Live Updates: Death toll from Israeli attack on Gaza shelter rises to 22

Monday, October 14, 2024

4:23 GMT — Death toll from Israeli attack on Gaza shelter rises to 22

The death toll from an Israeli strike on a school shelter in central Gaza has risen to 22, according to the government media office.

It added that the Israeli army "was aware that al-Mufti school housed thousands of displaced children and women who had been uprooted from their homes and whose neighbourhoods had been bombed."

04:00 GMT — US urges Israel to pivot from aggression to diplomatic pathway in Lebanon

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said he underscored the need for Israel to pivot away from the military offensive to a diplomatic pathway in Lebanon.

In a phone call with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Austin said he expressed his condolences for Israeli soldiers killed in a drone attack by Hezbollah.

"I also reiterated the importance of ensuring the safety and security of (UN Interim Force in Lebanon) UNIFIL forces and Lebanese Armed Forces and reinforced the need to pivot from military operations in Lebanon to a diplomatic pathway as soon as feasible," he said on X.

03:45 GMT — Israel's use of bomb-laden drones in northern Gaza prohibited under international law: Rights group

The Israeli army's use of explosive-laden robots during its aggression in northern Gaza "is prohibited under international law," the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said.

"The army is escalating its genocide against Palestinians, thereby committing massacres, willful killings, starvation, and widespread forced displacement," the Geneva-based organisation said in a statement.

03:32 GMT — With genocide in northern Gaza, Israel aims to expel Palestinians: Arab League

The Arab League has condemned Israel's ongoing genocide in northern Gaza, accusing Tel Aviv of putting plans to depopulate the region in motion.

In a statement, the league's Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit condemned "in the strongest terms the ongoing Israeli operations in northern Gaza, particularly in Jabalia, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of hundreds."

Aboul Gheit said Israel "is exploiting global distractions from its crimes in Lebanon to continue committing more atrocities that add to its shameful record in Gaza."

03:15 GMT — Israel says 4 soldiers killed in Hezbollah drone attack

The Israeli military said four soldiers were killed by a Hezbollah drone strike on a military base south of Haifa.

"Four IDF (army) soldiers were killed in the incident, and an additional seven were severely injured," the military said in a statement.

03:00 GMT — Hezbollah threatens Israel with more attacks if it doesn't stop its aggression

Lebanese group Hezbollah threatened Israel with more attacks if its aggression in Lebanon continued after a drone attack on a base near Israel's Haifa killed four soldiers.

The group "promises the enemy that what it witnessed today in southern Haifa is nothing compared to what awaits it if it decides to continue its aggression against our noble and dear people," it said.

02:22 GMT — Israel kills 20 Palestinians in school shelter strike

Israel has killed at least 20 Palestinians, including children, in its strike at a school shelter in central Gaza, local hospitals said.

The strike also killed two women in Nuseirat. The school was sheltering some of the many Palestinians displaced by the yearlong war in Gaza.

The bodies were taken to Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah.

02:00 GMT — Israel wounds several people in fresh strikes on southern Lebanon

Several people were wounded in Lebanon in an air strike near the city of Sidon by Israel, its state-run news agency reported.

According to the National News Agency, Israeli jets hit the town of Maghdoucheh near Sidon, while artillery targeted the towns of Ayta Ash-Shaab, Ramyeh, and Qouzah in Nabatieh province.

It added that air strikes also targeted the towns of Naqoura, Chamaa, and Tayr Harfa in Tyre province.

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