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Saudi crown prince condemns Israel’s attacks on Palestinians as ‘genocide’
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and de facto ruler condemned what he called the “genocide” committed by Israel against Palestinians during a speech at a summit of leaders of Muslim and Arab countries in Riyadh, Reuters reports.
“The Kingdom renews its condemnation and categorical rejection of the genocide committed by Israel against the brotherly Palestinian people,” Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said at an Arab Islamic summit, echoing comments by Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud late last month.
He urged the international community to stop Israel from attacking Iran and to respect Iran’s sovereignty.
ICC confirms probe into alleged misconduct by war crimes prosecutor Pick 10 \50 Download File
The International Criminal Court’s governing body will launch an external probe into its chief prosecutor Karim Khan over alleged sexual misconduct, it said in a statement, confirming a previous report by Reuters.
“An external investigation is […] being pursued in order to ensure a fully independent, impartial and fair process”, the statement said, also calling upon all parties to cooperate fully.
Khan said in a statement that he would stay on in his key function of overseeing investigations into alleged war crimes, including in the Israel-Gaza conflict, while any issues relevant to the investigation would be handled by deputy prosecutors.
Khan has previously denied allegations of misconduct that were reported to the court’s governing body last month. At that time, he asked the court’s own internal oversight body to investigate them.
Israeli strikes kill 37 as attacks intensify in central, southern Gaza, medics say
An Israeli airstrike killed seven people late Monday at a cafe near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Palestinian medics said, bringing the death toll from Israeli strikes to at least 37, Reuters reports.
“Some people couldn’t leave and remained trapped inside their homes, appealing to be allowed out, while others rushed out with whatever they could carry as they fled,” Mohammad, 25, who lives one kilometre (half a mile) away from the targeted area, told Reuters via a chat app.
At Kamal Adwan Hospital near Beit Lahiya, medics said Israeli fire from a drone wounded three medical workers in the facility.
Arab and Muslim leaders condemn Israeli ‘genocide’ in Gaza
Arab and Muslim leaders condemned “horrific and shocking crimes” committed by Israel’s army in Gaza, during a summit in Saudi Arabia focused on ongoing regional wars, AFP reports.
The assembled leaders “condemn in the strongest terms” the Israeli army’s actions “in the context of the crime of genocide […] especially in the northern Gaza Strip during the past weeks”, the summit’s closing statement said, citing torture, executions, disappearances and “ethnic cleansing”.
Arab, Muslim leaders call for unity of Palestinian territories under one state
Arab and Muslim leaders called for the unification of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the Gaza Strip and annexed east Jerusalem under a Palestinian state, during a summit in Saudi Arabia, AFP reports.
In the summit’s closing statement, the leaders called for “providing all forms of political and diplomatic support to the Palestinian people and to the State of Palestine for achieving Palestinian national unity, and for the effective assumption of its responsibilities over all the occupied Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip, unifying it with the West Bank, including the city of” Jerusalem, which Israel claims as its capital.
Israel defence minister says ‘there will be no ceasefire’ in Lebanon
Israel’s newly appointed Defence Minister Israel Katz says “there will be no ceasefire and there will be no break in the strikes against Hezbollah” in Lebanon, Al Jazeera reports.
However, Katz told a forum of top military generals that “if the possibility arises and a good proposal is put forward that would allow us to claim victory … we will certainly consider it very seriously”.
Israel forces have killed at least 3,243 people and wounded 14,134 since the hostilities between Hezbollah and the Israeli army started on October 8, 2023.
‘Crime of starvation’: NGO calls for Gaza famine zone declaration
The Palestinian NGO Network says this is “in light of the serious repercussions of the restrictions imposed by the occupation on the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, especially its north”, Al Jazeera reports.
The Israeli military continues to prevent the entry of food, water, and medicine into northern Gaza. It also restricts the entry of aid into other areas of the besieged coastal enclave, with no more than 30 trucks getting in per day, representing 6 per cent of basic needs.
