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IOM: More than 42,000 People Displaced by Floods in Libya's Derna

People search for flood victims in Derna, Libya, Sept. 15, 2023. (AP)
People search for flood victims in Derna, Libya, Sept. 15, 2023. (AP)
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IOM: More than 42,000 People Displaced by Floods in Libya's Derna

People search for flood victims in Derna, Libya, Sept. 15, 2023. (AP)
People search for flood victims in Derna, Libya, Sept. 15, 2023. (AP)

The death toll from devastating floods in Libya's eastern city of Derna has risen to 4,209 people, according to local officials.

Meanwhile, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said 429 migrants reportedly lost their lives in the catastrophe caused by Storm Daniel.

It said that as of September 30, 42,045 people were displaced from areas affected by the floods.

Spokesman of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari said teams of the General Authority for Search and Identification of Missing Persons were able to recover on Thursday eight unidentified bodies from Derna.

Chairman of the Presidential Council Mohamed Menfi discussed with Ibrahim Al Arabi, Health Minister in Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU), the health situation in Derna and the Green Mountain regions.

The social and psychological support team affiliated with the Emergency and Rapid Response Committee have discussed coordinating efforts between sectors to provide support to survivors of the floods.

The government had previously announced it would provide mental health support to those affected by the disaster.

The IOM said an estimated 42,045 people remain displaced after Storm Daniel made landfall in northeastern Libya on September 11.

It added that four percent of displaced individuals are in western Libya and the rest are in eastern regions.

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Hamas Claims Attack on Israeli Bus in West Bank That Wounded 8 People, Including 4 Soldiers

Four people suffered bullet wounds, three of them serious, and four others were lightly injured by shards of glass, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service - AFP
Four people suffered bullet wounds, three of them serious, and four others were lightly injured by shards of glass, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service - AFP
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Hamas Claims Attack on Israeli Bus in West Bank That Wounded 8 People, Including 4 Soldiers

Four people suffered bullet wounds, three of them serious, and four others were lightly injured by shards of glass, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service - AFP
Four people suffered bullet wounds, three of them serious, and four others were lightly injured by shards of glass, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service - AFP

Hamas claimed responsibility for a shooting attack on an Israeli bus in the occupied West Bank on Friday that wounded eight people, including four soldiers.

It was the latest violence to scar the territory as tensions run high 14 months into the Israel-Hamas war.

The attacker, who Hamas identified in a statement as Samer Hussein, 46, was killed by Israeli troops shortly after opening fire toward the bus at a junction near the Israeli settlement of Ariel.

The military said four soldiers were lightly wounded. Paramedics said three people were critically wounded.

Attacks by Palestinian fighters on Israelis in the volatile territory have grown more common since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, as Palestinian deaths have also spiked.  

Israeli fire has killed 796 Palestinians since Oct. 7, 2023, mostly in military raids on Palestinian cities and towns. Attacks by settlers on Palestinians and their property have also increased.