Demonstrators, mostly Lebanese living in Senegal, gathered today in Dakar where they condemned the Israeli offensive in Lebanon.
About 100 gathered shouted "Criminal Israel!" and "Free Lebanon!" and walked the streets of Dakar.
Demonstrators also carried signs condemning the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
"We cannot remain insensitive to the pain of those who watch their country fall apart every day. It is time for the violence to stop. The war in Lebanon and Gaza is an indescribable tragedy, it is genocide," one of the gathered told Frans Press.
The Senegalese government announced today that it has taken measures for the voluntary repatriation of its citizens from Lebanon.
In late August, Senegalese Prime Minister Usman Sonko accused Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu of continuing the war in Gaza for his own political survival and recommended isolating Israel to end "barbarism supported by certain Western countries."
The war that has been raging in this Palestinian territory since October 7, 2023, has also spread to Lebanon, where on September 30, Israel launched a ground offensive in the south of the country against the pro-Iranian Hezbollah with aerial bombardment.
Israel says it wants to neutralize Hezbollah, an ally of the Palestinian Hamas, in regions near Israel's border.
(Beta)
The Israeli army announced today that a master sergeant died of his wounds after being seriously wounded during fighting in southern Lebanon on October 9, Reuters reports.
The Israeli military released a video today showing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a tunnel in the Gaza Strip hours before the October 7, 2023 attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on southern Israel.
The footage shows Sinvar, his wife and two boys walking through the tunnel where the leader appears to be stockpiling supplies ahead of an attack on Israeli territory.
Israeli authorities declared Sinwar dead on Thursday, after he was killed by soldiers in the southern part of the Gaza Strip a day earlier.
(Beta)
The Israeli army has launched an investigation into the death of a Hezbollah prisoner while in custody in Lebanon, Israel Army Radio and N12 News reported on Saturday, reports Reuters.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today accused "Iranian allies" of "trying" to kill him and his wife after a drone targeted his private residence in central Israel.
Netanyahu added that those responsible "will pay a heavy price."
"The Iranian allies who tried to kill me and my wife today made a mistake they will regret. I tell the Iranians and their Axis of Evil partners that anyone who harms the citizens of the State of Israel will pay a heavy price for it," Netanyahu said.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz condemned "Iranian allies who tried to kill" Netanyahu after a drone targeted his private residence.
Kac assessed that this attack "shows the true face of Iran".
"Iran's allies who tried to kill Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family today have once again shown the true face of Iran and the axis of evil it leads," Katz added.
(Beta)
The defense ministers of the Group of Seven most industrially developed countries of the world (G7) today called on Iran to stop supporting the Palestinian Hamas, as well as its allies from Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen, who are engaged in separate fronts against Israel.
The G7 "calls on Iran to refrain from providing support to Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and other non-state actors, as well as from taking any additional measures that could destabilize the region and initiate a process of 'uncontrolled' escalation," the joint statement said. after the meeting in Naples, since Italy chairs the G7 this year.
The ministers called for a "significant and sustained increase" in humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, which is in the grip of a severe food crisis due to the war between Hamas and Israel.
"The G7 countries are united in their support for the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages, a significant and sustained increase in humanitarian aid flows across the Gaza Strip and a path towards a two-state solution," said a joint statement by the ministers of the Group of Seven, which includes the U.S. , France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Great Britain and Japan.
The ministers confirmed their "unwavering" support for Ukraine, including military support.
"We reaffirm our unwavering support for the freedom, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, as long as necessary. We emphasize our intention to continue providing assistance to Ukraine, including military, in the short and long term," the joint statement added.
(BETA)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has praised the joint "efforts" of his "dear friend" German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, despite their persistent disagreement over Israel's war in Gaza.
The chancellor, who is on his second visit to Turkey since taking office, rejects the term "genocide" used by the Turkish president and maintains that "Israel has the right to defend itself and must respect international law."
"The options for a cease-fire must now be used with the release of the hostages (in the hands of) Hamas," Scholz said.
"More than 50.000 people were killed, without distinguishing between children, women and the elderly," said Erdogan, who justified the proceedings initiated for "genocide" against Israel before the International Court of Justice.
Erdogan, on the other hand, welcomed Scholz's efforts to lift German restrictions on the supply of arms to Turkey.
Ankara hopes to make progress on the purchase of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to make up for delays in the delivery of US F-16 fighters, the sale of which was approved by Washington earlier this year.
