Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati accuses Israel, in the midst of an offensive on Lebanon, of refusing a truce with Hezbollah. At least 52 people were killed in the east of the country yesterday, Friday, in Israeli bombings and at least 19 people were injured overnight from Friday to Saturday in Tira, in central Israel, by the fall of a rocket hit a building, authorities said.
What to remember
► After a new series of strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, on the morning of November 1, the Lebanese Prime Minister accused Israel of refusing any ceasefire with Hezbollah. In the afternoon, the President of Parliament declared that he considered that the American initiative had failed. He believes that efforts will only resume after the American presidential election.
► Hamas refused to consider proposal on short truce in Gazadeclared a leader of the movement to AFP. This proposal from the mediating countries was rejected, according to this head of the political office of the Islamist movement, because it did not satisfy “ the needs of the Palestinians “. Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri confirmed. The steps continue: in the evening, we learned that Antony Blinken had spoken with an Israeli minister, Ron Dermer.
► Information from the field on Friday afternoon, whether in eastern Lebanon in the vicinity of Baalbek, or in other parts of the country such as Tyre, still reports numerous deaths. It was the same in different parts of the Gaza Strip where the latest uprisings were particularly worrying. The situation in northern Gaza is “ apocalyptic ” and all of its inhabitants run the “ imminent risk of death », alert the UN humanitarian agencies.
► At least 1,829 people have been killed since September 23 in Lebanonaccording to an AFP count based on official data. At least 2,897 people have died, and 13,150 others have been injured, since October 2023, according to the Ministry of Health. Latest death toll since Gaza war began rises to 43 204 deadmostly civilians, according to data from the Hamas government’s Ministry of Health, deemed reliable by the UN.
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5:42 a.m.: Hezbollah claims to have fired rockets at an Intelligence base near Tel Aviv
Lebanese Hezbollah claimed responsibility for rocket attacks carried out shortly before dawn on Saturday at a military intelligence base near Tel Aviv, in central Israel.
At 2:30 a.m. (12:30 a.m. UT), Hezbollah fighters “ fired a salvo of rockets at the Glilot base of Military Intelligence Unit 8200 in the suburbs of Tel Aviv “, affirmed the pro-Iranian movement in a press release.
4:40 a.m.: In southern Lebanon, Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian refugees housed in an UNRWA premises
In Sibline, the technical institute of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has been transformed into a temporary shelter. Ayham Abdallah, 30, Palestinian from Syria, fled Nabatieh, in southern Lebanon: “ We spend our time in the rooms, compartmentalized. There is a building for men, one for womenhe explains to Laure Stephan, RFI correspondent in Beirut. During the day, we go down to the football field, we walk in the courtyard. I no longer have a job. Before the war, I worked in a restaurant. »
Everyone has in their minds the images of the strikes they fled. Images revived every day by the sound of distant keystrokes. Mazen Farran, Lebanese from Tyre, a city still under Israeli bombardment: “ We are safe here, but of course, outside we hear missiles, bombs, so we feel there is danger. Like that, it’s a supersonic boom, we’re used to it, it happens every day. »
More than 500 people, Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrians are sheltering in the center. Population movements fluctuate. Saïd Baqai, from Unrwa, coordinator of the emergency response on site, says: “ There are Palestinians from the camps, but the first to arrive here come from the suburbs of Tire and Nabatieh. The center is full, but we are preparing to welcome a second wave of displaced people. »
On October 31, the Israeli army ordered the evacuation of the Rachidiyeh camp in the south. Between 1,000 and 2,000 Palestinians have since fled.
4:05 a.m.: Rocket injures 19 in central Israel
At least 19 people were injured overnight from Friday to Saturday in Tira, central Israel, when a rocket fell on a building, authorities announced.
“ This is the result of a direct Hezbollah rocket strike in the Arab Israeli town of Tira, injuring 19 civilians “, wrote the Israeli Foreign Ministry on its X account, showing images of an explosion and a partially gutted building during the night.
According to Israeli police, of the 19 injured hospitalized, four suffered moderate injuries and the other fifteen suffered minor injuries. The army said on Telegram that it had identified three projectiles fired from Lebanon towards central Israel and had intercepted several of them.
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