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Egypt Demands Naming Israel's Violations

An aid truck arrives at a UN storage facility as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas continues in the central Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
An aid truck arrives at a UN storage facility as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas continues in the central Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
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Egypt Demands Naming Israel's Violations

An aid truck arrives at a UN storage facility as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas continues in the central Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
An aid truck arrives at a UN storage facility as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas continues in the central Gaza Strip. (Reuters)

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry emphasized on Sunday that the commitment of international parties to reach a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire in Gaza constitutes the best way to effectively implement the provisions of the UNSC resolution and save the lives of Palestinian civilians.Shoukry and his Portuguese counterpart, João Cravinho, agreed in a phone call on the necessity of fully and immediately implementing the provisions of the recent United Nations Security Council's resolution on Gaza.The Egyptian Minister stressed that because of the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, the international parties must use the correct terms to describe Israel's violations of global and international humanitarian law.He also emphasized that it was imperative to denounce and halt Israel's violations and policies of collective punishment against Palestinian civilians, including targeting, siege, forced displacement, and the destruction of the essential services system in the strip.The Security Council is facing criticism for its failure to take any concrete steps regarding the war in Gaza that broke out more than two months ago. It recently approved a resolution for a large-scale increase in aid without calling for a ceasefire.According to Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid, the Egyptian and Portuguese ministers discussed the latest developments in Gaza and the deteriorating humanitarian conditions there.They also reviewed the necessary international efforts to halt the war and contain its repercussions.They called for the immediate implementation of the UN resolution, which includes establishing a mechanism for accelerating the provision of humanitarian relief consignments to the Gaza Strip to meet the urgent needs of the Palestinian people.The Egyptian statement quoted his country's foreign minister, urging Portugal to help achieve a ceasefire as soon as possible.They discussed the situation in the occupied West Bank and the increasing violence of Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their properties.Shoukry warned against the security and political repercussions of the violence in the West Bank, urging the international community to take the necessary measures to stop the settlers' violence and hold them accountable.Both ministers agreed to continue consultation during the coming period to contain the crisis in Gaza, limit its repercussions, and prevent the conflict from expanding to other parts of the region.Meanwhile, Rafah crossing received 41 wounded Palestinians and their companions from hospitals in the Gaza Strip for treatment in North Sinai and other governorates.An official medical source said that 27 wounded Palestinians and 14 companions crossed Rafah and were transported in ambulances equipped for treatment to North Sinai and Ismailia hospitals.The Palestinians' injuries varied between wounds, fractures, and head injuries.He confirmed that 70 humanitarian aid trucks from Egypt and various Arab and foreign countries and organizations entered the Gaza Strip through Rafah.

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Israeli Airstrikes Rock Beirut, Target Hezbollah Command

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon September 27, 2024. (Reuters)
Smoke rises after an Israeli strike, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon September 27, 2024. (Reuters)
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Israeli Airstrikes Rock Beirut, Target Hezbollah Command

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon September 27, 2024. (Reuters)
Smoke rises after an Israeli strike, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon September 27, 2024. (Reuters)

The Israeli military said it had targeted Hezbollah's central headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday in an attack that shook the Lebanese capital and sent thick clouds of smoke over the city.

The news outlet Axios cited an Israeli source as saying Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of the strike and that the Israeli military was checking if he was hit.

A source close to Hezbollah told Reuters that Nasrallah is alive, while Iran's Tasnim news agency also reported he was safe. A senior Iranian security official told Reuters that Tehran was checking his status.

Iran-backed Hezbollah's al-Manar television reported that four buildings were destroyed and there were many casualties in the multiple strikes, which marked a major escalation of Israel's conflict with the heavily armed Hezbollah.

Al-Manar's live feed showed search and rescue teams scrambling over concrete and protruding metal, with a correspondent for the TV station saying the attack had left several large craters and damaged many surrounding buildings.

The Israeli military said it had carried out a "precise strike" on Hezbollah's headquarters which it said were "embedded under residential buildings in the heart of the Dahiyeh in Beirut".

Israel has struck the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut, known as Dahiyeh, four times over the last week, killing at least three senior Hezbollah military commanders.

But Friday's attack was far more powerful, with multiple blasts shaking windows across the city, recalling Israeli airstrikes during the war it fought with Hezbollah in 2006.

In a televised statement, Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said the central command center was embedded deep within civilian areas.

The strikes hit Beirut shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue Israel's attacks on Iranian-backed fighters in Lebanon in a closely watched United Nations speech, as hopes faded for a ceasefire that could head off an all-out regional war.

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the attack showed Israel did not care about global calls for a Lebanon ceasefire.

SHARP ESCALATION IN CONFLICT

It was by far the most powerful attack carried out by Israel in Beirut during nearly a year of conflict with Hezbollah. Security sources in Lebanon said the attack targeted an area where top Hezbollah officials are usually based.

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has escalated sharply this week, with Israeli airstrikes killing more than 700 people in Lebanon. The escalation has raised fears of an even more destructive conflict between the heavily armed adversaries.

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Netanyahu said: "As long as Hezbollah chooses the path of war, Israel has no choice, and Israel has every right to remove this threat and return our citizens to their homes safely."

"Israel has been tolerating this intolerable situation for nearly a year. Well, I've come here today to say enough is enough," he said.

Several delegations walked out as Netanyahu approached the lectern while supporters in the gallery cheered.

Netanyahu's office said he would cut short his trip to New York following the strike and would return to Israel on Friday.

The United States did not have advanced warning of the Beirut strike and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart as the operation was ongoing, a Pentagon spokesperson said on Friday.

Israel says its campaign aims to secure the safe return home of tens of thousands of people who were forced to evacuate homes in northern Israel because of rocket attacks Hezbollah has been carrying out in solidarity with its Palestinian ally Hamas, which is fighting Israel in Gaza.

This week's escalation has displaced around 100,000 people in Lebanon, increasing the total number of people uprooted in the country by the conflict to well over 200,000.