http://feed.informer.com/digests/YSYO20ZZSN/feeder Israel News Review Respective post owners and feed distributors Sat, 07 Dec 2013 13:14:34 -0400 Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/21/gaza-food-production-decimated-70-per-cent-farmland-hit World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:470afe15-198a-fbbe-2895-b26b4a5c6d77 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:00:44 -0400 <p>Israeli attacks have destroyed huge areas of land used for crops, with 90% of cattle killed, analysis shows </p><p>More than 90% of cattle have died and about 70% of land for crops in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza">Gaza</a> has been destroyed or damaged since the beginning of the war in the territory, an analysis of satellite imagery by the UN has found.</p><p>More than half of sheep and goat herds have been wiped out, while more than three-quarters of the territory’s famous orchards have been destroyed or damaged, the survey in September found.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/21/gaza-food-production-decimated-70-per-cent-farmland-hit">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Israel-Gaza war Palestinian territories World news Middle East and north Africa Israel Food Famine Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/d5df3e44-8719-4bd7-906c-918999673ddb FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:cb0aedec-d120-4f9f-4ee6-cdea357fa6b3 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:59:08 -0400 Amos Hochstein’s trip to Israel comes after talks with Lebanese officials https://www.ft.com/content/34ac518b-e696-4a19-b91a-d9f273083f3d FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:0b63eae8-5d44-41ad-7b96-5161d3c16cf4 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:07:13 -0400 Moscow responds after Kyiv fired US and UK-made long-range missiles on to Russian territory https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/nov/21/mazyouna-damoo-girl-face-ripped-off-israeli-missile-permit-evacuation-gaza-medical-treatment World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:f13a6398-0880-2fdc-e218-db04dc0437e8 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:00:39 -0400 <p>Israeli move follows Guardian report that 12-year-old girl’s evacuation for treatment had been repeatedly blocked </p><p>The Israeli authorities have permitted Mazyouna Damoo, a 12-year-old Palestinian girl whose face was “ripped off” when an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/nov/15/gaza-war-children-humanitarian-aid-mazyouna-israel-refuses-medical-evacuation">Israeli missile struck her home in June,</a> to leave Gaza for medical treatment, five days after the Guardian reported that repeated requests for her urgent medical evacuation had been denied.</p><p>Last Friday, the Guardian highlighted the Damoo family’s desperate battle to get Mazyouna evacuated from Gaza to the United States to receive emergency surgery on devastating injuries to her face sustained in a missile attack by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which tore off half of her cheek and exposed her jawbone.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/nov/21/mazyouna-damoo-girl-face-ripped-off-israeli-missile-permit-evacuation-gaza-medical-treatment">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Gaza Global development Israel Palestinian territories World news Conflict and arms Middle East and north Africa Children Society Thaslima Begum and Annie Kelly Photograph: Courtesy of Children Not Numbers https://www.ft.com/content/19dec434-1837-4e64-aa88-b7d7864e54b4 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:f2df5e51-e8fd-9347-7b1e-70a6f861cc78 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:00:29 -0400 Massad Boulos, father of Tiffany Trump’s husband Michael, has met Middle Eastern politicians in the US https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/20/bernie-sanders-israel-gaza-resolution World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:a045a626-06c3-f79b-e1dc-8d2ccc386ac8 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:36:39 -0400 <p>Moves to advance three resolutions, which would have halted recent sale of $20bn in US weapons to Israel, all failed</p><p>The US Senate has blocked legislation that would have halted the sale of some US weapons to Israel, which had been introduced out of concern about the human rights catastrophe faced by Palestinians in Gaza.</p><p>Senator Bernie Sanders had introduced what are called joint resolutions of disapproval, seeking to block the Biden administration’s recent sale of $20bn in US weapons to Israel.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/20/bernie-sanders-israel-gaza-resolution">Continue reading...</a> US Senate Bernie Sanders Israel US Congress US news US politics Gaza Israel-Gaza war Erum Salam and agencies Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/20/bernie-sanders-israel-gaza-resolution World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:6ee25f98-7959-86d7-12e9-361a93ce6cdd Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:18:03 -0400 <p>Seventy-nine of 100 senators opposed resolution with Senate to still vote on two other resolutions</p><p>The US Senate has blocked legislation that would have halted the sale of some US weapons to Israel, which had been introduced out of concern about the human rights catastrophe faced by Palestinians in Gaza.