This is an entry from: Live: Five Palestinian journalists killed, Gaza media office says
Morning recap
22 October 2024 06:26 BST
Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
Here are the latest updates from the Israeli war on Gaza and Lebanon:
- Lebanon’s health ministry reports that Israeli air strikes have killed four people and wounded 24 in at least 13 attacks targeting three sites in southern Beirut
- Sahel General Hospital is being evacuated after Israel claimed a Hezbollah bunker filled with cash was hidden beneath the facility – a charge denied by the hospital's director
- Israel’s military says a strike in Damascus has killed a Hezbollah commander involved in transferring weapons from Iran
- The head of Unrwa, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, accuses Israel of preventing humanitarian aid from reaching northern Gaza, which remains under siege for over two weeks
- Gaza's health ministry reports that Israeli forces continue to encircle the last three functioning hospitals in the north of the Strip
- Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin confirms the deployment of an advanced US missile defence system in Israel, aimed at boosting the country's attack capabilities