A lady mourns over the our bodies of victims from an Israeli airstrike exterior a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Sunday Nov. 17, 2024.
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BEIRUT — A uncommon Israeli airstrike on central Beirut killed Hezbollah’s chief spokesman Sunday, an official with the militant group mentioned. Earlier, officers mentioned Israeli strikes killed not less than 12 individuals within the Gaza Strip, the place Israel has been at warfare with the Palestinian Hamas for over a 12 months.
The newest in focused killings of senior Hezbollah officers got here as Lebanese officers thought-about a United States-led cease-fire proposal. Israel additionally bombed a number of buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the place Hezbollah has lengthy been headquartered, after warning individuals to evacuate.
Mohammed Afif, the pinnacle of media relations for Hezbollah, was killed in a strike on the Arab socialist Baath get together’s workplace in central Beirut, in response to a Hezbollah official who was not approved to temporary reporters and spoke on situation of anonymity.
Afif had been particularly seen after all-out warfare erupted between Israel and Hezbollah in September and the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike. Final month, Afif swiftly wrapped up a press convention in Beirut forward of Israeli strikes.
Screams in central Beirut
Smoke rises between buildings hit in a Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, within the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024.
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There was no Israeli evacuation warning earlier than the strike close to a busy intersection in central Beirut. An Related Press photographer on the scene noticed 4 our bodies and 4 wounded individuals, however there was no official phrase on the toll. Individuals may very well be seen fleeing. There was no remark from the Israeli navy.
“I used to be asleep and awoke from the sound of the strike, and other people screaming, and vehicles and gunfire,” mentioned Suheil Halabi, a witness. “I used to be startled, truthfully. That is the primary time I expertise it so shut.”
The final Israeli strike in central Beirut was on Oct. 10, when 22 individuals had been killed in two places.
Hezbollah started firing rockets, missiles and drones into Israel the day after Hamas’ October 7, 2023 assault ignited the warfare in Gaza. Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes in Lebanon and the battle steadily escalated, erupting into warfare in September. Israeli forces invaded Lebanon on Oct. 1.
Hezbollah has fired dozens of projectiles into Israel each day and expanded their vary to central Israel. The assaults have killed not less than 76 individuals, together with 31 troopers, and brought on some 60,000 individuals to flee.
Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service mentioned a teen suffered blast accidents Sunday in Higher Galilee. Israel’s navy mentioned about 15 projectiles had entered from Lebanon following sirens within the Galilee areas.
Greater than 3,400 individuals have been killed in Lebanon, in response to the Well being Ministry, and over 1.2 million pushed from their properties. It’s not recognized how most of the lifeless are Hezbollah fighters.
Residents and rescuers collect close to a broken constructing on the website of an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut’s Ras el-Nabaa neighborhood, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024.
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Lebanon’s military, largely on the sidelines, mentioned an Israeli strike on Sunday hit a navy middle in southeastern Al-Mari, killing two troopers and wounding two others. There was no rapid Israeli remark.
In a single day strikes in central Gaza kill 12
Israeli strikes killed six individuals in Nuseirat and 4 in Bureij, two built-up refugee camps in central Gaza relationship again to the 1948 warfare surrounding Israel’s creation.
Two individuals had been killed in a strike on Gaza’s primary north-south freeway, in response to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital within the central metropolis of Deir al-Balah, which acquired all 12 our bodies.
Israel’s navy mentioned two troopers had been killed in northern Gaza on Sunday.
The warfare between Israel and Hamas started after Palestinian militants stormed into Israel on Oct. 7. final 12 months, killing about 1,200 individuals — principally civilians — and abducting round 250 others. Round 100 hostages stay in Gaza, a few third believed to be lifeless.
The Well being Ministry in Gaza says round 43,800 Palestinians have been killed within the warfare. The ministry doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants however has mentioned ladies and kids make up greater than half the fatalities.
Round 90% of Gaza’s inhabitants of two.3 million Palestinians have been displaced, and huge areas of the territory have been flattened by Israeli bombardment and floor operations.
Pope Francis has referred to as for an investigation to find out if Israel’s assaults in Gaza represent genocide, in response to excerpts launched Sunday from an upcoming e-book.
3 arrested after flares fired at Netanyahu’s residence
Individuals collect to protest in opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s authorities and name for the discharge of hostages held within the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024.
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Israeli police arrested three suspects after two flares had been fired in a single day at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s non-public residence within the coastal metropolis of Caesarea.
Netanyahu and his household weren’t there, authorities mentioned. A drone launched by Hezbollah struck the residence final month, additionally when Netanyahu and his household had been away.
The police didn’t present particulars in regards to the suspects, however officers pointed to home political critics of Netanyahu.
Netanyahu has confronted months of mass protests. Critics blame him for the safety and intelligence failures that allowed the Oct. 7 assault to occur and for not reaching a take care of Hamas to launch hostages.
His authorities additionally faces anger from the ultra-Orthodox group over navy draft notices. Some protested Sunday within the ultra-Orthodox metropolis of Bnei Brak close to Tel Aviv after the federal government mentioned 7,000 new notices could be issued.
Israeli minister seems to be to revive judiciary overhaul
Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin seized on the flare assault to name for a revival of his plans to overtake the judiciary, which had sparked mass protests earlier than the warfare.
“The time has come to supply full assist for the restoration of the justice system and the regulation enforcement techniques, and to place an finish to anarchy, rampage, refusal and makes an attempt to hurt the prime minister,” he mentioned in an announcement.
Supporters mentioned the judiciary adjustments intention to strengthen democracy by circumscribing the authority of unelected judges and turning over extra powers to elected officers. Opponents see the overhaul as an influence seize by Netanyahu, who’s on trial on corruption prices and for an assault on a key watchdog.
Many Israelis consider the divisions brought on by the tried overhaul had weakened the nation forward of the Hamas assault.
