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Israel Says Aid Shipment Reaches Northern Gaza

Muslim worshippers perform the weekly Friday prayers in a tent enclosure by destroyed buildings in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 18, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)
Muslim worshippers perform the weekly Friday prayers in a tent enclosure by destroyed buildings in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 18, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)
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Israel Says Aid Shipment Reaches Northern Gaza

Muslim worshippers perform the weekly Friday prayers in a tent enclosure by destroyed buildings in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 18, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)
Muslim worshippers perform the weekly Friday prayers in a tent enclosure by destroyed buildings in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 18, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)

Israel’s military said Friday it allowed 30 trucks of humanitarian aid into northern Gaza, the latest delivery over the past week as Israel faces pressure from the US to ramp up aid.

The Israeli military body in charge of humanitarian aid, COGAT, said the trucks carried food, water, medical supplies and shelter equipment. There was no immediate confirmation from the UN that the aid arrived and was being distributed in the north.

Aid crossings to the north of the strip were closed for the first two weeks of October, the UN says, sending food and water levels plunging in an area where some of the heaviest fighting in Gaza is taking place.

The closures raised fears that Israel was implementing an extreme plan proposed by Israeli generals to besiege northern Gaza and starve out Hamas fighters there.

Following a letter from the US saying the continual closures could risk continued weapons funding for Israel, Israel says that crossings have reopened and aid is continuing to flow.

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Lebanon Says 6 More Killed in Fighting in the past 24 Hours

A dog sits on the ground as people check the destruction a day after Israeli airstrikes that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on October 17, 2024. (AFP)
A dog sits on the ground as people check the destruction a day after Israeli airstrikes that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on October 17, 2024. (AFP)
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Lebanon Says 6 More Killed in Fighting in the past 24 Hours

A dog sits on the ground as people check the destruction a day after Israeli airstrikes that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on October 17, 2024. (AFP)
A dog sits on the ground as people check the destruction a day after Israeli airstrikes that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on October 17, 2024. (AFP)

Lebanon’s crisis response unit says six people have been killed and 69 wounded in the past 24 hours in the war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The new numbers raise the total toll over the past year of conflict to 2,418 killed and 11,336 wounded, the Lebanese Health Ministry said Friday.

The crisis response unit report also records 87 airstrikes and shellings in the past day, mostly concentrated in southern Lebanon and the Nabatiyeh province.

Some 1,098 centers — including educational complexes, vocational institutes, universities, and other institutions — are sheltering 191,501 people, including 44,646 families, displaced by the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, the report says.

Among these shelters, 902 are full. The fighting in Lebanon has driven 1.2 million people from their homes, including more than 400,000 children, according to the UN children’s agency.

The Lebanese Ministry of Education reports that 77 % of public schools are out of service, either due to their use as shelters or their location in areas directly affected by the war.

Despite a major border crossing between Lebanon and Syria being out of commission after an Israeli strike on the road, crowds continue to flow across the border seeking safety in Syria. Between Sept. 23 and Oct. 18, Lebanese General Security recorded 335,948 Syrian and 135,181 Lebanese citizens crossing into Syria, the report said.