Israeli offensive in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza left at least 66 dead

Dear Al Balah., Israeli attacks yesterday killed dozens of people in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, on a day in which the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs criticized the unacceptable consequences for civilians of the conflict in Lebanon and reminded the parties involved that respect for international humanitarian law is not optional.

All parties must ensure the protection of civilians and civilian objects, including housing and essential infrastructure, in all circumstancesthe organization reproached in a statement published after its last update on the situation in the country.

The United Nations reiterated that civilians and civil infrastructure They are not a target and reported that, however, some 510 thousand people have been forced to flee to Syria, many are Syrians who returned to communities devastated by years of conflict in the countryaccording to data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

While on the ground, an Israeli airstrike killed at least 23 people, including seven children, in the village of Aalmat, north of Beirut, far from the areas of southern and eastern Lebanon where the paramilitary political group Hezbollah has a hold. important presence. There was no Israeli evacuation warning.

The army said it attacked a Hezbollah site used to store weapons. Lebanese legislator Raed Berro denied that there were Hezbollah personnel or members in the building that was hit. Everyone can see, in front of the cameras, that what is being removed from the rubble are women, children and elderly people who have nothing to do with weapons or rocket stores..

Hassan Ghaddaf, who lived next door and was slightly injured while walking to his balcony for his morning coffee, said there were displaced people in the building. I had seen and met them the other day. They were peaceful. On the contrary, they had someone from the Lebanese Internal Security Forces who works for the State and we saw his clothes and clothes in the rubble..

Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has caused more than 3,189 deaths in Lebanon, according to the Ministry of Health, and around 70 in Israel since the start of the war between both sides.

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Meanwhile, in northern Gaza, an Israeli offensive against a house housing displaced people in the Jabaliya refugee camp killed at least 36 people, including 13 minors and nine women, according to doctor Fadel Naim, director of the Al-Ahly hospital in Gaza City.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa and Hamas media put the death toll at 32.

The Alush family was about to have breakfast when an Israeli bombardment hit their home on Sunday in the north of the strip. There was a huge explosion to the point that, when we arrived, all the bodies were destroyedsaid Abdullah Al Najar, a relative.

The Israeli military said it directed the attack at a location in Jabaliya where militants were operating, without providing evidence. He noted that the details of the attack are being reviewed.

The attack hit a house in Gaza City, killing Wael al-Khour, a minister in the Hamas government, as well as his wife and three children, Gaza Civil Defense rescuers reported.

Israeli bombings on Gaza have left 43,600 dead and 102,929 injured in the enclave since the war between Israel and Hamas began.

In Syria, an Israeli airstrike hit a residential building in Sayyida Zeinab, an area of ​​an important Shiite shrine in Damascus, and the Defense Ministry said seven civilians were killed, including women and children, the state news agency Sana reported.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors opposition war activities and is based in Britain, suggested the target was Hezbollah. Until the closing of this edition, Israel had not commented on the matter.

Meanwhile, fighter jets from the coalition led by the United States and the United Kingdom carried out three airstrikes on Saturday night on Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, controlled by the Houthi group, the Al-Masirah television network reported.

On the other hand, in Amsterdam there were more than 100 detainees in an unauthorized pro-Palestine demonstration to condemn the antisocial behavior exhibited in the city by fans of the Israeli soccer club Maccabi Tel Aviv before the riots last Thursday, while organizations pro-Palestinian groups denounced the fans of that team before the prosecutor’s office for incitement, violence and vandalism.