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Guardian: "Israel-Hamas war" — (LINK)
Al Jazeera: "Israel-Hamas war live": now "Israel War on Gaza" — (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.