, killing 15 people, Syrian state media say. — 14 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 126 media reports (LINK)
— The Israeli military said it hit infrastructure sites and command centers of the Islamic Jihad militant group in Syria and "inflicted significant damage to the terrorist organization's command center and to its operatives".
Israel strikes Hezbollah areas in Beirut, southern Lebanon for third day. — 14 November 2024 (LINK)
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of forced population transfer in Gaza, a war crime and a crime against humanity. — 14 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 215 media reports (LINK)
Israeli airstrikes pounded Beirut's Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs for a second consecutive day, as Lebanon waited to hear Washington's latest ceasefire proposals after a U.S. official expressed hope a truce could be reached. — 13 November 2024 (LINK)
Beirut bombing victims' $1.68 billion Iran judgment overturned by US appeals court. — 13 November 2024 (LINK)
— In a 3-0 decision, the panel rejected a claim that a 2019 federal law designed to make it easier to seize Iranian assets held outside the United States waived Bank Markazi's sovereign immunity. The court returned the case to U.S. District Loretta Preska in Manhattan to address state law questions in the 11-year-old case, and whether the case can proceed at all in Bank Markazi's absence.
FBI arrests alleged leaker of US intelligence documents related to Israel's attack plans against Iran. — 13 November 2024 (LINK)
Trump Picks Mike Huckabee, an Evangelical Christian and Annexation Proponent, as U.S. Ambassador to Israel. — 12 November 2024 (LINK)
Al Jazeera Gaza team stops broadcasting over unpaid bills. — 12 November 2024 (LINK)
At least 23 killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon's Almat, ministry says. — 10 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 130 media reports (LINK)
— Over 80 people have been reported killed in Israeli strikes across Lebanon, northern Gaza, and Syria since late Saturday.
Israel claims killing of Islamic Jihad's head of operations in Gaza — (LINK)
Amsterdam police detain pro-Palestinian protesters at banned demonstration. — 10 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 157 media reports (LINK)
Israeli strikes across Gaza: at least 44 Palestinians have been killed — 9 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 110 media reports (LINK)
— One of the strikes targeted a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City's eastern Tuffah neighbourhood, killing six people from two families — including a pregnant woman and children — and wounding 22 others. Another Israeli air strike hit tents housing displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi, in the southern region of Khan Younis, killing at least nine people and injuring 11 others. Four more Palestinians were killed in two separate attacks on the northern town of Beit Lahia. Palestinian health authorities said that at least 44 people have been killed in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed since the start of Israel's war on Gaza last year to 43,552.
An Israeli air strike on the southern port city of Tyre has left at least seven dead, among them five siblings, three of whom were deaf and mute, officials said. — (LINK)
First aid in weeks reaches the north of Gaza. — (LINK)
Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead women and children, UN rights office says. — 8 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 231 media reports (LINK)
Israeli soccer fans attacked in Amsterdam, Israeli and Dutch authorities say. — 8 November 2024 (LINK)
The United Nations says replacing its Palestinian relief agency UNRWA in Gaza and the West Bank is not the world body's responsibility, signaling it is Israel's problem, according to a letter excerpt seen by Reuters. — 6 November 2024 (LINK)
Benjamin Netanyahu fires defence minister Yoav Gallant, triggering protests across Israel: minister widely seen by Israel's allies as a brake on far-right elements of Israeli government. — 5 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 484 media reports (LINK)
American Airlines won't fly to Israel again until at least September 2025. — 5 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 17 media reports (LINK)
Israel officially informs UN of end to relations with Palestinian relief agency. — 4 November 2024 (LINK)
At least 25 killed in central Gaza as Israel resumes raids on Beirut. — 1 November 2024 (LINK)
UNRWA chief says Israeli forces damaged agency's West Bank office; Israel disputes claim — 1 November 2024 (LINK)
sIsraeli strike killed more than 90 people, including 20 children, in Beit Lahia, marking the deadliest attack in months, according to local officials. — 30 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 133 media reports (LINK)
At least 25 killed in central Gaza as Israel resumes raids on Beirut. — 1 November 2024 (LINK)
AlJazeera: Israeli strikes kill 143 across Gaza, more than 77 in Lebanon. — (LINK)
Truthout: * US's UN Ambassador slammed for 'unfounded attack' on UN Palestine Expert Francesca Albanese.* — 30 October 2024 (LINK)
— U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that the U.S. believes Albanese is "unfit for her role." Truthout: "She baselessly accused Albanese, who has been outspoken against Israel's genocide and occupation of Palestine, of being antisemitic — an accusation that has been leveled countless times against Albanese as Israel has carried out its slaughter in Gaza and beyond."
