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Israel Kills 2nd French National in Lebanon

CrossFireArabia
September 29, 2024

A second French national was killed in Lebanon as Israel continues its attacks on the country, according to French Foreign Ministry. The announcement came, Sunday, just as French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot arrived in Beirut for talks with government officials and to deliver humanitarian aid.

“We confirm the death of a second French national,” the Foreign Ministry stated, withholding further details. This latest news follows the death of an 87-year-old French woman last Monday, whose home collapsed after being targeted by an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon according to the Quds News Network.

petite pensée pour notre second compatriote mort sous les bombardements de tsahal ? https://t.co/KuXfMatY8L
— jpa ❌ – team🇫🇷 (@kasowasu) September 29, 2024

Violence continues to escalate as Israeli airstrikes intensify across the region. On Sunday, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported that 32 people were killed and 53 injured in an Israeli massacre in Ain al-Dilb, a neighborhood east of Saida in southern Lebanon. The airstrike targeted a building in the village of Al-Maghara, near the Al-Furqan mosque, causing the structure to collapse and resulting in significant casualties. The massacre was one among several other Israeli attacks across the country that left dozens of casualties.

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Ballistic Missile: 1 Million Israelis Hurry to Below Shelters at Night

CrossFireArabia
September 29, 2024

More than 1 million Israelis hurried to the underground shelters after Hezbollah launched missiles towards the north of the country and Haifa which is in the center of Israel.

This “alert” which is trending in Arabic and English, is sourced by the Israel army as a ballistic missile entered the Haifa skies.

Over 1 million Israelis have been forced to scurry into shelters.

This is just the beginning.
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— ADAM (@AdameMedia) September 29, 2024

Al Jazeera Arabic has combined all the “urgent alerts” by the Israeli army and carried this piece of rattling news.

It stated that the Israeli Broadcasting Authority pointed out that one rocket was intercepted but sirens went off in wide areas for fear of the shrapnel after its interception.

Sirens in Haifa and surrounding regions, according to Israeli army one million ran to shelters / Hayfa ve çevresindeki bölgelerde saldırı alarmları çaldı, İsrail ordusuna göre bir milyon kişi sığınaklara koştu pic.twitter.com/ZijsKy0b0R
— Enes CANLI (@eneskanli) September 29, 2024

This is while the pan-Arab channel said that the Israeli Army Radio blasted out that a ballistic missile fired from Lebanon was intercepted after sirens were sounded in Haifa

🔴 عاجل | الجيش الصهيوني : أكثر من مليون إسرائيلي يركضون نحو الملاجئ بعد إطلاق حزب الله صواريخ على حيفا والشمال.#حزب_الله يطلق صاروخ باليستي على حيفا وصل الى هدفه خلال دقائق قليلة جداً أمام عجز المنظومات الدفاعية، ووسائل إعلام العدو: لقد جنّ جنون حزب الله.#السيد_حسن_نصرالله pic.twitter.com/ECWDjGabLt
— ضياء أبو طعام (@DiaaAbouTaam) September 29, 2024

The Army Radio also stated that heavy surface-to-surface missile was fired from Lebanon across the border towards Haifa and which caused the sirens to be activated.

It also mentioned that the Israeli air defenses succeeded in intercepting one missile that crossed over causing people to go to the underground shelters as quickly as possible.

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17,000 Children Killed in Gaza Genocide

CrossFireArabia
September 29, 2024

More than 17,000 Palestinian children were killed since Israel begun its onslaught on Gaza soon after 7 October, 2023. The killing mounted as the days, weeks and months went by.

The latest number, which is trending on the social media, has increased in the light of the mass bombs dropped by Israeli warplanes, tanks and from the sea on the different areas of the Gaza Strip.

OnlinePalEng: Around 17,000 Palestinian children have been killed in Israel’s ongoing war on the #Gaza Strip since last October. pic.twitter.com/Hq9hMG55IB
— Richard Hardigan (@RichardHardigan) September 29, 2024

The latest figure, highlighted Sunday, was given the Government Media Office in Gaza, which carefully monitors the statistics of those that are being killed although its officials have previously the number could be much higher because of those people that are still under the wreckage which is estimated at more than 10,000.

“Around 25,973 Palestinian children now live in Gaza without one or both parents due to the Israeli aggression,” Ismail al-Thawabta, who heads Gaza’s government media office, told Anadolu.

He said at least 16,859 children, including 171 infants, have been killed in Israeli attacks since 7 October, 2023.

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has repeatedly warned that “Gaza’s children have endured unimaginable horrors” under relentless Israeli attacks.

Around 17,000 children killed in Israeli war on Gaza, Palestinian authorities sayhttps://t.co/2C4a7rVtYT
— Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt) September 29, 2024

Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip following an attack by the Palestinian group Hamas last Oct. 7, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.

Nearly 41,600 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 96,200 others injured, according to local health authorities.

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Legal Experts Condemn Biden’s Comments on Nasrallah’s Assassination

CrossFireArabia
September 29, 2024

Legal experts slam US President Joe Biden for making a comment praising the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah. Saturday.

The White House issued a statement praising Israel’s assassination of the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, calling it “a measure of justice” for the victims of Hezbollah’s actions, including Americans, Israelis, and Lebanese civilians according to the Quds News Network.

The assassination, carried out by Israeli airstrikes, has killed dozens of civilians in addition to Nasrallah and threatens a full-scale regional war.

The statement has sparked sharp criticism from legal experts who argue that the endorsement of extrajudicial killings undermines international law. legal scholars and human rights advocates have expressed concern over Biden’s framing of the operation, calling it a dangerous precedent that disregards the rule of law.

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Israeli Guns Displace 200,000 in Lebanon

CrossFireArabia
September 29, 2024

Over 200,000 were displaced inside Lebanon because of Israeli airstrikes, the UN high commissioner for refugees said on Saturday.

“More than 50,000 Lebanese and Syrians living in Lebanon have now crossed into Syria fleeing Israeli airstrikes,” Filippo Grandi wrote on X.

“Relief operations are underway, including by UNHCR, to help all those in need, in coordination with both governments,” he added.

Hezbollah and Israel have been engaged in cross-border warfare since the start of Israel’s onslaught on the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 41,600 victims, mostly women and children, following a cross-border attack by Hamas last Oct. 7 according to the Anadolu news agency.