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Iran’s Khamenei calls for death sentence for Israeli leaders

TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that death sentences should be issued for Israeli leaders and not arrest warrants.

His remarks came after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence chief and a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri.

At least 1.9 million Gazans are internally displaced, says UNRWA

 

Gallant set to travel to the US for the first time since ICC arrest warrant: report

Israeli Army Radio reports that the former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant will travel to the United States less than a week after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued warrants against him, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif, reported Al Jazeera.

Gazans at continuous risk of dehydration, disease, says UNRWA

 

Israeli army orders Gaza City suburb evacuated, spurring new wave of displacement

The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders to residents in areas of an eastern Gaza City suburb, setting off a new wave of displacement on Sunday, and a Gaza hospital director was injured in an Israeli drone attack, Palestinian medics said.

Over 1,000 healthcare workers killed in Gaza amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes

 

Palestinians evacuate Kamal Adwan hospital following an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, May 21, 2024. — Reuters

The Wafa news agency has reported that Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza has claimed the lives of over 1,000 doctors and nurses.

Citing statements from local medical sources, Wafa noted that more than 310 healthcare workers were detained, subjected to torture, and later executed in custody. The sources accused Israeli forces of intentionally targeting hospitals and blocking the entry of medical supplies, foreign health delegations, and hundreds of specialised surgeons into the region.

Israel says it struck multiple Hezbollah ‘military headquarters’

 

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut’s southern suburbs on November 24, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. — AFP

The Israeli military reported targeting “12 military headquarters” in Beirut’s Dahiyeh district on Sunday evening, Al Jazeera reported.

In a post on X, the Israeli army stated that its strikes included Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters and its coastal missile unit.

Earlier in the day, an Israeli attack on a Lebanese army facility killed one soldier and wounded 18 others in the region between Tyre and Naqoura, according to Lebanon’s military.

Since the beginning of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, Israeli strikes have reportedly killed over 40 Lebanese soldiers, despite Lebanon’s military largely remaining neutral in the fighting.

Hezbollah claims destruction of six Israeli tanks in southern Lebanon

 

A photo taken from the southern Lebanese city of Tyre shows rockets fired from Lebanon towards Israel on November 24, 2024, as the war between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah group continues.— AFP

Hezbollah announced it destroyed six Israeli Merkava tanks in southern Lebanon, including five near the strategic coastal area of al-Bayada, forcing Israeli troops to retreat from a hilltop position, Al Jazeera reported.

The group also reported disabling a sixth tank in the Deir Mimas area near the border, as intense ground battles continued to escalate.

Rocket attacks from Lebanon heighten Israeli tensions

 

Smoke rises and a fireball errupts from the site of Israeli airstrikes that targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs on November 24, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. — AFP

Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets into Israel on Sunday, with strikes hitting areas near Tel Aviv, following an Israeli airstrike that killed at least 29 people in Beirut a day earlier, Al Jazeera reported.

The attacks, including precision missile strikes on two military sites, set homes ablaze and caused injuries in Petah Tikvah, east of Tel Aviv. Israeli airstrikes also targeted Hezbollah-controlled suburbs in Beirut amid ongoing US-led ceasefire talks.

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