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As Friday marks the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People, pro-Palestine activists call for a global marches in support of the Palestinians. This year the Solidarity Day comes while the Israeli occupation forces commit an unprecedented genocide against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. Hrer is what we need to know about the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People.
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The Israeli media confirmed that the destruction in the settlement of Kiryat Shmona is unbelievable, and the restoration of the damaged schools alone will take four months to complete.
The Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth said that there is hardly a building in the border towns with Lebanon that is not in ruin and most of the houses there need to be restored and/or demolished.
The newspaper pointed out “the number of destroyed homes in the north exceeded 8,800 homes, and more than 7000 vehicles and about 300 agricultural sites damaged.
Since 23 September, the Israeli occupation forces expanded the scope of the genocide they have carried out in Gaza since 7 October, 2023 to include most areas of Lebanon, including Beirut, through unprecedentedly violent intense air strikes, and also began a ground incursion into the south, disregarding international warnings and UN resolutions.
The Israeli occupation army, supported by the United States and Europe, continues its aggression on the Gaza Strip for the 415th consecutive day, as its warplanes bomb the vicinity of hospitals, buildings, towers and homes of Palestinian civilians and destroy them over the heads of their residents, and prevents the entry of water, food, medicine and fuel.
The aggression has left more than 148,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, amid massive destruction and famine that killed dozens of children and the elderly. In one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters according to Quds Press.
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Norway is to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion after the Israeli occupation Knesset prevented UNRWA from practicing its work in Israel-occupied territories which makes the agency unable to enter aid to the Gaza Strip, according to The Guardian.
Norway’s deputy foreign minister, Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik, discussed at the United Nations in New York to draft resolution about this issue for the UN General Assembly.
“The international community cannot accept that the UN, international humanitarian organisations, and states continue to face systematic obstacles when working in Palestine and delivering humanitarian assistance to Palestinians under occupation,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said.
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Lebanon on Monday announced plans to file a complaint against Israel at the UN Security Council over Tel Aviv’s repeated attacks on the country’s armed forces in its southern region.
The Lebanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it had instructed its permanent mission to the UN in New York to submit a formal complaint to the council condemning Israel’s continuing assaults on the Lebanese military.
Two soldiers died and three others were injured, including one in critical condition, following an Israeli strike on a military outpost in the town of Mari in the Hasbaiyya district, southern Lebanon, the statement noted.
With this latest incident, the total number of Lebanese army soldiers killed by Israeli attacks since Oct. 8, 2023, rose to 36.
The ministry emphasized that the attacks undermine international efforts to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which calls for a full cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel and the creation of an arms-free zone between the Blue Line (the boundary separating Lebanon and Israel) and the Litani River in southern Lebanon.
The resolution allows for the presence of the Lebanese army and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in the area.
The ministry stressed that ensuring the safety of the Lebanese army and supporting it in carrying out its full duties is crucial to strengthening security along Lebanon’s borders.
Israel launched an air campaign in Lebanon against what it claims are targets of the Hezbollah group in late September, in an escalation from a year of cross-border warfare over Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.
More than 3,500 people have been killed, nearly 15,000 injured and more than 1 million displaced by Israeli attacks since last October, according to Lebanese health authorities according to Anadolu.
Tel Aviv expanded the conflict by launching a ground assault into southern Lebanon on Oct. 1 this year.
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UN Acting Humanitarian Chief, Joyce Msuya, stated that the situation in Gaza is reminiscent of the worst international crimes since the League of Nations was established in 1919.
She reported over 10,000 Palestinian bodies under rubble, with Israel blocking rescue equipment. 70% of Gaza’s buildings are destroyed, aid is blocked, and hospitals and shelters have been attacked.
