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| 40 other countries tell Israel to end attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon | | | | Lebanon OCTOBER 13:-
The US is said to have expressed concern to Israel after reports that its troops fired on UN peacekeeper positions in Lebanon in at least two incidents since Thursday.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reportedly told Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in a call on Saturday that the UN’s peacekeeping forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) must not be targeted.
Forty nations who contributed troops to UNIFIL have also signed a joint statement calling for the protection of peacekeepers in Lebanon.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least 1,645 people have been killed since Israel escalated attacks on Lebanon in September, while a total of 2,255 have now died after a year of fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli forces.
At least 200 people have been killed by Israeli forces as the military siege of northern Gaza enters a ninth day, the director of Gaza’s Health Ministry tells Al Jazeera.
Israel bombed the main commercial market street in Nabatieh, a major city in southern Lebanon, on Saturday evening with at least eight people wounded and rescue workers battling a huge blaze and searching for survivors.
Gunfire from unidentified assailants hit a United Nations peacekeeper in southern Lebanon on Friday night, the fifth UN “blue helmet” wounded near the Israeli border in just two days, the UN’s Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said.
In Gaza, at least 42,175 people have been killed and 98,336 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 2023. In Israel, at least 1,139 people were killed on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 people were taken captive.
The Israeli army pushed their tanks to surround the Jabalia camp. This is the third time they are trying to break into the camp after failing the first and the second time,” Magnier said.
“They bombarded and destroyed large parts of it in the previous attempts, causing large numbers of casualties,” he said.
“And their operation now aims at controlling the Jabalia camp, if they can this time. They have not managed that so far,” he added.
Israeli forces have intensified restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank across multiple governorates.
More roadblocks and checkpoints are now scrutinising people’s movements across cities, towns and villages, particularly around the cities of Ramallah and el-Bireh, according to local sources cited by the Wafa news agency.
The Palestinian news agency also reported that, in Hebron, Israeli soldiers are establishing new military checkpoints at key access points while checkpoints in the northern Jordan Valley are causing major traffic jams. All Israeli military checkpoints leading to occupied East Jerusalem are reported to remain closed. | | | | |
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