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.
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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.
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Hamas, Fatah leaders to hold Palestinian unity talks in Cairo
Leaders from the Islamist group Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement will hold further unity talks in Cairo on Wednesday, a Hamas official said.
The media adviser of the Hamas political chief, the Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo on Tuesday, according to reports.
It was led by Khalil Al-Hayya, the group’s chief negotiator and Hamas’ second-in-command, currently based in Qatar.
“The meeting will discuss the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, and the challenges facing the Palestinian cause,” Hamas officials said.
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More than 42,010 Palestinians have been killed and 97,720 injured in Israel’s military offensive on Gaza since 7 October 2023, Gaza’s health ministry said.
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