{"id":128928,"date":"2024-11-22T21:33:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128928"},"modified":"2024-11-22T21:33:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:33:58","slug":"un-reports-heavy-clashes-between-israeli-troops-and-hezbollah-in-south-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128928","title":{"rendered":"UN reports heavy clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah in south Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Israeli troops fought fierce battles with Hezbollah fighters on Friday in different areas in south Lebanon, including a coastal town that is home to the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">A spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL told The Associated Press that they are monitoring \u201cheavy clashes\u201d in the coastal town of Naqoura and the village of Chamaa to the northeast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">UNIFIL\u2019s headquarters are located in Naqoura in Lebanon\u2019s southern edge close to the border with Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cWe are aware of heavy shelling in the vicinity of our bases,\u201d UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti said. Asked if the peacekeepers and staff at the headquarters are safe, Tenenti said: \u201cYes for the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Italy\u2019s defense ministry said four Italian soldiers were slightly injured after two exploding rockets hit the UN&#8217;s peacekeeping mission base on Friday in Shama in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Several UNIFIL posts have been hit since Israel began its ground invasion of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-lebanon-hezbollah-iran-11-20-2024-1b39fe8499097c2f2579fce50d083263\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lebanon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Lebanon<\/a> on Oct. 1, leaving a number of peacekeepers wounded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The fighting came a day after the International Criminal Court <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/icc-israel-hamas-warrants-netanyahu-palestinian-arrest-73c854d072e0a1a41b19b2cb2cdd07fa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:issued arrest warrants;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">issued arrest warrants<\/a> for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and a Hamas military leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/icc-khan-netanyahu-070941d21ccd1f2b9611032b88527575\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:accusing them of war crimes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">accusing them of war crimes<\/a> and crimes against humanity over their 13-month war in Gaza and the October 2023 attack on Israel respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The warrant marked the first time that a sitting leader of a major Western ally has been accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity by a global court of justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Israel\u2019s war has caused heavy destruction across Gaza, decimated parts of the territory and driven almost the entire population of 2.3 million people from their homes, leaving most dependent on aid to survive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Israel launched its war in Gaza after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hostages-gaza-tunnels-hamas-israel-war-d8ecb415268e911cea09518acdaf7ba2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:and abducting another 250;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">and abducting another 250<\/a>. Around 100 hostages are still inside Gaza, at least a third of whom are believed to be dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Israel has also launched airstrikes against Lebanon after the Hezbollah militant group began firing rockets, drones and missiles into Israel the day after Hamas\u2019 attack last October. A full-blown war erupted in September after nearly a year of lower-level conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Here\u2019s the Latest:<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">4 Italian soldiers injured after UN peacekeeping base in Lebanon was hit<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">ROME \u2014 Four Italian soldiers were slightly injured after two exploding rockets hit the United Nations&#8217; peacekeeping mission base on Friday in Shama in southern Lebanon, Italy&#8217;s defense ministry said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Initial information suggested that two rockets hit a bunker and a room of the mission base, damaging the surrounding infrastructure, the ministry said. Shattered glass hit the four soldiers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The incident was the latest in which UN peacekeeping posts have been hit since Israel began its ground invasion of Lebanon on Oct. 1, leaving a number of peacekeepers wounded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Defence Minister Guido Crosetto called Friday&#8217;s attack \u201cintolerable.\u201d He said he will try to speak to the new Israeli Defense Minister to ask him \u201cto avoid using the UNIFIL bases as a shield.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Crosetto said the conditions of the four Italian soldiers \u201cdid not cause concern.\u201d He reiterated that the Italian contingent remains in southern Lebanon \u201cto offer a window of opportunity for peace and cannot become hostage to militia attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Italy\u2019s Premier Giorgia Meloni on Friday said she learned about the new attack with \u201cdeep indignation and concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Meloni reiterated that \u201csuch attacks are unacceptable,\u201d renewing her appeal for the parties on the ground \u201cto guarantee, at all times, the safety of UNIFIL soldiers and to collaborate to quickly identify those responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Almost half of attacks on heath care in Lebanon have been deadly, WHO says<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">GENEVA \u2014 The World Health Organization says nearly half of the attacks on health care in Lebanon have been deadly since the Middle East conflict erupted in October last year, the highest such rate anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The U.N. health agency says 65 out of 137, or 47%, of recorded \u201cattacks on health care\u201d in Lebanon over that time period have proven fatal to at least one person, and often many more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">WHO\u2019s running global tally counts attacks, whether deliberate or not, that affect places like hospitals, clinics, medical transport, and warehouses for medical supplies, as well as medics, doctors, nurses and the patients they treat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Nearly half of attacks on health care in Lebanon since last October and the majority of deaths occurred since an intensified Israeli military campaign began against Hezbollah militants in the country two months ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The health agency said 226 health workers and patients have been killed and 199 injured in Lebanon between Oct. 7, 2023 and this Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Israeli defense minister says he will end detention without charge of Jewish settlers<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">JERUSALEM \u2014 Israel\u2019s new defense minister said Friday that he would stop issuing warrants to arrest West Bank settlers or hold them without charge or trial \u2014 a largely symbolic move that rights groups said risks emboldening settler violence in the Israeli-occupied territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Israel Katz called the arrest warrants \u201csevere\u201d