At least 60 people have been killed and dozens wounded in new Israeli attacks in eastern Lebanon, according to a report just released.
Reuters reports that airstrikes are hitting the Bekaa Valley, citing three unnamed sources.
There are still a few details. Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports that the Lebanese Ministry of Health said at least 23 people were killed today in Israeli attacks on several areas in Baalbek.
The Commissioner-General of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has condemned Israel's decision to cut ties with the agency and ban its activities inside the country.
In a statement on Platform X, Filipe Lazarini described the vote in the Knesset as "unprecedented" and warned that it was setting a "dangerous precedent".
"This decision is contrary to the UN Charter and violates Israel's obligations under international law," he said.
He stressed that the move would deny education to more than 650.000 Palestinian children, putting an entire generation at risk.
"These laws will only deepen the suffering of Palestinians, especially in Gaza, where people are going through more than a year of pure hell... These laws increase the suffering of Palestinians and are nothing more than collective punishment," Lazarini added.
Director of Communications of UNRWA, Žilijet Tuma, responding to the statement of the head of the agency, Filipe Lazarini, said that she was speechless.
After the Israeli parliament voted to severely limit the UN agency that distributes aid to Gaza, Tuma wrote on the social network X: "I have no words... No words... I'm sorry, world... I'm so sorry how far have we come..".
Israel's Knesset voted to cut diplomatic relations with the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), shortly after it was banned from any activity inside the country.
Israeli MPs earlier this evening voted 92 to 10 to pass a law stating that UNRWA will no longer "manage any institution, provide any service or carry out any activity, either directly or indirectly," in Israel.
Another bill, passed by 87 votes to 9 a few minutes ago, cuts all ties with UNRWA and designates the group as a terrorist organization. The law prohibits ties between Israeli officials and the agency and strips its staff of legal immunity, the AP reports.
The UN Palestine Refugee Agency (UNRWA) has condemned Israel's parliament passing a law banning its activities in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem, calling the move scandalous.
"It is scandalous that a member state of the United Nations is working to destroy a UN agency that is also the largest participant in the humanitarian operation in Gaza," UNRWA spokeswoman Juliet Tuma told AFP.
In a separate statement, UNRWA's media adviser described Israel's decision as an unprecedented escalation.
"Israel's decision to ban UNRWA will mean the collapse of the entire humanitarian process," Adnan Abu Hasna told Qatar's Al Jazeera television.
After the Knesset vote, the Israeli prime minister's office said UNRWA workers "who are involved in terrorist activities against Israel must be held accountable."
The war in Gaza must stop, US President Joseph Biden said today.
"We need a ceasefire," Biden told reporters after early voting in the US presidential election in Wilmington, in the US state of Delaware.
"It has to stop, it has to stop, it has to stop," the American president emphasized.
He added that he would review ongoing efforts toward a ceasefire following Egypt's proposal for a two-day truce in the Palestinian territories, which was presented as the first step toward a full ceasefire.
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The law banning UNRWA from operating inside Israel, passed in the Knesset ten minutes ago, is a major blow to the UN agency, which has provided crucial aid and support throughout the Palestinian territories and to Palestinian refugees elsewhere for more than seven decades.
The law does not take effect immediately. According to a spokesman for one of the bill's sponsors, it will take effect 60 to 90 days after Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs notifies the UN.
As Tal Schneider of The Times of Israel reports, Israel has three months to determine ways and personnel to take over the responsibilities currently carried out by UNRWA, including activities in East Jerusalem and Gaza.
Israel's parliament has passed a law banning the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) from conducting any activity or providing any services inside Israel.
The law was adopted with 92 votes "for" and 10 "against", the Guardian reports.
They are expected to vote later on another bill that would cut diplomatic relations with UNRWA.
The United States has made clear to Israel that it is deeply concerned about a proposed bill under consideration that would ban the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, a US State Department spokesman said.
"We have made it clear to the Israeli government that we are deeply concerned about this bill," Matthew Miller said at a press briefing.
A spokesman for the State Department added that humanitarian aid is not reaching the people of Jabalia in northern Gaza and that Washington will not accept it.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran leads the "axis of evil" and that Israel is the only obstacle that prevents this evil from spreading and threatening peace around the world.
"Iran is working on stockpiling nuclear bombs and will be able to threaten the whole world whenever it wants. If Israel falls, the entire Middle East will fall into its hands, but we will not fall. We will win, and the whole world will be a better place," he said. he.
During his speech at the opening of the winter legislative session of the Knesset, Netanyahu stated that Israel hit key Iranian targets during Saturday's airstrikes, the Guardian reports.
"We have severely damaged Iran's defense systems and their ability to export missiles. We did not attack lathes, but industrial factories of death, and we hit them hard," he added.
Netanyahu pointed out that the United States had no role in persuading Israel to tone down its response to the October 1 Iranian bombing.
"We make decisions ourselves, according to our interests and considerations," he insisted.
Regarding the war in Gaza and Lebanon, Netanyahu says that "the day after" the conflict, Hamas will no longer rule Gaza and Hezbollah will not be on Israel's northern border.
"Complete victory is an organized and consistent work plan that we fulfill step by step," concluded the Israeli Prime Minister.
Israeli lawmakers are scheduled to vote tonight on two bills that would severely hamper the United Nations' ability to provide aid to Palestinian refugees in the Israeli-occupied territories, despite intense international pressure to abandon the effort.
The laws would bar staff and aid provided by UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, from passing through Israel.
These laws do not technically prohibit the agency from operating in territories under Israeli occupation, such as Gaza and the Palestinian Authority-controlled West Bank, but the legislation would significantly limit UNRWA's ability to respond to events in those areas. The agency has long been the target of Israeli criticism, especially after the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7, 2023.
A vote in the Knesset is expected despite international pressure from the United States of America and other Western countries. The foreign ministers of Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement today calling on Israel to halt legislative activities, expressing grave concern, particularly in light of the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
"UNRWA provides critical and vital humanitarian assistance and basic services to Palestinian refugees in Gaza, East Jerusalem, the West Bank and throughout the region. Without its work, the provision of such assistance and services, including education, health care and fuel distribution in Gaza and the West Bank, would be seriously compromised if not impossible, with devastating consequences for the already critical and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation, especially in northern Gaza," the statement said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the latest talks in Doha on a ceasefire and hostage release agreement are focused on a new plan.
"A new unified proposal that combines previous proposals and also takes into account the main issues and the latest events in the region," Netanyahu's office said in a statement.
"In the coming days, talks between the mediator and Hamas will continue to examine the feasibility of negotiations and continue efforts to reach an agreement," it added.
No details or specifics were provided regarding the new plan.
The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip rose to 43.020, and the number of injured to 101.110, the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian enclave announced.
It is reported that, in the last two days, the Israeli army has committed five massacres in different regions.
The Ministry's statement says that 96 people were killed and 277 wounded in the attacks, Anadolia reports.
The ministry added that many are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads, because rescuers cannot reach them.

In violation of a United Nations Security Council Resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, Israel has continued its devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip since October 7 last year, following an attack by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.
Because of its actions in the Gaza Strip, Israel was accused of genocide before the International Court of Justice.
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More than 1.000 people have been killed since Israel launched a major military offensive into northern Gaza earlier this month, according to Mahmoud Basal, spokesman for Gaza's civil defense.
Basal said Israel's intense bombardment has been ongoing for 22 days in Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanun, among other areas, adding that Israeli forces are preventing civil defense and medical personnel from accessing that part of the Gaza Strip.
"Those who have been bombed in the northern part of the belt will not have any medical help or anyone to provide them with medical services. We are facing a difficult and tragic situation," he said.
In addition to the more than 1.000 confirmed dead, many others lie either under the rubble or on the streets, Basal added.
Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to strike a deal that would allow the release of hostages taken by Hamas, even if it requires paying a "painful price," the Guardian reports.
"The time is riper than ever to push for a quick plan for the return of the hostages," Gantz said during a parliamentary meeting of the National Union, which he leads.
"I call on the prime minister: as you rightly ordered the attack on Iran, do what is right and necessary to bring our daughters and sons home, even if it requires a painful price - do not hesitate, because you will have our full support," Gantz added. .
He admitted that the fighting in Gaza will have to continue for years, but added that it is important to return the hostages.
"The question is whether we will see 101 of our sons and daughters, who have been kidnapped in the biggest failure in our history, during your tenure," Gantz said, referring to the number of hostages still in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he wants to conclude more peace agreements once the armed conflict with Iran and its proxies Hamas and Hezbollah ends.
"I aspire to continue the process I started a few years ago with the signing of the historic Abraham Accords, and to achieve peace with more Arab countries," Netanyahu said in the Knesset, Israel's parliament.

"Those countries, like other countries, clearly see the blows we inflict on those who attack us, the Iranian axis of evil. They, like us, strive for a stable, secure and prosperous Middle East," he added.
Israel will spend around 480 million euros on a new air defense system known as Iron Beam, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced.
"The combination between laser interception and missile interception will further strengthen the defensive envelope against rockets, missiles, drones, cruise missiles and other threats," said the head of military research, Daniel Gold, in a statement.
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, an Israeli defense technology company, is the lead developer of the Iron Beam system, while Elbit, another Israeli defense contractor, supplies the laser cannon for it.
