LIVE: Israel strikes Gaza school, killing 28; targets UN positions in Lebanon

 

By mahbub

Published On 10 Oct 202410 Oct 2024

Ambulances continue to transport victims to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah after an Israeli airstrike on a school shelter killed 28 Palestinians and injured 54, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Meanwhile, a UNIFIL source told Al Jazeera that two peacekeepers were wounded by Israeli shelling near a UN mission site along Lebanon’s southern border.

Israeli forces also killed four Palestinians in Khan Younis and three in the Jabalia refugee camp as the ongoing siege of northern Gaza, which has forced the United Nations to close schools and hospitals, enters its sixth day.

Since October 2023, Israeli attacks in Gaza have claimed the lives of at least 42,065 people, with 97,886 wounded. In Israel, 1,139 people were killed in Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, with over 200 others taken captive.

### Israel ‘destroying chances for ceasefire’ in northern Gaza

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned what it describes as "ongoing and repeated crimes of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and forced displacement" by Israel, particularly in northern Gaza.

The ministry’s statement, posted on X, criticized Israel’s actions against civilians, accusing it of deliberately seeking mass displacement, collective punishment, and enforcing a siege on the northern population to establish full control over the area. It warned that Israel's insistence on war as the only path to security blocks any efforts toward a ceasefire.

The statement also accused Israel of escalating its aggressive war to deepen its control in the region, driven by motives of colonialism, and straying far from resolving the Palestinian cause.

 

Displaced Palestinians make their way as they flee areas in northern Gaza Strip  in Jabalia, October 6, 2024 [Hussam Al-Zaanin/Reuters]

No justification for ICC arrest warrant delay: Lawyer

More than four months have passed since ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan announced plans to seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and senior Hamas leaders. Yet, the court's pre-trial chamber has not approved the requests.

"This delay contrasts sharply with how other chambers, like in Ukraine, issued warrants within weeks," said Triestino Mariniello, a law professor at Liverpool John Moores University and legal team member for Gaza victims at the ICC since 2020, in an interview with Al Jazeera.

Mariniello criticized the ICC's inaction, noting it has "failed to provide justice to Palestinian victims" and allowed political interference to stall the process. He suggested the delay might be linked to external pressures on the court but emphasized, "from a legal perspective, there is no justification."

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Israeli forces demolish Palestinian journalist's home in the West Bank

Israeli forces demolished the home of Palestinian journalist Khaled Khanna in Shuyukh al-Arroub, north of Hebron. According to Wafa news agency, the family of five was forced to evacuate before bulldozers destroyed their house. Israeli forces had previously demolished a house owned by Khanna and his brother in 2019.