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)

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Israel Says Aid Shipment Reaches Northern Gaza

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.

Lebanon Says Israeli Airstrike Hits Target in East

This picture taken from a position in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, shows an Israeli flag (L) on a destroyed building, and a Lebanese flag (R) painted on a damaged building in the southern Lebanese village of Mais al-Jabal on November 25, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (AFP)

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Lebanon Says Israeli Airstrike Hits Target in East

Lebanon's state media said an Israeli airstrike targeted the Baalbek region in the east of the country on Wednesday, branding it a "violation" of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

The truce went into effect on November 27 after more than a year of hostilities that began with the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip.

Both sides have since accused the other of breaching the ceasefire.

Wednesday's strike near the town of Tarya did not result in casualties, the state-run National News Agency said, calling the attack the "first violation of the ceasefire agreement" in the Baalbek area, AFP reported.

A Lebanese security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the strike targeted "warehouses believed to belong to Hezbollah".

Hezbollah has for decades held sway in south Beirut, and the south and east of the country.

The war with Israel saw Hezbollah massively weakened but not crushed.

A committee made up of the United States, France, Lebanon, Israel and United Nations peacekeepers is tasked with monitoring the ceasefire and ensuring violations are identified and dealt with.

Lebanon has asked the parties -- particularly the United States and France -- to press Israel to speed up its withdrawal from the country's south under the terms of the deal.

As part of the truce, the Lebanese army and peacekeepers will deploy in southern Lebanon as the Israeli army pulls out over a period of 60 days, which are due to expire in January 2025.

The Israeli army said on Monday that it was continuing its "defensive activities" in the south "in accordance with the agreement".

It has yet to issue a statement on the reported strike in eastern Lebanon.

Israel Says Aid Shipment Reaches Northern Gaza

Israel Says Aid Shipment Reaches Northern Gaza

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Lebanon Says Israeli Airstrike Hits Target in East

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