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UNRWA Chief Says West Bank 'is Boiling'

Commissioner General of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini speaks during an international humanitarian conference for the civilian population in Gaza, at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, 09 November 2023. EPA/LUDOVIC MARIN
Commissioner General of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini speaks during an international humanitarian conference for the civilian population in Gaza, at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, 09 November 2023. EPA/LUDOVIC MARIN
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UNRWA Chief Says West Bank 'is Boiling'

Commissioner General of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini speaks during an international humanitarian conference for the civilian population in Gaza, at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, 09 November 2023. EPA/LUDOVIC MARIN
Commissioner General of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini speaks during an international humanitarian conference for the civilian population in Gaza, at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, 09 November 2023. EPA/LUDOVIC MARIN

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said on Thursday that he was concerned about the spillover risk of the situation in Gaza, adding that the West Bank "is boiling."
Lazzarini, the Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), also said there was need for a meaningful continuous humanitarian aid to Gaza including fuel.
He said aid coming in through Rafah was inadequate, adding that all crossings into Gaza should be opened.

Israel says strikes have been precise and included measures to minimize civilian fatalities, but Gaza health authorities say the death toll there is now more than 10,500, 40% of them children.

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Israeli Airstrike on South Lebanon’s Nabatieh Injures 14, Health Ministry Says

People stand amid the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israel's ground and air offensive after returning to the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab as on January 28, 2025. (AFP)
People stand amid the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israel's ground and air offensive after returning to the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab as on January 28, 2025. (AFP)
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Israeli Airstrike on South Lebanon’s Nabatieh Injures 14, Health Ministry Says

People stand amid the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israel's ground and air offensive after returning to the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab as on January 28, 2025. (AFP)
People stand amid the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israel's ground and air offensive after returning to the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab as on January 28, 2025. (AFP)

An Israeli airstrike on Nabatieh, a major town in southern Lebanon, injured 14 people on Tuesday, the Lebanese health ministry said.

Security sources reported a second strike in a nearby area. They said the first targeted a vehicle loaded with weapons, while the target of the second was still unclear.

The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Israeli forces killed at least 24 people and wounded at least 141 in southern Lebanon on Sunday and Monday, the Lebanese health ministry said, as thousands of people tried to return to their homes in the area in defiance of Israeli military orders.

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group and Israel agreed on a ceasefire in late November, ending to a conflict across the Israeli-Lebanese border that has killed thousands of people since it was ignited by the Gaza war in 2023.

The US said on Sunday the agreement between Lebanon and Israel, which included an initial 60-day period for the withdrawal of Israeli troops, would remain in effect until Feb. 18, an extension to the Jan. 26 deadline previously agreed.

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Monday that the group would not accept any justifications to extend the period for Israeli troops' withdrawal from southern Lebanon.