</p><p>Seventy-nine of the 100 senators opposed a resolution that would have blocked sales of tank rounds to Israel, while 18 approved it and one voted present. All of the votes in favor of the measure on Wednesday came from the Democratic caucus, while “no” votes came from both Democrats and Republicans.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/20/bernie-sanders-israel-gaza-resolution">Continue reading...</a> US Senate Bernie Sanders Israel US Congress US news US politics Gaza Israel-Gaza war Erum Salam and agencies Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/un-gaza-vote-veto World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:d7004683-c97d-79e8-874a-6304bb887176 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:26:03 -0400 <p>UN security council voted 14-1 in favor of resolution but it was not adopted because of the US veto</p><p>The US has vetoed a UN security council push to call for a ceasefire in Gaza that Washington said would have emboldened Hamas.</p><p>The resolution demanded “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” in the war between Israel and the Palestinian group, along with “the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/un-gaza-vote-veto">Continue reading...</a> United Nations US foreign policy Israel-Gaza war US news Palestinian territories Israel Agence France-Presse at the UN Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/20/bernie-sanders-israel-gaza-resolution World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:d014ddd4-a17f-64db-bc6d-accfdd3971c3 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:55:21 -0400 <p>Joint resolutions of disapproval would prevent Pentagon from sending $20bn to Israel as it continues assault on Gaza</p><p>A vote to block arms sales to Israel will be held on Wednesday in the US Senate.</p><p>The joint resolutions of disapproval (JRDs), introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders in September, would prevent the Pentagon from sending another $20bn to Israel as it continues its assault on Gaza – which has killed <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/gaza-war-deaths-surpass-43000-palestinian-health-ministry-reports-1975910">at least 43,000 people</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/20/bernie-sanders-israel-gaza-resolution">Continue reading...</a> US Senate Bernie Sanders Israel US Congress US news US politics Gaza Israel-Gaza war Erum Salam Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/us-envoy-says-positive-progress-made-in-hezbollah-israel-ceasefire-talks World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:f09912e9-23f3-6beb-c812-60023f9a3476 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:33:49 -0400 <p>Amos Hochstein to meet Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday after Beirut discussions over deal to end fighting</p><p>The US envoy Amos Hochstein has said there is “positive progress” towards a ceasefire in Lebanon after talks in Beirut aimed at ending 13 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.</p><p>Hochstein has met Lebanese officials over the past two days after Hezbollah indicated it had agreed to the text of a US ceasefire proposal, although with some comments. He said on Tuesday that the gaps between Hezbollah and Israel had “narrowed”, raising optimism about a deal between the two parties.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/us-envoy-says-positive-progress-made-in-hezbollah-israel-ceasefire-talks">Continue reading...</a> Lebanon Israel Hezbollah World news Middle East and north Africa Gaza William Christou in Beirut and Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem Photograph: Karamallah Daher/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/us-envoy-says-positive-progress-made-in-hezbollah-israel-ceasefire-talks World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:c66050b6-56b4-cb15-9761-9c6216f39b24 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:12:45 -0400 <p>Amos Hochstein to meet Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday after Beirut discussions over deal to end fighting</p><p>The US envoy Amos Hochstein has said there is “positive progress” towards a ceasefire in Lebanon after talks in Beirut aimed at ending 13 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.</p><p>Hochstein has met Lebanese officials over the past two days after Hezbollah indicated it had agreed to the text of a US ceasefire proposal, although with some comments. He said on Tuesday that the gaps between Hezbollah and Israel had “narrowed”, raising optimism about a deal between the two parties.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/us-envoy-says-positive-progress-made-in-hezbollah-israel-ceasefire-talks">Continue reading...