UK's Starmer Discussed Importance of a Ceasefire With Lebanon's PM

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
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UK's Starmer Discussed Importance of a Ceasefire With Lebanon's PM

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met his Lebanese counterpart at the United Nations and discussed the importance of an immediate ceasefire and a negotiated solution in the conflict with Israel, his office said on Friday.
Starmer met Lebanon's Najib Mikati at the United Nations General Assembly, reported Reuters.
"The Prime Minister opened by giving his sincere condolences to Prime Minister Mikati for the loss of civilian life in recent weeks," the statement said.
"They discussed the escalating conflict in Lebanon, and agreed on the importance of an immediate ceasefire and a negotiated solution."



87 People Killed or Missing in Northern Gaza's Beit Lahiya

Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes lie on the ground at Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip in this still image taken from a video, October 20, 2024. Reuters TV via REUTERS
Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes lie on the ground at Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip in this still image taken from a video, October 20, 2024. Reuters TV via REUTERS
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87 People Killed or Missing in Northern Gaza's Beit Lahiya

Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes lie on the ground at Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip in this still image taken from a video, October 20, 2024. Reuters TV via REUTERS
Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes lie on the ground at Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip in this still image taken from a video, October 20, 2024. Reuters TV via REUTERS

A total of 87 people were killed or missing under the rubble after an Israeli attack on Saturday on northern Gaza's town of Beit Lahiya, the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

More than 40 others were injured, it added.

The Israeli military said they were checking the report.

It said the figures did not align with its own information, the precise munitions used or the accuracy of the strike, which it said was directed at a Hamas target.
Palestinian health officials said rescue operations were being hampered by the cut-off of telecommunication and internet services for a second day. Earlier in the day, the Gaza health ministry said Israeli military strikes killed 35 Palestinians across the enclave.
Since Oct. 7, 2023, Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 42,603 Palestinians and wounded 99,795, the Gaza health ministry said.