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Netanyahu expands war goals amid ongoing Gaza onslaught
17-09-2024
JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: Three Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza City, following a day of bombardment that killed at least 35 people across Gaza, the Palestinian Civil Defence says.
Israeli PM Netanyahu has announced expanded war goals to include the return of residents to the Lebanese border. This comes a day after UN rights experts warned that Israel will become a “pariah” over its “genocide” in Gaza.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will “discuss ongoing efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza” during a three-day visit to Egypt, as Israeli control of the Philadelphi Corridor on the Egypt-Gaza border remains a sticking point in talks.
At least 41,226 people have been killed and 95,413 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. In Israel, the number of those killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 was at least 1,139, while more than 200 people were taken captive.
Israeli forces hit southern Lebanon
Israeli forces have shelled the outskirts of the towns of Alma ash-Shaab and Yarin with mortar shells, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah have been trading tit-for-tat attacks since Israel’s war on Gaza began last October.
UNGA to debate resolution on ending Israeli occupation
The UN General Assembly is set to debate a push by the Palestinians to formally demand an end to the Israeli occupation within 12 months.
The text, which has faced fierce criticism from Israel, is based around an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice calling Israel’s occupation since 1967 “unlawful”.
The draft resolution “demands” the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Palestinian territories, a halt to new settlements, the return of seized land and property, and the possibility of return for displaced Palestinians.
A paragraph calling on member states to halt arms exports to Israel was removed from the draft text during negotiations.
The draft is due to be voted on late on Tuesday or on Wednesday.
Hezbollah says it hit Israeli target near border
The Lebanese armed group says its fighters targeted the Israeli military site of Abbad twice this morning achieving direct hits.
Earlier, we reported a Hezbollah drone attack targeting a “technical system” at the al-Malikiyah site near southern Lebanese border.
Rising tides threaten tents of displaced Palestinians
“If the threat is not from the Israelis, it comes from the sea.”
These are the words of displaced Palestinians sheltering along Gaza’s coast, one of the few relatively safe areas in the besieged enclave. They are creating sand barriers to prevent rising tides from flooding their tents and destroying their homes once again.
Since 2002, Israel has been constructing a wall that stretches for more than 700km (435 miles), cutting deep into Palestinian territory.
Israel has also constructed hundreds of road obstacles and checkpoints, severely limiting Palestinian freedom of movement.
While Palestinians may have to wait for hours at these checkpoints and travel along segregated road networks, Israelis can travel freely on their own “bypass roads” which have been built on Palestinian land to connect illegal Israeli settlements to major metropolitan areas inside Israel. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