The network warned of the “serious repercussions of the crime of starvation practiced by the occupation and preventing the entry of food and other basic needs, especially on the health of children and women who are now in a difficult and complex reality that threatens their lives”.
Israeli attacks on Lebanon kill 3,243 since Oct 7, 2023, Lebanese health ministry says
Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed 3,243 people and injured 14,134 since October 7, 2023, the Lebanese health ministry said, Reuters reports.
It said 54 had been killed and 56 others injured on Sunday.
UN condemns mass arrests, violence against Palestinians in West Bank
The UN Human Rights Office has condemned Israeli forces’ mass arrests, ill-treatment and “gratuitous humiliation of Palestinians” during raids in refugee camps and towns across the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reports.
Information it has gathered shows “a pattern of unnecessary, disproportionate and otherwise unlawful force used in Palestinian communities of Madama, Dura, and the Fawwar refugee camps, among others, over the past month, despite in many cases there being no apparent threat to public order or the security of the occupying forces”, it said.
The office referred to an incident on October 18-19 when Israeli forces raided at least 50 homes in the Fawwar refugee camp in the Hebron governorate and detained 30 Palestinians.
During the raids, people reported widespread abuse, property theft, and violence against householders and detainees.
“One of those detained reported to UN Human Rights Office that Israeli security forces hit him with a heavy object in the head and jaw, while he was handcuffed and blindfolded. Israeli media have reported one case of grave sexual violence against a detainee during this raid.”
Israeli air strike on Lebanon’s Saksakieh kills 7
An Israeli air raid on the town of Saksakieh, in southern Lebanon, has killed at least seven people and injured seven others, the health ministry said in a statement, Al Jazeera reports.
Israeli prime minister asks court to delay testimony in his corruption trial over Gaza, Lebanon conflicts
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked to delay his testimony in his corruption trial for some 80 days citing preoccupation with current conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon, Anadolu reports.
According to the Israeli public broadcaster KAN, Netanyahu’s legal team filed a request in the Jerusalem District Court to delay his testimony, claiming that he does not have time to prepare for the testimony under the current developments.
Netanyahu faces charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. The Israeli premier, however, denied any wrongdoing. He is scheduled to testify before the court on December 2.
The first court session of Netanyahu’s corruption trial was held on May 24, 2020.
Israel shells Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza
The Israeli army has fired artillery and launched quadcopter drones to target the main entrance of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from Deir el-Balah, Gaza.
Three Palestinians have been injured, according to preliminary reports by the hospital, which is going through a crisis as casualties mount and it has few supplies or personnel to treat them.
The Israeli military is also targeting high-rise buildings overlooking the Netzarim Corridor, a 6 kilometre-long strip of land established by Israel just south of Gaza City. It stretches from the boundary with Israel to the Mediterranean Sea.
Israel has been expanding the Netzarim Corridor, which now covers 58sq km. There is a heavy military presence, and this has raised concerns among Palestinians over a prolonged Israeli presence in Gaza.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses Arab-Islamic summit, asks for Israeli withdrawal from Gaza
Al Jazeera reports that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has addressed the Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh. Here are some of the points he raised:
- Israel must implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 2735, which requires an end to its aggression in Gaza
- It must allow aid into the Gaza Strip and withdraw its forces in order for the State of Palestine to regain its sovereignty over Gaza
- It must allow the return of Palestinians to their homes and the reconstruction of buildings destroyed in Gaza
- Israel must end its plan to separate Gaza from the West Bank and Jerusalem.
EU ‘appalled’ by Israeli strikes in Lebanon
The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said the bloc is “appalled” by continued Israeli military strikes in Lebanon, including one on Sunday that killed at least 38 people including seven children in the town of Almat, north of Beirut, Al Jazeera reports.
Borrell said the town was “away from Hezbollah areas”
“No one, including [the Israeli military], can be indifferent to the high number of civilian killed,” he added, before calling for a ceasefire.
