UN peacekeepers say HQ struck by rocket in south Lebanon

United Nations peacekeeping force UNIFIL says its headquarters in south Lebanon have been hit by a rocket.

“Our headquarters in Naqoura was hit with a rocket and we are working to verify from where. Our peacekeepers were not in shelters at the time. Fortunately, no one was hurt,” UNIFIL says in a statement.

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Biden says he spoke with Abbas about Gaza aid

Biden spoke with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas about humanitarian assistance for Gaza, the US president has posted on X.

He said he told Abbas he was working with partners in the region to ensure humanitarian supplies reach civilians in Gaza.

Israeli front lines ‘very active’
By Stefanie Dekker in southern Israel

We’re about 3km (1.86 miles) away from Gaza.

The air strikes seem to have picked up in the northern area [of Gaza] over the last hour or so. There’s been some outgoing artillery from the Israeli position. A lot of rockets and barrages as well that we have witnessed. Around eight interceptions in the sky close to us.

So it’s a very active front line. But what everyone is speculating is when this ground operation is going to start. That is something that the Israeli army has made very clear is going to happen at some point, saying it was going to be from air, land and sea.

But there was speculation that would have happened last night potentially after Prime Minister Netanyahu visited troops along the fence area.

This is all speculation, but what we do know is that Israeli military hardware and personnel are in place so it is just a matter of when at this point.

Gaza under blockade: Palestinians are running out of food and water

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Thousands turn up for pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul

Thousands have turned out for a pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul, after sustained Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip and warnings about a ground attack there.

“They’ve been chasing people out of their homes for years. Now they’re not killing people one by one day by day, they’re killing them en masse,” said one of the marchers, Bayram Atabey, a shopkeeper in his thirties.

“This is what Israel is doing and we are protesting against it,” he added at the rally organised by a group allied to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP party.

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EU leaders back Israel’s right to defend itself in line with international law

The European Union’s national leaders back Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law, they have said in a statement.

“The European Union condemns in the strongest possible terms Hamas and its brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks across Israel and deeply deplores the loss of lives,” says the statement from the European Council, which brings together the leaders of the bloc’s 27-member countries.

While many EU leaders have issued statements on the Hamas attack since it took place just over a week ago, Sunday’s was the first by the European Council as a whole.

“There is no justification for terror. We strongly emphasize Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law in the face of such violent and indiscriminate attacks,” the statement added.

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Gaza invasion could lead to ‘genocide’: Arab League, African Union

Israel’s planned ground invasion of Gaza “could lead to a genocide of unprecedented proportions”, the heads of the Arab League and African Union have said in a joint statement.

Both organisations called on “the United Nations and the international community to stop a catastrophe unfolding in front of us, before it is too late”, as Israel readies for a ground invasion

of the Gaza Strip.

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Fifty families in Gaza wiped from civil registry: Ministry

At least 50 families in the Gaza Strip have been wiped out from the civil registry, the health ministry says.

The families were killed by Israeli shelling and in air strikes, the ministry said.