— "Your attack on UN special Rapporteur Albanese is so clearly intended to hide your criminal complicity in an ongoing genocide that you truly should be embarrassed. Is there any trick from the genocidaire's playbook that you will refuse to carry out?" said the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention. "By attacking a person who is courageously speaking truth, you obviously hope to draw attention away from the criminal conspiracy that is the Biden White House, State Department, Department of Defense, and your office, all of which have materially aided Israel in committing genocide," the group continued.
UN Gaza Strip update: Children in Gaza are not only dying from bombs, bullets and shells, but also because those who survive are prevented from leaving Gaza to receive life-saving care. According to UNICEF, only 127 children in critical condition have been allowed to leave the Strip since May. The Ministry of Health appeals for immediate deployment of medical teams, ambulances and civil defence vehicles to save lives in North Gaza, as only two doctors remain at the overwhelmed Kamal Adwan Hospital. — 29 October 2024 (LINK)
— Over the past three weeks, more than 71,000 people have been displaced from North Gaza governorate to Gaza city and about 100,000 people remain in North Gaza, according to the most recent estimates by the UN and its partners.
Israeli parliament votes to ban UNRWA from Israel within 90 days. — 28 October 2024 (LINK)
— Lawmakers also voted to declare UN relief agency a terror group, banning any direct interaction with Israeli state.
Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 33 people, mostly women and children, according to Palestinian officials. One dead and dozens injured as truck strikes bus stop in central Israel in suspected terror attack — 27 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 275 media reports (LINK)
Satellite photos show Israel hit Iran former nuclear weapons test building, missile facilities, researchers say. — 27 October 2024 (LINK)
Israel launches three waves of strikes on military targets in Iran. — 26 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 546 media reports (LINK)
— Iran said its air defences had successfully countered the attack but two soldiers were killed and some locations suffered "limited damage". A semi-official Iranian news agency said there would be a "proportional reaction" to the Israeli strikes.
Three health workers injured, dozens detained at north Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital: WHO. — 26 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 89 media reports (LINK)
— The Palestinian enclave's health ministry said troops had detained dozens of male medical staffers and some patients including hospital director. Later the same day, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA said at least 30 people were killed in Israeli strikes on several houses in northern Gaza's Beit Lahiya.
ICC replaces on health grounds judge mulling request for Netanyahu arrest warrant — 26 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 15 media reports (LINK)
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 42 people as the military intensified a siege on northern parts of the Palestinian territory, forcing the World Health Organization to pause the latest phase of its polio vaccination campaign, medics and officials said. — 23 October 2024 (LINK)
Hospitals under fire as Israeli forces deepen operations in northern Gaza. — 23 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 134 media reports (LINK)
— The U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said Israeli authorities were preventing humanitarian missions from reaching areas in the north of the Palestinian enclave with critical supplies, including medicine and food. "People attempting to flee are getting killed, their bodies left on the street," UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini said on X.