</a> Lebanon Israel Hezbollah World news Middle East and north Africa Gaza William Christou in Beirut Photograph: Karamallah Daher/Reuters https://www.ft.com/content/6a039600-d4f3-4aaa-ae0f-e4ca72cf2268 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:d32b0d5a-6075-3a7e-f65f-6a866786f6b2 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:54:27 -0400 Armed thieves who raid UN trucks are acting with Israel’s tacit support, officials say https://www.ft.com/content/8f89fd03-d53c-4e06-9531-2048b8a862b5 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:8168d62b-9603-55a1-3690-94e94dd732b3 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:00:05 -0400 Arab states hope close ties between Prince Mohammed and US president-elect can temper ardent support for Israel https://www.ft.com/content/ad068a9d-220d-4500-8c3d-385bff243e58 Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com urn:uuid:203e155e-b96f-c8a7-3bc7-93af89db070c Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:00:05 -0400 UK prime minister is seeking billions of pounds of Gulf money to boost British growth https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/food-prices-soar-gaza-looting-aid-trucks-shortages World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:7584baa0-7d61-5950-8e9d-4763ec6a2d05 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:35:52 -0400 <p>WHO says hijacking by armed men has aggravated already severe scarcity of food, medicine and other aid</p><p>Food prices have soared in Gaza after the looting of nearly 100 aid trucks amid an already severe food crisis caused by more than a year of war between Israel and Hamas.</p><p>This weekend’s hijacking of 98 lorries of a 109-strong convoy by armed men – the biggest such attack to date – has aggravated food, medicine and other aid shortages, according to a World Health Organization spokesperson, Margaret Harris. “It’s getting harder and harder to get the aid in,” she said on Tuesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/food-prices-soar-gaza-looting-aid-trucks-shortages">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Israel-Gaza war Aid Palestinian territories Israel Hamas Hezbollah Lebanon Middle East and north Africa Society World news Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem Photograph: Hatem Khaled/Reuters https://www.ft.com/content/1bf59378-a0d2-43df-96c4-bebe1811ad63 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:1f51d216-5790-63d6-2023-386f151272c7 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:32:06 -0400 Talks with UN nuclear agency signal republic could be willing to make compromises on nuclear programme https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/nov/19/a-war-surgeons-perspective-on-crimes-in-gaza World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:bfe755d7-54e7-57ca-25ba-3832423e1ab1 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:56:35 -0400 <p><strong>Richard Villar </strong>has treated injured people in Gaza and is in no doubt that crimes against humanity are being committed there</p><p>I read with interest your article based on the recent report by Human Rights Watch (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/14/israel-accused-of-crimes-against-humanity-over-forced-displacement-in-gaza">Israel accused of crimes against humanity over forced displacement in Gaza, 14 November</a>). I am surprised that there is any debate. In my personal and non-legal view, crimes are being committed. I have been a war surgeon in Gaza on three occasions. The first two were for the <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2018/10/gaza-great-march-of-return/">Great March of Return</a> in 2018, when I was operating in Gaza’s Khan Younis. There, I treated dozens of gunshot wounds to the shinbone (tibia) in men who were aged between 18 and 35. As most doctors will tell you, a shattered shinbone assures a lifetime of disability. It appeared that the intention was to disable, not to kill.</p><p>I was also in Gaza this year and have written about it in my recent book, <a href="https://guardianbookshop.com/gaza-medic-9781036150204/">Gaza Medic: A War Surgeon’s Story 2024</a>. Most of the multitudinous patients I treated were children, women and elderly people. I never once saw fighters or&nbsp;tunnels, but I did&nbsp;see many families ripped apart and children&nbsp;rendered orphans in&nbsp;a&nbsp;blink.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/nov/19/a-war-surgeons-perspective-on-crimes-in-gaza">Continue reading...</a> War crimes Gaza Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa Israel Human rights Israel-Gaza war Guardian Staff Photograph: Abed Khaled/Reuters https://www.ft.com/content/731078b6-3dd1-48b0-97d0-8b7c3270569f FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:ea058ede-ddc1-0c30-a65c-32a2cb357348 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:10:24 -0400 Rampant aid theft prompts former authorities to attempt price controls and shoot rule-breakers as starvation looms https://www.ft.com/content/731078b6-3dd1-48b0-97d0-8b7c3270569f FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:55ada6b2-bbbd-96da-304d-3c7fdd63cf7d Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:10:24 -0400 Rampant aid theft prompts former authorities to attempt price controls and shoot rule-breakers as starvation looms https://www.ft.com/content/c1959345-d806-4405-bc39-9aae1b8daf55 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:d68e5e4b-1fd5-e350-3b91-4f57eaee9fc9 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 05:31:40 -0400 The Bekaa, known for its Roman temples, is now a focus of the IDF’s campaign against Hizbollah and paying a heavy cost https://www.ft.com/content/c1959345-d806-4405-bc39-9aae1b8daf55 