Israel Says It Intercepted Drones from East, Iraq-Based Group Claims Responsibility

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system operates for interceptions, amid hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in northern Israel, November 5, 2024. (Reuters)

05:35-6 November 2024 AD ـ 05 Jumada Al-Ula 1446 AH

Israel Says It Intercepted Drones from East, Iraq-Based Group Claims Responsibility

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system operates for interceptions, amid hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in northern Israel, November 5, 2024. (Reuters)

The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it intercepted a drone that entered Israeli territory from the east after sirens sounded in the Arava area, a valley that stretches from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Eilat.

Another drone that approached Israel from the east was also intercepted before crossing to Israeli territory, the military said. It said no injuries were reported.

Sirens earlier sounded in the Red Sea port city of Eilat.

The “Islamic Resistance” in Iraq said in a statement that it targeted a "vital target" in Eilat with drones.

The Iraqi pro-Iran group has been launching attacks on Israel since the start of Israel's war in Gaza.

Northern Gaza under a ‘Near-Total Brutal Siege,’ UN Humanitarian Chief Says

A displaced Palestinian child fleeing Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, walks on Gaza's main Salah al-Din road on the outskirts of Gaza City, on November 5, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)

07:20-6 November 2024 AD ـ 05 Jumada Al-Ula 1446 AH

Northern Gaza under a ‘Near-Total Brutal Siege,’ UN Humanitarian Chief Says

Northern Gaza has been under “a near-total brutal siege” for the past month and Palestinian civilians are starving while the world watches, the acting United Nations humanitarian chief said Tuesday.

Joyce Msuya said in a post on X that Israeli military ground operations have left Palestinians without the essentials to survive, forced them to flee for safety multiple times, and cut off their escape and supply routes.

“These atrocities must stop,” she said.

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters that the humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian territories, Muhannad Hadi, visited the Al Moumanya school in Gaza City on Tuesday.

The school was run by the UN agency helping Palestinian refugees known as UNRWA and is now sheltering hundreds of families, most of whom fled the north.

Hadi told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that conditions in the school “are unbearable,” saying families lack food, water and functioning toilets and are crammed into very overcrowded facilities, the UN spokesperson said.

Hadi told the UN chief that “sewage at the school is running everywhere, and waste is everywhere,” Dujarric said.

Israel Says It Intercepted Drones from East, Iraq-Based Group Claims Responsibility

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Northern Gaza under a ‘Near-Total Brutal Siege,’ UN Humanitarian Chief Says

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