The price of the Tamir missile, which is currently used in Israel's Iron Dome system to intercept missiles, is about 91 thousand euros per launch, while the use of a laser shield would cost as much as the electricity needed to power it.
Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group, said it had ambushed Israeli troops near a village on the Lebanese border.
Hezbollah said "vehicles and soldiers of the Israeli enemy were ambushed while advancing towards" the outskirts of the border village of Kfar Qila.
The number of Palestinians killed in the year-long war in Gaza has exceeded 43.000, more than half of whom are women and children, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Monday.
This figure also includes the 96 dead who were transferred to hospitals in Gaza in the last two days, according to the Ministry, which is led by Hamas, the Palestinian group designated as a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.
The Israeli army carried out an operation in northern Gaza this weekend, including a hospital. The army said it arrested 100 suspected Hamas militants during a raid on Hamal Advan Hospital in Beit Lahia on Friday.
The World Health Organization has accused Israel of arresting 44 male hospital staff. Palestinian medical officials said the hospital, which treats about 200 patients, was badly damaged in the attack.

Israel has attacked several hospitals in Gaza during the year-long war, saying Hamas and other groups are using them for military purposes. Palestinian medical officials deny the allegations and accuse the army of endangering civilians.
The Israeli army has called on Palestinians to leave northern Gaza, where it has been waging a major offensive for three weeks.
The UN said earlier this month that at least 400.000 people are in northern Gaza and that the hunger crisis has increased as humanitarian aid has been cut over the past month.
Gaza's health ministry said at least 43.020 people had been killed and 101.110 wounded since the war began on October 7, 2023.
The war between Israel and Hamas began after Hamas militants breached border barriers in southern Israel and stormed across the border, killing around 1.200 people - mostly civilians - and kidnapping 250 others.
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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned today that "the entire population of northern Gaza is at risk of dying" as Israel continues intensive military operations in the area.
"Hundreds of Palestinians have reportedly been killed. Tens of thousands have been forced to flee again," Acting Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Coordinator Joyce Msaya said.
"Hospitals have been hit and health workers detained. Shelters have been emptied and burned. Rescuers have been prevented from rescuing people under the rubble. Families are being separated and men and boys are being taken away in trucks," Msaja said.
She assessed that what the Israeli forces are doing in the besieged north of Gaza must not be allowed to continue.
"Such blatant disregard for basic humanity and the laws of war must stop," Msaja said.
In the meantime, Israel continued its daily attacks on both the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, where it is fighting the Islamist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah, after the proposal of the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, for a short truce in the Palestinian territory, reports France Press.
In Gaza, under devastating bombardment and besieged for more than a year, Israel's military said it had killed "dozens of terrorists" in Jabalia in the north, where it has been on the offensive since October 6 to prevent Hamas from regrouping.
Local rescuers said shelling continued in central Gaza and in the north, where three people were killed in an Israeli drone strike. At least five people died in the ancient Lebanese city of Tyre, after which the Israeli army called for an immediate evacuation.
On Sunday, President Sisi, whose country is one of the negotiators between Israel and Hamas, proposed a two-day ceasefire during which four hostages for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel would be released.
He did not specify whether the plan had been presented to Israel and Hamas, but suggested that negotiations on a permanent cease-fire and humanitarian aid to Gaza begin later.
Israeli media reported that Mossad chief David Barnea arrived in Qatar for new talks with CIA chief Bill Burns and Qatari negotiators on a truce in the Palestinian territory.
Meanwhile, CNN reports, citing a source briefed on the talks in the Qatari capital, Doha, that negotiators do not expect significant progress until the winner of the US presidential election, scheduled for November 5, is announced.
The same source said the new round of talks, which began on Sunday, was focused on restarting the process rather than achieving the release of the hostages and a ceasefire.
The war in Lebanon and Iran is also discussed, as well as Iran's regional influence.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine condemned "the continued failure of the international community to prevent the systematic genocide of the Palestinian people, as the Israeli occupation intensifies its war crimes in Gaza."
"This includes acts of ethnic cleansing, indiscriminate bombing of homes, shelters, hospitals and already scarce aid centers; making Gaza unlivable and pushing its people towards destruction. The ministry condemns the passive global response, stressing that empty statements and unimplemented resolutions are a cover for Israel's plan of destruction and displacement. In the occupied West Bank, the Ministry points out the growing violence by settlers who attack Palestinian civilians and olive pickers as part of a wider campaign of terror," reads the statement provided to the media by the Palestinian Embassy in Podgorica.
"This inaction reveals an alarming double standard in the international system, where Palestinians suffer not only under military occupation but also under a world order that is complicit in their suffering. By inaction, the international community allows Israel to continue flagrant violations of humanitarian and legal principles, becoming complicit in destroying Palestinian life and rights," they said.
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