(BETA)
Today, Israeli planes carried out attacks on the southern suburbs of Beirut after calling for the evacuation of the population of that part of the city, which Israel considers a theater of the Islamist movement Hezbollah.
This is the first attack in three days.
AFPTV images show plumes of gray and black smoke rising above the targeted neighborhoods of Beirut's suburbs.
The Lebanese agency ANI reported that two "hostile strikes" targeted a building in Haret Hreik district.
The Israeli army called on the residents of that settlement to evacuate the area.
"Urgent warning to the residents of the southern suburbs, especially those of Haret Hreik settlement: live near the facilities and interests belonging to Hezbollah," against which the Israeli army "will carry out operations in the near future," wrote on the X platform Avichai Adrai, the Israeli army's spokesman on in Arabic.
Similar calls for evacuation were sent to two other settlements in the suburbs of Beirut that were the target of attacks by Israeli forces.
These attacks come after a rocket attack this morning from Lebanon towards the north of Israel and the sending of a drone towards the private residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
At least 1.418 people have been killed in Lebanon since Israel's massive Hezbollah bombings began on September 23, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
The UN has identified around 700.000 displaced people, including a large number of residents of Beirut's southern suburbs.
(Beta)
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said today that Israel's "aggressive stance" forced Iran to "take legitimate measures" in response.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Netanyahu is constantly opening new fronts in the region," Fidan said during a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Aragchi in Istanbul.
Fidan assessed that "the risk of the war spreading to the entire region should not be underestimated".
"Israel is trying to drag Iran into war," the Turkish minister said.
The Iranian minister, for his part, condemned "the Israeli regime (which) knows no bounds in the war crimes it commits", adding that Tehran "supports a permanent and immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon".
On Friday in Istanbul, Aragçi took part in a meeting "about the Caucasus" with the Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, under the auspices of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
All these ministers also had a short meeting with the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
(Beta)
The Civil Defense of the Gaza Strip announced today that more than 400 people have been killed since the start of the Israeli army's offensive in the north of the territory on October 6, which targets the fighters of the Palestinian movement Hamas, who, according to Israel, are rebuilding their forces there.
"We have found more than 400 dead in different areas of the northern Gaza Strip, which includes the city of Jabalia and its refugee camp, the towns of Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, since the beginning of the military operation," Mahmoud Basal, spokesman for the Civil Defense, an organization dependent on of the Palestinian Islamist movement.
He said that 386 deaths were added to the death toll of 33, which was determined on Friday, in the Israeli attack on the Jabalia camp early this morning.
"And on the streets of Jabalija there are dozens of bodies killed in the constant bombing," Basal said, adding that among them there are children, women and elderly people.
In certain areas, communications and the Internet network have been cut off, making the task of rescuers difficult and preventing residents from contacting emergency services, Basal said.
On October 6, the Israeli army launched a new offensive in the area of the city and refugee camp of Jabaliya, north of Gaza City. It is said to be targeting Hamas fighters who, according to the military, are rebuilding their forces after a year of airstrikes and fierce fighting.
The army indicated that "several dozen terrorists" have been killed since the beginning of the offensive, which will lead to a new humanitarian crisis in the territory devastated after a year of war, according to non-governmental organizations.
Soldiers "killed several terrorists in the Jabalia area during close combat or airstrikes," the Israeli military said today, accusing Hamas fighters of "mingling with the civilian population" and preventing residents from fleeing.
The densely populated area, ravaged by hostilities and further devastated by bombing, has twice already been the scene of some of the fiercest fighting since the start of the war sparked by the October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist movement. in 2023.
(Beta)
The Lebanese state media agency reported that four people, including a mayor, were killed on Saturday in an Israeli attack on a town in the eastern Beka Valley region, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
The attack hit a residential building in the town of Balul, killing four people, the official National News Agency said, adding that Haidar Shahla, the mayor of the nearby town of Sohmor, was among the dead.
About a dozen people were killed in three separate attacks and shelling at different locations in Gaza, according to Gaza Civil Defense and health officials.
Civil protection said seven people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school in the Al Shati refugee camp, located near the coast in northern Gaza.
Al Awda Hospital in central Gaza said it received four bodies and four injured people following the bombing west of the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Civil Protection spokesman Mahmoud Basal said that in the third attack, Israeli shelling of a residential complex in the Jabaliya Al Balad area in northern Gaza, five people, including children, were killed or wounded.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that, after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Israeli forces "will continue to the end".