Eurovision 2025 wants to change competition, following protests against Israel — 23 October 2024 (LINK)
Swiss conservative party submits signatures for referendum to block Eurovision 2025 — (LINK)
s
Lebanon's Hezbollah says it bombed Nirit area in Tel Aviv suburbs with missiles — 22 October 2024 (LINK)
2 US service members injured during counter-ISIS mission in Iraq. The raid resulted in the deaths of at leasst 7 ISIS members, including leaders, and the seizure of weapons and equipment. — 22 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 35 media reports (LINK)
Pentagon denies employee of Iranian origin leaked Israel's strike intel — 22 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 20 media reports (LINK)
Israeli minister calls for new settlements in Gaza — 21 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: media reports (LINK)
France24: 'UNRWA ID' allegedly found amidst Hamas head Sinwar's belongings: document is an expired passport belonging to a man very much alive, who has fled Gaza — 21 October 2024 (LINK)
Israel targets Hezbollah's financial arm and begins striking Beirut — 20 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 239 media reports (LINK)
Berlin authorities arrest Libyan man allegedly linked to ISIL who is suspected of planning attack on Israeli Embassy — 20 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 176 media reports (LINK)
'At least 73 killed' in strike on Gaza town of Beit Lahiya, medics say - as Israel says drone launched at Netanyahu's house — 19 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 436 media reports (LINK)
Renewed calls for cease-fire after Israel kills Hamas leader — 18 October 2024 (LINK)
— US President Biden expected to renew Gaza cease-fire calls on Berlin visit.
— Chancellor Scholz, speaking in Brussels, said: "There is a proposal from President Biden and others as to what such a ceasefire could look like and we fully support that."
— Hezbollah threatens 'new phase' in Israel attacks, saying that it used precision-guided missiles against troops for the first time.
— Some 100 hostages abducted on October 7 are still thought to be held in Gaza.
Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in northern Gaza killed 28 — 17 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 137 media reports (LINK)
BBC: Israeli air strike on UN-run north Gaza school kills at least 22, medics say — (LINK)
— Israel named 12 men it said were among "dozens" of members of Palestinian armed groups present in the compound at the time of the strike.
US stealth bombers strike Houthi weapons storage facilities in Yemen — 17 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 160 media reports (LINK)
Israel's foreign minister confirms that Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar, responsible for the October 7th massacre, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza: — 16 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 468 media reports (LINK)
U.S. bombers strike Iran-backed Houthi weapons storage sites in Yemen — 16 October 2024 (LINK)
Israeli strike hits municipal building in south Lebanon, mayor and five others killed — 16 October 2024 (LINK)
The UN says its peacekeepers will stay in their positions in southern Lebanon, despite repeated demands by Israel that they should move out of the way of its forces there — 15 October 2024 (LINK)
* Israel assures US it plans to target Iran's military, not oil or nuclear sites, source says * — 15 October 2024 (LINK)
4 Israeli soldiers killed, more than 60 people injured in Hezbollah drone strike 60k north of Tel Aviv — 14 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 232 media reports (LINK)
Israeli airstrike killed at least 20 people in central Gaza, local hospitals say — (LINK)
UN launches second round of polio vaccinations for children in Gaza: About 590,000 children under the age of ten will be vaccinated, according to UN agencies. Israel and the organizers have agreed to area-specific humanitarian truces — (LINK)
The Israeli government has accused UNIFIL of acting as a "human shield" for Hezbollah and demanded its immediate removal from southern Lebanon on 13 October. EU Foreign Minister says Israeli attacks on UNIFIL are 'completely unacceptable' before heading into a meeting of foreign affairs ministers in Luxembourg — 14 October 2024 (LINK)
UN Security Council voices 'strong concern' for UN peacekeepers after Israeli attacks — 14 October 2024 (LINK)
UN says Israeli tanks burst through gates of peacekeeper base in Lebanon — 13 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 101 media reports (LINK)
— UN Secretary General António Guterres warned that attacks on peacekeepers "may constitute a war crime," emphasizing that UN personnel must not be targeted.
Israeli PM Netanyahu tells UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon to withdraw 'immediately' — 13 October 2024 (LINK)
40 countries contributing to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon 'strongly condemn' Israeli attacks on UN peacekeepers — 12 October 2024 (LINK)
Israel ramps up military push in northern Gaza, issuing evacuation orders and blocking food supplies after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considered a siege plan against Hamas: UN peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again — 12 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 235 media reports (LINK)
— In Lebanon, the U.N. peacekeeping force said its headquarters in Naqoura was hit again, with a peacekeeper struck by gunfire late Friday and in stable condition. It wasn't clear who fired. It occurred a day after Israel's military fired on the headquarters for a second straight day . Israel, which has warned peacekeepers to leave their positions, didn't immediately respond to questions.
UN official appeals for Lebanon's ports and airport to be spared as Israel presses its offensive — 12 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 36 media reports (LINK)
Foreign Minister Israel Katz defends decision to ban UN chief from Israel after over 100 member states protest — 12 October 2024 (LINK)
Israel's genocidal attack has unleashed 'most profound crisis since the end of World War II': "one year later, the promise by Israeli leaders to destroy Gaza has been fulfilled," said 37 United Nations special rapporteurs. "The strip is now a wasteland of rubble and human remains." — 11 October 2024 (LINK)
— OHCHR: 'The international order is breaking down in Gaza': UN experts mark one year of genocidal attacks on Palestinians — (LINK)
Israel used US-supplied bomb in Beirut strike that killed at least 22 Lebanese. "The Biden-Harris administration gave Israel at least 3,000 of these munitions from October-December 2023 alone," noted one expert — 11 October 2024 (LINK)
UNIFIL reported that new explosions hit its headquarters, injuring two peacekeepers, a day after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) targeted the same area injuring two other peacekeepers — 11 October 2024 (LINK)
US imposes sanctions on Iran's oil sector over missile attack on Israel — 11 October 2024 (LINK)
Nicaragua breaks diplomatic relations with Israel calling the Israeli government "fascist and genocidal" — 11 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 106 media reports (LINK)
Israeli strike on Beirut kills 22 in deadliest attack on city centre since war's start — 10 October 2024 (LINK)
— The strikes hit a densely packed residential neighbourhood of apartment buildings and small shops in the heart of the Lebanese capital. Israel had not previously struck the area, which is removed from Beirut's southern suburbs where Hezbollah's headquarters have been repeatedly bombed over the past weeks. Wafiq Safa, who heads Hezbollah's liaison and coordination unit responsible for working with Lebanese security agencies, was reportedly the target of Thursday's strikes, but survived, security sources told the Reuters news agency.
Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a Gaza shelter has killed at least 21 people (perhaps even 28) — 10 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 209 media reports (LINK)
Israeli offensive in hard-hit northern Gaza kills dozens and threatens hospitals — 9 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 160 media reports (LINK)
Israeli military says it eliminated a commander of Hezbollah in Beirut strike — 8 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 56 media reports (LINK)
Hezbollah strikes Israel on Gaza war anniversary; rockets hit Israel's third-largest city of Haifa; fears grow over Middle East instability — 7 October 2024 (LINK)
IDF orders evacuations in Beirut: Over 1,000 people in Lebanon have been killed in the last two weeks — 7 October 2024 (LINK)
Israel marks anniversary of Hamas attacks as Middle East war rages — (LINK)
US spends a record $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since last Oct. 7 — (LINK)
At least 18 killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza mosque — 6 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 264 media reports (LINK)
Israeli strikes batter Beirut in heaviest bombardment so far, witnesses say — 6 October 2024 (LINK)
Israeli strike hits north Lebanon, striking Tripoli for the first time, as raids pummel Beirut suburbs — 5 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 225 media reports (LINK)
Hezbollah has lost contact with possible Nasrallah successor after an Israeli airstrike, source says — 5 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 106 media reports (LINK)
Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria — 4 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 227 media reports (LINK)
Israel claims elimination of 250 Hezbollah fighters in four days — 4 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 40 media reports (LINK)
Israel says 8 soldiers killed in Lebanon amid "intense fighting" on the ground with Hezbollah, the deadliest military loss against Hezbollah this year — 2 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 93 media reports (LINK)
— Israel's offensive against Hamas in Gaza continues, resulting in at least 65 Palestinian fatalities, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Iran "will pay" for its missile attack.
Palestinian officials say 50+ killed in Israeli operation on southern Gaza — 2 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 249 media reports (LINK)
Israeli troops have begun a ground war in southern Lebanon — 1 October 2024 (LINK)
— The incursion is the first since Israel's 34-day war in the country in 2006.
Iran launches waves of missiles at Israel hours after US warning — 1 October 2024 (LINK)
Six killed and 10 wounded in shooting and knife attack in Israeli city of Jaffa — 1 October 2024 (LINK)
— Two men reportedly opened fire and stabbed people on train and in nearby street before being shot dead, minutes before Iran launched a huge missile attack on Israel.