PM Shehbaz calls for ceasefire in Gaza at Arab Islamic Summit
PM Shehbaz Sharif has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza while speaking at the Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh. He also called for the immediate lifting of the siege of Gaza by Israel and an arms embargo on Israel.
“We must not let this systematic genocide and aggression persist. Therefore, this conference must call for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire; imposing an immediate arms embargo on Israel; and lifting Israel’s blockade of Gaza.”
He concluded his statement by calling for swift action to uphold justice and dignity for the people of Palestine.
Israel’s strategic affairs minister to meet Blinken in Washington
Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer will meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, the State Department said, Reuters reports.
The meeting will take place at 1700 ET, according to the State Department’s public schedule.
The meeting will come amid hopes of a truce in Israel’s offensive in Gaza suffering a setback with Qatar suspending its mediation role in the negotiations.
Far-right minister calls for Israeli sovereignty in West Bank in 2025
Israel’s far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said that he hopes Israel will extend sovereignty into the occupied West Bank in 2025, Reuters reports.
Smotrich, who also wields a defence ministry supervisory role for settlers as part of his coalition deal with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said he hopes the incoming Trump administration in Washington will recognise an Israeli sovereignty push, according to a statement from Smotrich’s office.
3 killed in Srifa as Israel pummels Lebanon
At least three people have been killed in an air raid on Lebanon’s town of Srifa, in the Tyre governorate, Al Jazeera reports, citing the National News Agency.
In southern Lebanon, the Israeli army also hit the outskirts of the Rashidieh refugee camp, south of Tyre, the towns of al-Mansouri and al-Sama’iya, and the Batoulieh plains.
Separately, in the eastern Baalbek-Hermel governorate, an Israeli drone launched a raid on the town of Hawsh al-Sayyid Ali, on the border with Syria. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
New EU sanctions on violent Israeli settlers could happen soon, France says
France’s foreign minister said that a new round of sanctions targeting violent Israeli settlers could happen soon, Reuters reports.
“We were instrumental in setting up the (EU) sanctions regime that was already activated two times, and that might be activated a third time soon,” Jean-Noel Barrot told the Paris Peace Forum.
“We believe that those violent settlers and these intensive settlement activities are illegal, that it should stop in the interest of Israel and its security.”
Gaza mother struggling to feed children says only death can end their suffering
Itimad al-Qanou, a Palestinian mother struggling to feed her seven children, feels abandoned by everyone. She sometimes feels that death is the best way to end her family’s suffering after a year of onslaught that has turned Gaza into a bombed-out wasteland gripped by hunger, Reuters reports.
“Let them drop a nuclear bomb and end it. We don’t want this life we’re living; we are dying slowly. Have mercy on us. Look at these children,” said the mother of three boys and four girls aged between eight and 18.
Children in their town of Deir al-Balah crowd at a charity site with empty pots, desperate for nourishment. Aid workers distribute lentil soup from a pot. But it is never enough to stave off hunger and ease widespread panic.
Qanou says her family faces the Israeli airstrikes that have killed tens of thousands of people and flattened much of Gaza on the one side, and hunger on the other.
“No one is looking at us, no one cares about us. I ask the Arab countries to stand with us, at least to open the borders so food and supplies can reach our children,” she said.
“They are all liars; they are lying to the people. The United States is standing with Israel against us, they are all united against us.”
Saudi crown prince demands immediate Gaza, Lebanon ceasefire at Arab summit
Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler has called for immediate ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon at a joint Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit, AFP reports.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the international community must “immediately halt the Israeli actions against our brothers in Palestine and Lebanon”, condemning Israel’s campaign in Gaza as “genocide”.
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Israel’s Foreign Minister says Palestinian state creation not ‘realistic’
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has told reporters in Jerusalem that the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state was not “realistic”, AFP reports.
“I don’t think this position is realistic today and we must be realistic,” the newly appointed minister said in response to a question over the creation of a Palestinian state in exchange for normalisation with Arab countries, adding that a Palestinian state would be “a Hamas state”.
