Israel kills over 40 in Gaza, attacks Lebanon’s Beirut again
- Medical sources say more than 40 people killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, the majority in the territory’s north where a devastating siege continues for an 18th day.
- As Israel unleashes more air raids on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, Hezbollah claims responsibility for Saturday’s drone attack targeting the Israeli prime minister’s holiday residence and confirms Israel has captured some of its fighters.
Al-Quds Brigades says fighting ongoing in Jabalia
A field commander from the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad has spoken to Al Jazeera about the fighting in northern Gaza.
The al-Quds Brigades commander said the group’s fighters have been engaged in fighting with Israeli troops for three days west of the Jabalia camp.
He added that the group had also detonated explosives targeting Israeli vehicles around the area, claiming there were Israeli casualties.
More than 400,000 forcibly displaced children in Lebanon at growing risk of diseases
More than 400,000 forcibly displaced children in Lebanon are at risk of skin diseases, cholera and other waterborne illnesses due to overcrowding, minimal infrastructure in shelters and a lack of water and sanitation facilities, Save the Children has warned.
The charity said in a statement that the first case of cholera and cases of scabies had already been reported among some of the 1.2 million people who have been forced from their homes by Israeli attacks.
Kamal Nasser El Deen, emergency response coordinator at Save the Children Lebanon said, families and children at shelters typically have been waiting in long lines simply to access bathrooms.
“The facilities are inadequate for the number of people, and to make matters worse, the water supply is inconsistent,” El Deen said.
“This lack of clean, reliable water creates a significant risk for waterborne diseases. It’s heartbreaking to know that these children, already displaced and vulnerable, face the additional threat of illness simply because basic needs like sanitation and clean water aren’t being met.”
Israel strikes on Hezbollah-linked finance firm warrant war crime probe: Amnesty
Amnesty International says the Israeli army’s bombing of branches of a Hezbollah-linked financial firm in Lebanon should be “investigated as a war crime”.
Al-Qard al-Hassan is sanctioned by the US, which accuses Hezbollah of using it as a cover to gain access to the international financial system. The Israeli military hit branches of the organisation across Lebanon late on Sunday and early Monday.
“The Israeli military’s targeting of branches” of al-Qard al-Hassan “likely violates international humanitarian law and must be investigated as a war crime”, Amnesty said in a statement.
“Under the laws of war, branches of financial institutions are civilian objects unless they are being used for military purposes. Therefore, these attacks likely constitute a direct attack on civilian objects,” it added.
The financial firm, officially registered as a charity, has been offering customers credit in exchange for gold deposits on an interest-free basis since the 1980s.
Amnesty’s Erika Guevara Rosas said the Israeli military had “targeted an institution that serves as an economic lifeline for countless Lebanese civilians”.
“This, along with an evacuation warning issued less than 40 minutes before the start of the strikes, shows Israel’s disregard for international humanitarian law,” she said.
