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Borrell Says He Invited Palestinian, Israeli Ministers to EU Meeting 

A view shows houses and buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City, October 10, 2023. (Reuters)
A view shows houses and buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City, October 10, 2023. (Reuters)
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Borrell Says He Invited Palestinian, Israeli Ministers to EU Meeting 

A view shows houses and buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City, October 10, 2023. (Reuters)
A view shows houses and buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City, October 10, 2023. (Reuters)

Israel's Foreign Affairs minister Eli Cohen and his Palestinian Authority counterpart Riyad Al-Maliki have been invited to an emergency meeting of European Foreign Affairs ministers later on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Israel and the region, said EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell.

"I have invited (the) Israeli Foreign Minister to join the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers I am convening this afternoon. I have also invited (the Palestinian Authority's) Foreign Minister Maliki to address the meeting and present the views of the Palestinian Authority," Borrell said in a post on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

EU ministers will meet in Muscat, Oman, where a meeting of EU and Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers was already scheduled to take place.

Some ministers will be there in person, some will attend the meeting remotely.

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Israel Issues Evacuation Warning for Five Southern Lebanese Towns

A civil defense member walks among the debris at the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut's Basta neighborhood, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, Lebanon November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
A civil defense member walks among the debris at the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut's Basta neighborhood, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, Lebanon November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
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Israel Issues Evacuation Warning for Five Southern Lebanese Towns

A civil defense member walks among the debris at the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut's Basta neighborhood, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, Lebanon November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
A civil defense member walks among the debris at the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut's Basta neighborhood, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, Lebanon November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

The Israeli army issued a statement on Sunday requesting the residents of five towns in southern Lebanon to evacuate in anticipation of airstrikes, while warning residents not to head south.
The military told the residents of Zawtar al-Sharqiya, Zawtar al-Gharbiya, Arnoun, Yuhmor, and al-Qusayba, to evacuate their homes immediately and move north of the Awwali River.
“You must evacuate immediately to the north of Awwali River to ensure your safety, you must evacuate without delay. Anyone near Hezbollah fighters, facilities or weapons is putting their life at risk”, added the statement.
In a separate statement, the army said that sirens sounded in central Israel due to Hezbollah rockets fired from Lebanon.
It added that six projectiles were detected crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory, and that its air forces intercepted five of the rockets, while the last one landed in an open area.