The Iran-backed Hezbollah began firing missiles at Israel in solidarity with Hamas after the group attacked Israel in October of 2023, triggering the Gaza war.
Hostilities in Lebanon have drastically escalated in the last two months, with Israel stepping up airstrikes and sending in ground forces to Lebanon’s south and Hezbollah sustaining rocket fire on Israel.
Now Israel looks set to approve a US plan for a ceasefire with Hezbollah when its security cabinet meets on Tuesday, while Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib expressed hope that a ceasefire would be reached by Tuesday night.
While diplomacy focuses on Lebanon, Palestinians feel let down by the world after 14 months of conflict which has devastated the Gaza Strip and killed more than 44,000 people.
“It showed Gaza is an orphan, with no support and no mercy from the unjust world,” said Abdel-Ghani, a father of five who only gave a first name.
“I am angry against the world that has failed to bring one solution to the two regions,” Abdel-Ghani. “Maybe, there will be another deal for Gaza, maybe.”
Israeli strike kills 10 at school sheltering displaced in Gaza City
An Israeli air strike killed at least 10 Palestinians at a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, medics said on Tuesday.
G7 to ‘comply with respective obligations’ over Netanyahu ICC warrant
G7 foreign ministers said Tuesday they “will comply with our respective obligations” regarding the arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
“We reiterate our commitment to International Humanitarian Law and will comply with our respective obligations”, the ministers said in a joint statement issued following two days of talks near Rome.
The Group of Seven industrialised nations brings together Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, host Italy and the United States.
The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu last week, prompting outrage from Israel and its allies — including the US, which is a not member of the ICC and has rejected its jurisdiction.
All of the other G7 countries are members of the ICC — meaning they would have to arrest Netanyahu if he travelled there.
At least 10 simultaneous Israeli strikes on Beirut suburbs
At least ten simultaneous Israeli strikes pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs on Tuesday, as a spokesman for the Israeli military said the air force was carrying out “a widespread attack” on Hezbollah targets there.
The strikes, filmed by Reuters journalists, were the largest simultaneous attack across Beirut’s southern suburbs so far, and came after the Israeli military issued evacuation orders for 20 locations in the area, its largest such warning yet.
UN rights chief ‘gravely concerned’ by Lebanon escalation
GENEVA: The UN rights chief on Tuesday voiced concern about the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon, where his office said nearly 100 people had been reported killed by Israeli airstrikes in recent days, including women, children and medics.
“UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk is gravely concerned by the escalation in Lebanon with at least 97 people reportedly killed in Israeli airstrikes between the 22nd and 24th of November,” Jeremy Laurence, a spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, told a Geneva press briefing.
He said that at least seven paramedics had been reported killed in three Israeli strikes in the south of Lebanon on November 22-23, adding to 226 healthcare worker deaths since October 7, 2023. He did not specify how many of the recent deaths had been verified by UN human rights monitors.