and said issuing them was \u201cinappropriate\u201d as Palestinian militant attacks on settlers in the territory grow more frequent. He said settlers could be \u201cbrought to justice\u201d in other ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The move protects Israeli settlers from being held in \u201cadministrative detention,\u201d a shadowy form of incarceration where people are held without charge or trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Settlers are rarely arrested in the West Bank, where settler violence against Palestinians has spiraled since the outbreak of the war Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Katz\u2019s decision was celebrated by far-right coalition allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. National Security Minister and settler firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir applauded Katz and called the move a \u201ccorrection of many years of mistreatment\u201d and \u201cjustice for those who love the land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Since Oct. 7, 2023, violence toward Palestinians by Israeli settlers has soared to new heights, displacing at least 19 entire Palestinian communities, according to Israeli rights group Peace Now. In that time, attacks by Palestinian militants on settlers and within Israel have also grown more common.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">An increasing number of Palestinians have been placed in administrative detention. Israel holds 3,443 administrative detainees in prison, according to data from the Israeli Prison Service, reported by rights group Hamoked. That figure stood around 1,200 just before the start of the war. The vast majority of them are Palestinian, with only a handful at any given time Israeli Jews, said Jessica Montell, the director of Hamoked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cAll of these detentions without charge or trial are illegitimate, but to declare that this measure will only be used against Palestinians&#8230;is to explicitly entrench another form of ethnic discrimination,\u201d said Montell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">German official suggests Germany would be reluctant to arrest Netanyahu on ICC warrant<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">BERLIN \u2014 A German official has suggested that his country would be reluctant to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The ICC\u2019s warrants for Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant put Germany, a staunch ally of Israel, in an awkward position. The government said in a statement Friday that it is one of the ICC\u2019s biggest supporters, but \u201cat the same time, it is a consequence of German history that unique relations and a great responsibility connect us with Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The government said it takes note of the arrest warrants and that \u201cwe will examine conscientiously the domestic steps.\u201d It said that any further steps would only be an issue if a visit by Netanyahu or Gallant were \u201cforeseeable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit was pressed repeatedly at a regular news conference on whether it would be conceivable to arrest an Israeli prime minister. He replied: &#8220;It\u2019s hard for me to imagine that we would carry out arrests in Germany on this basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Kremlin calls ICC warrant decision \u2018insignificant\u2019 for Russia<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday refused to comment on the International Criminal Court\u2019s arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others, saying that the court&#8217;s rulings are \u201cinsignificant\u201d for Russia, which doesn\u2019t recognizes the court\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The ICC last year issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and a number of other top Russian officials, accusing them of war crimes in Ukraine. The Kremlin has brushed off the warrants, saying that in Moscow\u2019s eyes they\u2019re \u201cnull and void.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Asked if the ICC warrants for Netanyahu and others can help resolve the tensions in the Middle East, Peskov said: \u201cWell, in general, the actions of the ICC are unlikely to help anything. That\u2019s the first thing. And secondly, we don\u2019t see any point in commenting on this in any way, because for us these rulings are insignificant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Crowds desperate for bread amid food shortages and huge price hikes in Gaza<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">DEIR AL-BALAH, The Gaza Strip \u2014 Large crowds of displaced people crammed themselves in front of a bakery in the Gaza Strip for the second day in a row, desperate to get their share of bread after bakeries closed for five days due to a flour shortage and the lack of aid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cI am a 61-year-old man. This is the third day that I have come to Zadna Bakery and I still cannot get bread \u2026 I have children to feed,\u201d said Majdi Yaghi, a displaced man from Gaza City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The price of a small bag of pita bread increased to $16 by Friday, a stark increase from about 80 cents last month. A bag of pasta now costs $4 and a small bag of sugar costs nearly $14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">That has left many Palestinian families surviving on one meal a day and reliant on charitable kitchens to survive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">In Khan Younis, women and children lined up at the al-Dalu charitable kitchen for bulgur, the only food available at the makeshift charity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">One of the workers there, Anas al-Dalu, told the AP that they cook ten pots every day of either rice, beans, or bulgur. But that hardly fills the need for the thousands of people displaced in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cThe charity here is in a difficult situation. It is a drop in the ocean, and there is no aid or charities. There is nothing,&#8221; said Nour Kanani, a displaced man from Khan Younis. \u201cIt is a crisis in every sense of the word. There is no flour, no charities, and no food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">UN monitoring heavy clashes in south Lebanon locations<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">BEIRUT \u2014 Israeli troops fought fierce battles with Hezbollah fighters on Friday in different areas in south Lebanon, including a coastal town that is home to the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">A spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL told The Associated Press that they are monitoring \u201cheavy clashes\u201d in the coastal town of Naqoura and the village of Chamaa to the northeast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">UNIFIL\u2019s headquarters are located in Naqoura in Lebanon\u2019s southern edge close to the border with Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cWe are aware of heavy shelling in the vicinity of our bases,\u201d UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti said. Asked if the peacekeepers and staff at the headquarters are safe, Tenenti said: \u201cYes for the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Several UNIFIL posts have been hit since Israel began its ground invasion of Lebanon on Oct. 1, leaving a number of peacekeepers wounded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/middle-east-latest-un-reports-122204337.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli troops fought fierce battles with Hezbollah fighters on Friday in different areas in south Lebanon, including a coastal town that is home to the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers. 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