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:8f3595a5-11c5-8610-c5c2-6f7edbba9f8b Tue, 19 Nov 2024 05:31:40 -0400 The Bekaa, known for its Roman temples, is now a focus of the IDF’s campaign against Hizbollah and paying a heavy cost https://www.ft.com/content/c1959345-d806-4405-bc39-9aae1b8daf55 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:62591f8d-9ad0-1729-c3ec-ba7e216a7fb7 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 05:31:40 -0400 The Bekaa, known for its Roman temples, is paying a heavy price as the focus of the IDF’s campaign https://www.ft.com/content/fba93ba6-c192-4213-903b-fc6c85fb72fd FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:8572a930-8443-fd79-2c85-210f8b614f58 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 05:06:23 -0400 Benjamin Netanyahu reveals details in parliament despite US pressure to avoid targeting nuclear sites https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/norway-to-ask-icj-for-advisory-opinion-condemning-israels-stance-on-unrwa World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:302cf3d6-30d7-68de-90db-32e489459f4f Tue, 19 Nov 2024 03:00:31 -0400 <p>Draft resolution for UN general assembly seeks to protect the aid agency and allow it to keep functioning in Gaza</p><p>Norway is to seek an international court of justice (ICJ) advisory opinion condemning the Israeli government for ending cooperation with the UN Palestinian relief agency Unrwa.</p><p>The Israeli Knesset <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/28/israeli-lawmakers-pass-bill-that-could-halt-unwra-relief-work-in-gaza">passed two bills last month</a> banning Unrwa from Israeli territory and prohibiting Israeli state contact with the agency, moves that would prevent it from delivering aid to Gaza, after allegations by Israel that members of Unrwa staff in Gaza were involved in the 7 October attacks by Hamas. The UN launched an investigation into the Israeli claims and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/05/nine-unrwa-staff-members-may-have-been-involved-in-7-october-attack">fired nine Unrwa staff</a> as a result.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/norway-to-ask-icj-for-advisory-opinion-condemning-israels-stance-on-unrwa">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Norway International court of justice United Nations Israel Gaza Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa Europe World news Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Photograph: Remko de Waal/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/west-bank-children-killed-unprecedented-rate World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:c44f8a90-0e89-085e-8f41-e4146aab0a65 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 01:00:28 -0400 <p>Huge rise in attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers killed 171 children in year after 7 October</p><p>Mohammad was 12, a football-mad teenager who spent his days dreaming of a career on the pitch and his last minutes practising ball skills. Ghassan was 14, a quiet, generous teenager who ran errands for elderly relatives, with an adoring six-year-old brother who stuck to him like a shadow.</p><p>Both boys were shot dead this summer by Israeli soldiers, victims of an unprecedented surge in attacks on children in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/west-bank-children-killed-unprecedented-rate">Continue reading...</a> West Bank Palestinian territories Israel Middle East and north Africa World news Emma Graham-Harrison, Quique Kierszenbaum and Sufian Taha in Deir Abu Mashal Photograph: Quique Kierszenbaum/The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/18/armed-looters-hijack-almost-100-trucks-carrying-aid-supplies-into-gaza World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:73b13502-e6b7-a9c0-4a8f-3e47f03eae6c Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:00:54 -0400 <p>Hamas-run interior ministry says it carried out security operation after armed looters hijacked almost 100 trucks</p><p>Gaza’s Hamas-run interior ministry has said that at least 20 people have been killed in an operation targeting “gangs” accused of looting trucks bringing aid into the war-torn territory which is facing the threat of famine.</p><p>Gunmen attacked and looted about 100 trucks carrying desperately needed supplies over the weekend, the biggest such attack during 13 months of war in the territory and new evidence of the growing power of Gaza’s criminal gangs.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/18/armed-looters-hijack-almost-100-trucks-carrying-aid-supplies-into-gaza">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories World news Israel United Nations Aid Jason Burke in Jerusalem Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/66a2d810-51c6-4fd9-a0d5-a0f2eb74b56e FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:fe91fc79-c5d6-7316-324a-e9b751281627 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:09:39 -0400 Qatar no longer willing to host Palestinian militant group as Gaza ceasefire talks with Israel remain deadlocked https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/18/the-guardian-view-on-a-genocide-probe-call-sense-in-gazas-senseless-conflict World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:68d577a9-f364-1ff8-83ff-399b5ee10872 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:34:10 -0400 <p>The pope’s call to investigate war crimes in Gaza highlights rising global scrutiny. But accountability remains elusive</p><p>As an Israeli airstrike killed at least 30 <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg5lw7edrlo">people</a> in a northern Gaza residential block, Pope Francis called for an <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/pope-urges-investigation-to-determine-whether-israel-has-committed-genocide-in-gaza-13255646">investigation</a> into whether genocide is being carried out under the cover of war. The staggering death toll in Gaza – an estimated 44,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children – underscores the urgency of his call for accountability. While the pope has <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-pope-told-herzog-last-month-israel-cant-respond-to-terror-with-terror/">criticised</a> Israel’s war before, this marks his first public call for a deeper investigation of the conflict ignited by Hamas’s 7 October attack last year that killed 1,200 people. Legal scrutiny of the conflict requires access to Gaza, which has been sealed off for 13 months in defiance of the the international court of justice’s calls to permit entry to investigate a “<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/01/26/1227078791/icj-israel-genocide-gaza-palestinians-south-africa">plausible genocide</a>”.</p><p>The pope did not give a definitive judgment on whether the situation legally qualifies as the “<a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/genocide">crime of crimes</a>”. Others, including noted <a href="https://www.vox.com/politics/378913/israel-gaza-genocide-icj">scholars</a>, have been less circumspect. A UN <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide">committee</a> last week said that Israel’s actions in Gaza fit the definition of genocide, with widespread civilian deaths and harsh conditions deliberately forced on Palestinians. However, while the UN plainly stating its case might feel satisfying, it could backfire by further angering Israelis.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/18/the-guardian-view-on-a-genocide-probe-call-sense-in-gazas-senseless-conflict">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Pope Francis Israel Israel-Gaza war Joe Biden Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Donald Trump Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa US foreign policy Editorial Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/18/uk-upheld-some-arms-export-licences-to-israel-to-reassure-us World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:ede5bbc5-8bda-a1e5-e660-18710f81157b Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:22:28 -0400 <p>Carve-out for F-35 parts prioritised ‘US confidence in UK and Nato’ over risk of rights violations, court documents show</p><p>The UK government did not fully suspend export licences to Israel as it would undermine US confidence in the UK and Nato and have a “profound impact” on international peace and security, court documents reveal.</p><p>On Monday the UK government returned to the high court in legal action by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/18/israeli-forces-raid-palestinian-human-rights-groups-offices">the Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq</a> and the UK-based Global Legal Action Network (Glan) over the decision to continue arms exports to Israel.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/18/uk-upheld-some-arms-export-licences-to-israel-to-reassure-us">Continue reading...</a> Arms trade Israel-Gaza war Israel Foreign policy US foreign policy Labour Politics UK news Geneva Abdul Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/18/armed-looters-hijack-almost-100-trucks-carrying-aid-supplies-into-gaza World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:ec68781d-5e6c-f296-3a47-db47e4927ef4 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:58:56 -0400 <p>Humanitarian agencies warn food shortages will worsen after convoy was targeted by criminal gangs</p><p>Armed gunmen attacked and looted around one hundred trucks carrying desperately needed supplies for Palestinians in Gaza over the weekend, the biggest such attack during 13 months of war in the territory and new evidence of the growing power of Gaza’s criminal gangs.</p><p>The convoy, which was transporting thousands of tonnes of food provided by UN agencies Unrwa and the World Food Programme (WFP), was attacked shortly after entering Gaza on Saturday, UN officials and local community leaders said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/18/armed-looters-hijack-almost-100-trucks-carrying-aid-supplies-into-gaza">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories World news Israel United Nations Aid Jason Burke in Jerusalem Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/049acb96-b89a-4e0d-91d8-a58ff403ba7b FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:3b0ed693-c151-5aec-d644-4e05d3397af1 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:29:11 -0400 The president sees an opportunity in the great regional rebalancing currently under way https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/18/lebanon-civil-defence-reels-after-deadly-israeli-strike World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:a2f6174e-c15b-2065-fa72-94b21d5acd9e Mon, 18 Nov 2024 09:03:05 -0400 <p>After 20 people including 15 first responders killed in Douris, rescuers ask why state service was targeted</p><p>All the corpses had been recovered but still the rescuers sifted through the rubble. A paramedic carried a sack with him, filled with the charred remains of his colleagues. Every few feet he stopped and knelt down, assessing. In the twisted mess left behind by the Israeli airstrike, it was hard to distinguish between flesh, earth and the life-saving equipment that had melted in the heat of the blast.</p><p>The night before, on Thursday, an Israeli jet had dropped a bomb on the salon of the Douris civil defence centre on the outskirts of the ancient Lebanese town of Baalbek, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/15/israeli-strikes-kill-civil-defence-rescue-workers-lebanon">killing 20 people</a>, including 15 first responders. Five were rendered unrecognisable by the force of the explosion. On Friday afternoon, emergency workers were still collecting bodily remains to be taken for DNA analysis.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/18/lebanon-civil-defence-reels-after-deadly-israeli-strike">Continue reading...</a> Lebanon Israel Hezbollah Middle East and north Africa World news William Christou in Douris Photograph: Nidal Solh/AFP/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/6ff95416-feb9-40e9-8abc-cef39311a949 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:f06ffab5-3655-62ab-8ff9-31101a99f084 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 04:11:54 -0400 Latest hits on Lebanese capital come as US pushes for diplomatic solution to conflict https://www.ft.com/content/cae38b0b-60d0-4952-ade5-a827cd0f4c90 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:e4ff72d9-3964-ba53-4a04-dc418d0ac412 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 01:00:50 -0400 Deputy foreign minister says Tehran ‘favours negotiations’ but will not yield to ‘maximum pressure’ strategy https://www.ft.com/content/6ff95416-feb9-40e9-8abc-cef39311a949 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:c2150f5e-b982-83ed-e6ec-7e1c236fc0d0 Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:35:07 -0400 Latest hits on Lebanese capital come as US pushes for diplomatic solution to conflict https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/17/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-strike-hezbollah-beirut-mohammed-afif World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:6c92f6dc-73fc-7ab5-56e0-9ca38bc68719 Sun, 17 Nov 2024 13:51:48 -0400 <p>Mohammed Afif killed in first Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in more than a month, official says</p><p>A <strong>Lebanese</strong> soldier has been killed, with three wounded after Israel attacked an army post in a Lebanese town.</p><p>The Lebanese Army posted on X that one of those injured was in a critical condition after the attack on Sunday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/17/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-strike-hezbollah-beirut-mohammed-afif">Continue reading...</a> Israel Lebanon Hezbollah Gaza Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa World news Tom Ambrose (now); Harry Taylor and Claire Phipps (earlier) Photograph: Bilal Hussein/AP https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/17/dozens-reported-killed-israeli-airstrike-residential-building-north-gaza World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:f1a69ef9-de3a-edd4-11d4-2fe2c2caf832 Sun, 17 Nov 2024 13:41:17 -0400 <p>Attack came without warning on day dozens killed in airstrikes in Gaza and Israel struck other targets in Lebanon</p><p>Hezbollah’s chief spokesman has been killed by an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, as Israel intensifies its air offensive in Lebanon despite ongoing indirect negotiations for a ceasefire.</p><p>Mohammed Afif, who has been the public face of Hezbollah for months, was killed in a strike on offices of the Ba’ath party in Ras al-Nabaa, central Beirut. The attack in the busy residential area came without warning, and appeared to damage to neighbouring buildings.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/17/dozens-reported-killed-israeli-airstrike-residential-building-north-gaza">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Gaza Israel Lebanon Palestinian territories World news Middle East and north Africa Jason Burke in Jerusalem, William Christou in Beirut and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/17/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-strike-hezbollah-beirut-mohammed-afif World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:74f803d1-edc6-775e-a66d-4b03b9b42db3 Sun, 17 Nov 2024 12:10:36 -0400 <p>Mohammed Afif killed in first Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in more than a month, official says</p><p>A <strong>Lebanese</strong> soldier has been killed, with three wounded after Israel attacked an army post in a Lebanese town.</p><p>The Lebanese Army posted on X that one of those injured was in a critical condition after the attack on Sunday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/17/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-strike-hezbollah-beirut-mohammed-afif">Continue reading...</a> Israel Lebanon Hezbollah Gaza Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa World news Tom Ambrose (now); Harry Taylor and Claire Phipps (earlier) Photograph: Bilal Hussein/AP https://www.ft.com/content/6ff95416-feb9-40e9-8abc-cef39311a949 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:22f5b736-cb2a-8bd5-d8dd-6346d4b8316a Sun, 17 Nov 2024 11:34:07 -0400 Latest hits on Lebanese capital come as US pushes for diplomatic solution to conflict https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/17/dozens-reported-killed-israeli-airstrike-residential-building-north-gaza World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:1759a9a3-50ec-3529-3660-520072903f45 Sun, 17 Nov 2024 09:08:51 -0400 <p>Attack in Beit Lahiya follows reports of deadly attacks elsewhere in territory as Israel also strikes targets in Lebanon </p><p>Dozens of Palestinians have been killed or injured by an Israeli strike on a multistorey residential building in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, local medics and officials in the territory have said.</p><p>The government media office in Gaza, which is run by Hamas, put the number of those killed at 72. It said the strike on Sunday morning hit a residential building that housed six families.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/17/dozens-reported-killed-israeli-airstrike-residential-building-north-gaza">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Gaza Israel Lebanon Palestinian territories World news Middle East and north Africa Jason Burke in Jerusalem and William Christou in Beirut Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/nov/17/building-collapses-in-beirut-as-israel-carries-out-new-strikes-across-city-video World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:15b4bfbb-bd9b-f77a-0e98-8d9ea77f875e Sun, 17 Nov 2024 09:00:07 -0400 <p>A building in Beirut was levelled on Sunday, as Israel announced that it was carrying out strikes on the city. Footage shows the moment an Israeli missile strike caused the building to collapse</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/16/lebanese-businessman-war-beirut-financial-crisis-airstrikes">‘Here’s how it feels’: how a Lebanese businessman lost everything in five years of turmoil and war</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/15/israeli-strikes-kill-civil-defence-rescue-workers-lebanon">Anger in Lebanon at large number of rescue workers killed by Israel</a></p></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/nov/17/building-collapses-in-beirut-as-israel-carries-out-new-strikes-across-city-video">Continue reading...</a> Lebanon Middle East and north Africa Israel World news Photograph: Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/17/dozens-reported-killed-israeli-airstrike-residential-building-north-gaza World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:3ea19841-6eab-fdd7-801e-18f0b190fbd7 Sun, 17 Nov 2024 08:11:35 -0400 <p>Attack in Beit Lahiya follows reports of deadly attacks elsewhere in territory as Israel also strikes targets in Lebanon </p><p>Dozens of Palestinians have been killed or injured by an Israeli strike on a multistorey residential building in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, local medics and officials in the territory have said.</p><p>The government media office in Gaza, which is run by Hamas, put the number of those killed at 72. It said the strike on Sunday morning hit a residential building that housed six families.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/17/dozens-reported-killed-israeli-airstrike-residential-building-north-gaza">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Gaza Israel Lebanon Palestinian territories World news Middle East and north Africa Jason Burke in Jerusalem Photograph: Reuters https://www.ft.com/content/cf9eaffa-15d2-417c-b815-61c92d094c8f FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:35a4eb55-8581-cf58-5f45-e651e1fd9e6e Sun, 17 Nov 2024 01:01:00 -0400 Unifil’s work on Lebanon border has attracted ire from both sides but many say they are key to ending conflict https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/17/rightwing-settlers-in-israel-welcome-dream-team-of-trump-and-his-hardline-appointments World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:13f99637-1630-3233-d8ad-d5389afcdfe8 Sun, 17 Nov 2024 01:00:02 -0400 <p>Palestinian groups shocked by US president-elect’s favouring of outspoken supporters of far-right activists in the region</p><p>Rightwing settlers and extremist nationalist Zionists in Israel have described top officials in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>’s new administration as a “dream team” which will offer a “unique and special opportunity” to expand Israel’s hold on occupied territory and permanently end any prospect of a Palestinian state.</p><p>Palestinian groups and leftwing NGOs in Israel have been shocked by Trump’s appointment of outspoken supporters of the projects of far-right Israeli activists and say the government of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/benjamin-netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> has been emboldened by Trump’s victory.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/17/rightwing-settlers-in-israel-welcome-dream-team-of-trump-and-his-hardline-appointments">Continue reading...</a> West Bank Palestinian territories Israel Trump administration Middle East and north Africa US news US politics Jason Burke in Jerusalem Photograph: Gali Tibbon/The Observer https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/16/israel-lebanon-gaza-war-middle-east-hamas-hezbollah-latest World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:8db9b6f3-b997-23eb-44c5-4fc52145fafe Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:15:59 -0400 <p>Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Israeli troops captured a strategic hill in the southern Lebanese village of Chamaa</p><p>Another airstrike hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut around midday local time, according to AFP, after the area was hit earlier this morning.</p><p>Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported a raid by “enemy aircraft” in the neighbourhood of <strong>Chiyah</strong>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/16/israel-lebanon-gaza-war-middle-east-hamas-hezbollah-latest">Continue reading...</a> Middle East and north Africa World news Israel Israel-Gaza war Gaza Lebanon Hezbollah Palestinian territories Hayden Vernon (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) Photograph: AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/16/israel-lebanon-gaza-war-middle-east-hamas-hezbollah-latest World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:e87ae59a-b43c-8c0b-dd82-40cbaf05eace Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:15:59 -0400 <p>This live blog is now closed, you can <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast">read more of our Middle East coverage here</a></p><p>Another airstrike hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut around midday local time, according to AFP, after the area was hit earlier this morning.</p><p>Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported a raid by “enemy aircraft” in the neighbourhood of <strong>Chiyah</strong>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/16/israel-lebanon-gaza-war-middle-east-hamas-hezbollah-latest">Continue reading...</a> Middle East and north Africa World news Israel Israel-Gaza war Gaza Lebanon Hezbollah Palestinian territories Hayden Vernon (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) Photograph: AFP/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/8901f749-03dd-4fbd-8cf0-a0d394960aae FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:36ee5a89-e28d-f151-9ad9-b4377641781c Sat, 16 Nov 2024 09:56:05 -0400 Resolution would move Iran-backed Hizbollah troops north of the Litani river and create multinational task force https://www.ft.com/content/e2945a08-2b00-4a5d-bb2d-5fb173a1af8c FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:6cc942cc-f18e-f1c3-da86-1f06540c0ce4 Sat, 16 Nov 2024 09:00:47 -0400 Rolling blackouts underscore impact of US sanctions, lack of investment and costly subsidies https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/16/israel-lebanon-gaza-war-middle-east-hamas-hezbollah-latest World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:97a57f6e-cba6-9136-5180-46d12dacfdc6 Sat, 16 Nov 2024 08:28:52 -0400 <p>Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said ‘the enemy’ carried out three air raids, including one near Haret Hreik</p><p>Another airstrike hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut around midday local time, according to AFP, after the area was hit earlier this morning.</p><p>Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported a raid by “enemy aircraft” in the neighbourhood of <strong>Chiyah</strong>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/16/israel-lebanon-gaza-war-middle-east-hamas-hezbollah-latest">Continue reading...</a> Middle East and north Africa World news Israel Israel-Gaza war Gaza Lebanon Hezbollah Palestinian territories Tom Ambrose (now) and Hayden Vernon (earlier) Photograph: AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/16/lebanese-businessman-war-beirut-financial-crisis-airstrikes World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:93e691b3-be74-6497-809d-b4c40694e4d5 Sat, 16 Nov 2024 07:10:35 -0400 <p>Beirut property developer among many denied access to fortunes by banks after a financial crisis and now reeling from effects of Israel’s airstrikes</p><p>From the balcony of his flat in a monied suburb nestled in the mountains overlooking Beirut, Ibrahim Abdallah could see the smoke rising from a night of airstrikes that pummelled the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/lebanon">ghostly southern suburbs</a> below.</p><p>Columns of white smoke drifted over the smouldering, scarred and deserted tower blocks and up into the tree-lined hills, where some of those displaced mingle among people taking an evening walk near the presidential palace and the Lebanese defence ministry.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/16/lebanese-businessman-war-beirut-financial-crisis-airstrikes">Continue reading...</a> Lebanon Beirut explosion World news Middle East and north Africa Israel Hezbollah Hamas Israel-Gaza war Palestinian territories Ruth Michaelson Photograph: Daniel Carde/The Observer