Folks examine the devastation within the aftermath of Israeli strikes within the neighborhood of Haret Hreik in Beirut’s southern suburbs on November 1, 2024, amid the continued struggle between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip and Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday (November 1, 2024) a day after U.S. envoys made a renewed however to date fruitless diplomatic push to finish greater than a yr of preventing between Israel and Iran-backed teams Hamas and Hezbollah.

In a single day, 47 Palestinians have been killed and dozens extra injured in Israeli strikes on the town of Deir Al-Balah, the Nuseirat camp and the city of Al-Zawayda within the central Gaza Strip, the Palestinian information company WAFA reported.

The Israeli navy stated its troops had killed what it referred to as armed terrorists in central Gaza and northern Gaza’s Jabalia space.

Israel kilos Lebanon

Israel additionally pummeled Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday (November 1, 2024) morning with a minimum of 10 strikes, Reuters journalists stated. It was the primary bombardment on the realm – as soon as a densely-packed district and Hezbollah stronghold – in almost per week.

The strikes got here after Israel issued evacuation orders for 10 separate neighbourhoods. The assaults started earlier than the ultimate sequence of orders have been printed.

Israel has pressed on with its navy offensives in devastated Gaza and Lebanon regardless of efforts by Washington to safe ceasefires on each fronts forward of the U.S. presidential election subsequent Tuesday. The hostilities have whittled away any hope a truce may very well be reached earlier than subsequent week.

Addressing graduating Israeli troops on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that “agreements, paperwork, proposals usually are not the principle level.”

“The principle level is our means and willpower to implement safety, thwart assaults in opposition to us, and act in opposition to the arming of our enemies, as crucial and regardless of any stress and constraints. That is the principle level,” he stated.

His workplace stated he relayed the same message to U.S. envoys Amos Hochstein and Brett McGurk in Israel on Thursday.

Israeli stubbornness

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati stated on Friday (November 1, 2024): “Israeli statements and diplomatic alerts obtained by Lebanon affirm the Israeli stubbornness in rejecting the proposed options and insisting on the method of killing and destruction”.

Israel additionally carried out strikes on Thursday (October 31, 2024) on the area of Baalbek in Lebanon’s east, residence to UNESCO-listed Roman ruins. A cultural group that organises yearly festivals amid the ruins stated some cracks have been seen because of close by Israeli strikes.