Netanyahu made a brief statement in front of Israeli media cameras on Saturday. It is not clear where he was when he spoke, reports CNN.
"We have eliminated the main killer Jahja Sinvar. I said we are in a war of resurrection and we will continue until the end," he said.
Netanyahu pointed out that he is proud of Israeli soldiers and all citizens of Israel.
When asked if anything could deter him, he replied: "No, nothing will deter us. We continue until we win."
The Vice President of the European Commission, Josep Borelj, said that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinvar opened a "new perspective" for a ceasefire in Gaza, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
"After the murder of Sinvar, a new perspective has certainly opened and we must use it to achieve a ceasefire, free the remaining hostages and seek a political perspective," Borrelj told reporters on the sidelines of the G7 defense summit.
Israeli emergency services said a man was killed by shrapnel near the port city of Accra on Saturday after a barrage of rockets was fired from Lebanon into northern Israel.
"Medical workers pronounced the death of a man, aged around 50, who was hit by shrapnel while sitting in his vehicle," Magen David Adom emergency services said in a statement, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
For more than a year, since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, Israeli forces - with a little help from the United States - have been hunting the architect of that attack: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
They came close more than once, chasing the Hamas leader from one underground hideout to another. However, Sinwar moved like a ghost in the endless maze of tunnels beneath the streets of Gaza, rarely coming to the surface and communicating only through couriers to avoid detection by electronic surveillance, CNN reports.
In the end, just by pure chance, a group of Israeli soldiers came across the most wanted man in Israel.
Infantry soldiers from the IDF's Bislach Brigade, a unit that usually trains future commanders, followed several people among the rubble in southern Gaza. There was a shooting. The Israelis fired back from a tank and sent a drone to scan the premises of one of the vacated buildings.
It was only after the exchange of fire had stopped and the soldiers returned the next morning to survey the ruins that they realized one of the bodies was Sinvar.
The Israeli army distributed leaflets in the Khan Yunis area of southern Gaza, promising free passage to anyone who lays down their arms and helps return kidnapped Israelis.
The leaflets show a photograph of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar dead, surrounded by rubble, and include the message: "Sinwar destroyed your lives. He hid in a dark hole and was eliminated as he fled in panic."
The message continued: "Hamas will no longer rule Gaza. Finally, the opportunity has come for you to be freed from its tyranny. Anyone who lays down their arms and returns their abductees, we will let them go and live in peace."
This promise was first made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday.
According to Israeli authorities, about a hundred hostages are still being held in Gaza, but up to one-third of them are believed to be dead.
At least 42.519 Palestinians have been killed and 99.637 others injured in Israel's military offensive in Gaza since October 7, 2023, the Gaza health ministry said on Saturday.
The Gaza Ministry of Health does not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
At least nine people were injured in northern Israel during Hezbollah attacks in the Haifa area and western Galilee this morning, The Times of Israel reported.
According to this source, a 28-year-old man suffered "minor to moderate injuries after being hit by shrapnel" when a house was hit in Kiryat Atiya, while a man and a woman in their forties were taken to hospital.
The Times of Israel reported that "in a separate rocket strike on a road in the western Galilee, the Magen David Adom ambulance said four people were injured, including a man in his 30s who suffered moderate shrapnel injuries, as well as three other people who were slightly injured in the explosion".
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said 55 rockets were fired during the attack, including 20 at the Haifa area.
Earlier, Hezbollah said it fired rockets toward Haifa on Saturday in response to Israeli attacks on its stronghold in southern Lebanon.
The "major rocket strike" came in retaliation for Israeli attacks on villages in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah said.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that Israeli strikes hit the upper floors of the Indonesian hospital in Beit Lahia, and that Israeli forces opened fire on the hospital building and its courtyard, causing panic among patients and medical staff.
At Avda Hospital in Jabalia, the attacks hit the upper floors of the building, injuring several staff members, the hospital team said.
In central Gaza, at least 10 people were killed, including two children, when a house was hit in the town of Zavajda, according to information from the Al Aksa Martyrs Hospital, where the injured were transferred, reports AP.
Another attack claimed 11 lives, all victims were members of the same family, in the Magazi refugee camp, according to the Al Aksa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al Balah.
Bonus video:
