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Dozens trapped under rubble after Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza

Dozens trapped under rubble after Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza
By Saif Khalid and Urooba Jamal
Published On 24 Sep 2024

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24 Sep 2024 - 19:00
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WATCH: Are Israel and Hezbollah on the verge of all-out war?

After nearly a year of exchanging fire with Hezbollah, the Israeli military has expanded its offensive. In an intense campaign of air raids, it targeted 1,600 sites yesterday alone.

Israel said it was hitting Hezbollah military positions, but homes and buildings across southern and eastern Lebanon were damaged, and hundreds of civilians, including children, were killed.

The armed group responded, sending hundreds of rockets into northern Israel. Global condemnation has been quick, with growing concerns about a wider regional conflict.

So, can international pressure make a difference? Or is the Middle East on the verge of all-out war?

Watch Al Jazeera’s Inside Story to hear the debate:

24 Sep 2024 - 13:00
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24 Sep 2024 - 12:45
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Why is Israel intensifying its crackdown on media coverage?

Israel is expanding curbs on media freedom, with the Al Jazeera Media Network a main target.

Even Israeli media is under scrutiny and its coverage of the war has to go through military censors.

So, how far will Israel go in restricting media freedom? Watch here:

24 Sep 2024 - 12:30
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Palestinian man injured during Israeli raid in West Bank

A Palestinian man was injured during a raid by Israeli forces in the town of Azzun east of Qalqilya, in the occupied West Bank, according to local Palestinian outlets.

Footage verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit Sanad documented doctors treating the man, who was struck with live bullets.

24 Sep 2024 - 12:15
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Israel reportedly targets ambulance near Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp

We are receiving initial reports of an ambulance targeted near al-Awda Hospital in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp.

Casualties are arriving to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah.

We will bring you more updates as soon as we have them.

24 Sep 2024 - 12:00
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About 1,200 Gaza detainees in Negev prison facing torture: Detainees Commission

Some 1,200 Palestinian detainees from the Gaza Strip at the Israeli Negev Desert Prison face systematic torture, abuse and assault, according to the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

The commission stressed that nearly a year into the war on Gaza, detention camps have become venues for torture operations, Wafa said.

The organisation stated that while detainees face torture, many others rounded up from the besieged territory have disappeared, the agency reported.

It urged the international community to take action.

24 Sep 2024 - 12:00
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UN chief’s spokesman calls for need for more journalists in Gaza

Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, has backed the need for more journalists in Gaza to report on the ground situation.

“There are not enough journalists in Gaza to get a sense of what is going on on the ground, and it is a shame. The world needs to know and needs to have an objective view of what’s happening in Gaza,” he told Al Jazeera.

Dujarric also expressed his concerns about Israel’s closure of Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

“We would continue to speak out in defence of press freedom,” Dujarric told Al Jazeera on the sidelines of the annual UN General Assembly session.

The shutting down of Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah, Dujarric said, was “a sign of what we see around the world where journalists are kept out of the conflict areas”.

“I think when free press is kept out of wars of conflict the world goes blind. We do not know what’s happening and it leads to even more suffering for people.”

24 Sep 2024 - 11:45
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Biden still pushing for ceasefire: Sullivan

US President Joe Biden is still determined to bring about a Gaza ceasefire and captive deal with Hamas while it also seeks to de-escalate tensions on Israel’s border with Lebanon, said White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

“He absolutely hasn’t given up,” Sullivan said in an interview with MSNBC.

Challenges persist, Sullivan added, “but we’re determined to keep at it”.

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan briefs reporters at the White House [File: Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP]
24 Sep 2024 - 11:30
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Morocco to try Israeli soldier for war crimes in Gaza: Report

An Israeli soldier detained while on holiday in Marrakesh will be tried in a Morocco court for committing war crimes in Gaza after widespread protests and a high-profile national lawsuit, The New Arab reported.

“The Court of Appeal in Rabat agreed to review the lawsuit after some effort, classifying it under terrorism-related crimes,” said Moroccan lawyer Najia El-Hadjaji, one of the seven lawyers behind the lawsuit, the outlet reported.

Moche Avichzer, the Israeli soldier, had shared posts from his Moroccan holiday on Instagram shortly after posting photos amid the rubble while on duty in Gaza, where he was stationed for three months, The New Arab said.

In late July, hundreds protested demanding that Avichzer be tried as a war criminal, the outlet reported.

“[His] actions are considered terrorist under both international and Moroccan law,” the lawsuit against the soldier states.

24 Sep 2024 - 11:00
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Lebanon death toll surges to 558 in ‘deadliest day of violence in years’

The death toll from Israeli attacks across Lebanon since Monday has risen to 558, including 50 children and 94 women, according to Lebanon’s Health Minister Firass Abiad.

The UN human rights office has called for the protection of civilians following the attacks, describing them as “the deadliest day of violence in years”.

You can continue to follow all of our live updates on Israel’s attacks on Hezbollah here.

Volunteers carry an elderly man on a chair as people who fled their villages in southern Lebanon are received at an art institute transformed into a shelter for persons displaced by conflict [Fadel Itani/AFP]
24 Sep 2024 - 10:45
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Islamic-Christian Commission urges UNGA to boycott Israel

An organisation that works for the safety of holy sites in Jerusalem has urged the UN General Assembly to boycott Israel.
The Islamic-Christian Commission for the Defense of Jerusalem and Holy Sites also asked the global body, which is holding its annual session, to “take effective legal measures to hold Israeli war criminals accountable”.

The commission called for measures to urge the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue warrants against Israeli politicians accused of war crimes.

The ICC prosecutor has requested arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Warrants have also been sought against two Hamas leaders.

24 Sep 2024 - 10:15
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Palestinian ministry warns widened war shifts attention away from Gaza

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned of Israel’s attempt to widen the conflict to divert attention away from its war on Gaza, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

The ministry cautioned that Israel is attempting to distract from its actions against Palestinians there and reiterated its call for a ceasefire, the agency said.

In a separate statement, the ministry condemned Israel’s attacks on Lebanon.

“The Ministry views these actions as blatant violations of international law and humanitarian principles, as well as an attempt to further escalate war to destabilise the region,” it stated.

24 Sep 2024 - 09:55
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Israeli settlers attack Palestinian shepherds

Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian shepherds in the Hamma area in the northern Jordan Valley, Wafa news agency reports.

Local sources told Wafa the settlers stormed the area in the early hours of the day and began chasing the shepherds, assaulting resident Kinan Rafeh Fuqaha.

Settler attacks are common in the area, with many occurring under the protection of Israeli soldiers.

24 Sep 2024 - 09:40
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Three killed in attack on Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that three Palestinians were killed and several others wounded following the Israeli bombardment of a house in the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.

24 Sep 2024 - 09:25
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Twenty-five Palestinians arrested in the West Bank in the last 24 hours

The Israeli forces have detained at least 25 people in the occupied West Bank during the last 24 hours, taking the total number of arrests since October 7 to 10,800.

The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission and the Palestine Prisoner’s Society in a joint statement said the arrests were made from Nablus, Jenin, Ramallah and Hebron.

24 Sep 2024 - 09:15
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At least 41,467 killed in Israel’s war on Gaza: Ministry

Israeli attacks over the past 24-hour period killed at least 12 people and wounded 43 across the Gaza Strip, according to the latest daily update by the Health Ministry in the besieged and bombarded territory.

The latest figures bring the total number of people killed since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza to at least 41,467, with 95,921 wounded and thousands still missing under the rubble of destroyed buildings.

24 Sep 2024 - 09:10
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Israeli forces demolish house in Tura, occupied West Bank

Israeli forces have demolished a house in the village of Tura, west of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa.

The head of the Tura village council, Tariq Qabha, said Israeli soldiers stormed the village accompanied by three bulldozers, and demolished the house under the pretext that it was built without a licence, the agency reported.

Muhammad Zaid, a resident, said that Israeli forces notified his brother Younis last year of their intention to demolish the house, with the family’s attempts to counter the demolition decision unsuccessful, Wafa said.

Zaid told the agency that Younis had lived there with his wife and daughter for about six years.

According to data from the Israeli Wall and Settlement Authority, Israeli forces have demolished nearly 500 homes and facilities in the West Bank since October 7.

24 Sep 2024 - 08:55
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Israel continuing to block the flow of essential medical aid to Gaza

By Tareq Abu Azzoum

Reporting from Deir el-Balah, Gaza

Al-Aqsa Hospital, alongside the main central hospitals in the southern part of Gaza, is really struggling to provide medical care as Israel continues to block supplies of medical aid.

The hospitals are also struggling to remove medical waste safely.

Meanwhile, field hospitals are not a proper solution for the medical crisis in Gaza. They came as an immediate response to the war.

We have been talking to doctors and they told us that they are struggling. Some medicines have completely run out from the pharmaceutical warehouses of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, as well as other essential supplies because Israel is continuing to block the flow of essential medical aid to Gaza.

24 Sep 2024 - 08:35
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School shelters set up, airlines cancel flights to Lebanon

The Israeli bombing in southern Lebanon has forced people to flee to northern areas.

Nasser Yassin, the Lebanese minister coordinating the crisis response to Israel’s attacks, told Reuters that the 89 temporary shelters were set up in schools and other facilities.

He said the shelters can house more than 26,000 people who have fled “Israeli atrocities”.

Meanwhile, Qatar Airways, Germany’s Lufthansa, Air France and Delta Air Lines of the US have suspended flights to Beirut in the last few days, with some carriers’ services to Israel and Iran also affected.

You can follow all our live updates on Israel’s attacks on Hezbollah here.

Children play at a shelter in Beirut after fleeing the Israeli air raids in the southern Tyre district [Bilal Hussein/AP]
24 Sep 2024 - 08:20
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UN says 68 percent of Gaza’s farmland damaged by Israeli bombardment

According to UN satellite imagery dating from August 27, 68 percent of Gaza’s farmland has been damaged due to Israel’s war, the equivalent of 102 square kilometres (39 square miles).

The imagery found that 78 percent of the damage is in northern Gaza’s farmland and 57 percent of it is in Rafah, in Gaza’s south.

In addition, 68 percent of Gaza’s road network has been damaged and about 1,190 kilometres (739 miles) of roads have been destroyed, according to a preliminary analysis by the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) which looked at data up to August 18.

“It is unimaginable, the level of suffering in Gaza, the level of deaths and destruction have no parallel in everything I’ve witnessed since [becoming] secretary-general,” UN chief Antonio Guterres said earlier this month.

Read our piece on how Israel destroyed Gaza’s ability to feed itself.

A visual of agricultural destruction in north Gaza’s city of Beit Lahiya: