Israel bombs northern Gaza as UN peacekeepers in Lebanon attack again
Ali Assaf, 20, center, believed to be the only person in his family to survive an overnight Israeli airstrike in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, is comforted as he cries next to the bodies of their loved ones, on October 12. 2024.
BEIRUT –
Palestinians in northern Gaza described intense Israeli bombardment on Saturday in the hours after airstrikes that killed at least 22 people, as Israel warned residents there and southern Lebanon to rule out an offensive against the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah.
In Lebanon, the United Nations peacekeeping force said its headquarters in Naqoura was hit again, with a peacekeeper hit by fire Friday night and in a stable condition. We don’t know who shot. The incident occurred a day after the Israeli army fired on the headquarters for the second day in a row. Israel, which has asked the peacekeepers to leave their positions, did not immediately respond to questions.
Famine alerts have returned in northern Gaza after residents said they had not received any aid since the beginning of the month. The United Nations World Food Program said no food aid had entered the north since October 1. About 400,000 people still live there. The Israeli military renewed its offensive in northern Gaza nearly a week ago as it stepped up its air and ground campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. Amid the war between Israel and Hezbollah, a senior UN official, Carl Skau, told The Associated Press that he fears Lebanon’s ports and airport could be out of service. More than a million people were displaced.