US freezes delivery of bulldozers to Israel over Gaza home demolitions: report
The US has frozen the delivery of 130 bulldozers to Israel amid home demolitions in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports citing Israeli media.
According to Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, the Israeli Defence Ministry signed a major contract to purchase around 130 D9 bulldozers from US machinery maker Caterpillar.
The newspaper, citing Israeli security sources, said the US recently froze the deal due to the alleged use of these bulldozers to demolish homes in Gaza, which has sparked widespread criticism in the US.
The Israeli daily was quoted as saying that the freeze came at a time when Israel was in desperate need of the bulldozers, especially after the equipment had undergone maintenance.
Hezbollah says Israel ‘unable’ to occupy any Lebanese villages since Sept invasion
Hezbollah has said that the Israeli military has been unable to occupy even a single village in Lebanon since launching an invasion in September, AFP reports.
“After 45 days of bloody fighting, the enemy is still unable to occupy a single Lebanese village,” Hezbollah spokesman Mohammad Afif told a news conference in south Beirut, which Israel has pounded with air strikes.
Hezbollah says Israel ‘unable’ to occupy any Lebanese villages since Sept invasion
Hezbollah has said that the Israeli military has been unable to occupy even a single village in Lebanon since launching an invasion in September, AFP reports.
“After 45 days of bloody fighting, the enemy is still unable to occupy a single Lebanese village,” Hezbollah spokesman Mohammad Afif told a news conference in south Beirut, which Israel has pounded with air strikes.
Iran says Trump must ‘stop continued genocide’ in Gaza
Iran has said US president-elect Donald Trump must end the conflict in Gaza, where the Islamic republic’s arch-foe Israel has been battling Hamas for more than a year, AFP reports.
Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said during a news conference in Tehran that the incoming American president should “stop the continued genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian journalist, wife killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s Nuseirat camp
A Palestinian journalist and his wife have been killed in overnight attacks by Israel in Gaza, Hani Mahmoud of Al Jazeera reports.
“They had set the tents up seeking protection from the unpredictable Israeli bombs after their home in the Nuseirat refugee camp was destroyed a few months ago,” the reporter added.
According to Mahmoud, the said particular area of the northern Nuseirat refugee camp is very close to the edge of the Netzarim Junction and has been repeatedly attacked. The Israeli army has a very strong and visible presence there, he stressed.
5 Palestinians injured due to Israeli firing in West Bank’s Jalazone refugee camp
The Palestinian Red Crescent says five Palestinians, including a child, have been injured by bullets fired by Israeli forces in confrontations in the Jalazone refugee camp north of Ramallah, Al Jazeera reports.
Earlier, there were reports of raids and arrests Israeli forces conducted across the occupied West Bank overnight, Al Jazeera noted.
Blaze near Jerusalem after missile from Yemen intercepted: Israeli army
Israeli firefighters are battling blazes west of Jerusalem, with the army saying the fires were sparked by debris from an intercepted missile fired from Yemen, AFP reports.
Firefighters were working to douse the blazes, conducting scans around Beit Shemesh to rule out more fires and “damage from interceptor/missile shrapnel”, the Jerusalem region fire service said.
Asked about the incident by AFP, the Israeli military said the interception of a projectile from Yemen caused fires in the Bet Shemesh area resulting from debris from that interception.
In a statement, it said: “Following the sirens that sounded in the Shfelat Yehuda, Yehuda, and Lakhish areas of central Israel, the IAF (Israeli Air Force) intercepted one projectile that approached Israel from the direction of Yemen.
“The projectile did not cross into Israeli territory. Sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol.”
20 patients evacuated from north Gaza hospital, 1 dies ‘due to delays at checkpoint’: PRCS
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has said that it evacuated 20 patients last night from Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
Out of those, “one patient tragically passed away due to prolonged delays at the military checkpoint”, the PRCS said on X.
The 14-hour mission was “coordinated with the International Committee of the Red Cross”, it added.
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