Israel-Lebanon live: UN says Israeli tank wounded peacekeepers and decries ‘extermination’ of Gaza hospitals
It comes after an Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced people in Gaza killed 28 and injured 54 others
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The UN says two of its peacekeepers have been injured after an Israeli tank shot at a watchtower in southern Lebanon.
UNIFL, the UN’s peacekeeping force in Lebanon, says Israel also “deliberately” fired at other UN peacekeeper positions, adding that “any deliberate attack on peacekeepers is a grave violation of international humanitarian law”.
Israeli troops fired at the watchtower in UNIFL’s main base in Naqoura. The organisation said the injuries are “fortunately” not serious
An inquiry by the UN has also found that Israel’s destruction of the health system in Gaza amounts to the crime against humanity of extermination.
A statement released before the full report accuses Israel of "relentless and deliberate attacks on medical personnel and facilities", adding that children have “borne the brunt” of this crisis.
The inquiry also accuses Israeli forces of deliberately killing and torturing medical personnel, targeting medical vehicles and restricting permits for patients to leave the Gaza strip.
Earlier today, an Israeli airstrike killed 28 people and wounded 54 more in a Gaza school which was used as a shelter for displaced people, medics said.
Spanish PM calls Israeli strikes in Lebanon an ‘invasion’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez described Israel’s military offensives in Lebanon as an “invasion” on Wednesday.
“It is clear that there has been an invasion by a third country of a sovereign state such as Lebanon, and therefore the international community cannot remain indifferent,” the Socialist premier told parliament.
“We denounced (this situation) in Ukraine, we also denounce it in Gaza and now we are also denouncing the invasion of Lebanon,” he added.
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Two people killed in northern Israel by Hezbollah rocket fire, medics say
Two people were killed in a town in northern Israel that was hit by rocket fire from Hezbollah in Lebanon on Wednesday, Israeli authorities said.
Israel’s ambulance service said that a man and a woman had been killed in the town of Kirya Shmona. The military said about 20 projectiles had been launched from Lebanon in the barrage.
Underground weapons store destroyed in southern Lebanon, Israeli military says
The Israeli military said it had destroyed an underground weapons store found seven metres below a residential building in southern Lebanon.
“The soldiers located hundreds of weapons, including an underground weapons storage facility approximately seven metres under a home within the village where the troops are operating,” it said.
“Within the weapons storage facility, the troops discovered sniper rifles and numerous weapons.”
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Pictured: Displaced Lebanese spend another night on the streets
Six wounded in stabbing attack in Israel, police say
At least six people were wounded, two of them seriously, in a stabbing attack in the Israeli city of Hadera on Wednesday, Israeli authorities said.
“The terrorist has been neutralized,” police said in a statement. “Four separate locations have been identified, resulting in six victims with stab wounds.”
The police did not immediately provide other details, but issued a brief video of the suspected attacker being apprehended.
Of the six people rushed to the hospital, at least two were in serious condition, according to medical officials.
Pictured: Hezbollah rockets over northern Israel
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