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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticised the recent attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon during a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the assaults "unacceptable".

"Prime Minister Meloni reiterated the unacceptability of Unifil being attacked by Israeli armed forces," the Italian government said in a statement.

Meloni also urged the "full implementation" of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which governs the situation in Lebanon, and stressed the need for immediate de-escalation of the conflict.

Italy plays a key role in the UN peacekeeping mission on the Israel-Lebanon border.

Residents, especially in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza, are witnessing an unprecedented level of destruction as Israeli forces intensify their bombing campaign, according to eyewitness accounts. 

"The sound of explosive demolition is very loud, like we’ve never experienced before. Despite this, the people, particularly in Jabalia, are not budging from their homes," an eyewitness told Middle East Eye.

"People are saying, we would sooner die in the streets than leave to the south because even people in the south have been saying, ‘better to die in Gaza city than die in the south’, because while death is the same, life in the south is unbearable and much harder than in the north. People are living in tents and humiliation," the eyewitness said.

For eight consecutive days, Israeli forces have pummelled the Jabalia refugee camp with air strikes and artillery shelling, ordering residents to leave their homes and head south to the Mawasi "humanitarian zone".

Hundreds of Palestinians are known to have been killed or wounded in the Jabalia camp, as well as the cities of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya. Aid agencies have warned that the death toll is likely to be far higher after three hospitals were ordered to shut down their operations.

The noise of buildings being demolished is unlike anything the people have experienced before, leaving the city engulfed in fear.

"At home we’ve prepared our bags just in case. We live in the centre of Gaza city. If they surround the city, it will be a disaster," mentioned the eyewitness who did not wish to give his name. 

"But still, people are holding on and refusing to leave, in Jabalia, Gaza City, Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun. It’s not easy, there are many victims, but at the same time, I expect this will make it harder on the Israelis to implement their plans, even though they do what they want. Nothing is clear, there’s fear but people are trying to support each other and alleviate the situation for one another. The expulsion orders are now covering wide areas, in blocks."

"I won’t go south unless they open the crossing. I’m here with my siblings, 14 people, where would we go? There’s no place for us all. My uncle lives below us, they are 18 people. What is making matters worse is the shortage of food. No aid is coming in," he added.

"The food that is available comes from the limited distribution of what was already in Gaza before the attack. People have been hungry for a long time. The sound of tanks as they move at night is terrifying and the sound of their shelling is terrifying. For the past four nights, the Israeli army has launched flare bombs that illuminate all of Gaza City, which is terrifying people. I hope it’s a limited operation and they will withdraw soon,” he said.

Around 25 Israeli soldiers were injured during ground operations in southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to the Israeli media outlet Kan News.

Two soldiers sustained serious injuries, while the others were lightly hurt. No further details were provided regarding their condition.

Hamas has slammed Israel's ongoing military campaign in northern Gaza, particularly targeting the Jabalia refugee camp.

In a statement, Hamas described the operation as a “criminal military campaign”, highlighting the siege and the area’s isolation due to intense fire from Gaza City.

The group condemned the escalation of bombings and massacres against civilians.

“The international community’s silence on the genocide, which has persisted for over a year, gives Israel the licence to escalate its actions and extend them to other countries in the region,” the statement added.

In the Beqaa Valley, on the eastern front line of Israel's war on Lebanon, wounded patients lie in agony in the rooms of a hospital where an exhausted staff has been tending to the victims of indiscriminate and relentless attacks for weeks on end.

The Abdallah hospital in the city of Rayak faces a particularly precarious situation. Its location in the Beqaa Valley, a landlocked strip of land between Mount Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, has been the target of daily Israeli strikes since mid-September.

On the main roads, rare vehicles can sometimes be seen speeding along. The few neighbouring villages are deserted, emptied of their residents by the constant roar of bombs.

According to the latest figures released by the Lebanese ministry of health, 2,255 people have been killed and more than 10,524 wounded by Israeli bombings since 8 October 2023. At least 1,645 people have been killed since Israel escalated attacks on Lebanon on 1 September.

If the Lebanese medical system is currently coping, it could quickly reach saturation point, especially since the staff, already exhausted by the sheer number of wounded, are forced to practice war medicine within an already fragile healthcare system.

Read more: 'Bombed day and night': A Lebanese hospital on the front line of Israel's war

Iran has strongly criticised the EU's planned sanctions over its alleged provision of ballistic missiles to Russia, according to a social media post by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

"I clearly said, and reiterate once again: we've NOT provided ballistic missiles to Russia," Araghchi wrote on X. "If Europe needs a case to appease Israel's blackmail, better find another story."

The EU member states are expected to impose new sanctions on Monday, targeting companies and individuals linked to Iran's ballistic missile programme and the alleged weapons delivery to Russia. The sanctions will also include the state-owned airline Iran Air.

Iran asserts that it has strategic cooperation with Moscow, but denies any involvement in the Ukraine war. Tehran emphasised that providing military aid to warring parties is inhumane.

Iran has "no red lines" in defending its people and interests, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated in a post on X on Sunday, as tensions rise in the region ahead of Israel's expected attack on Iran.

"The US has been delivering a record amount of arms to Israel. It is now also putting the lives of its troops at risk by deploying them to operate US missile systems in Israel," Araghchi added.

"While we have made tremendous efforts in recent days to contain an all-out war in our region, I say it clearly that we have no red lines in defending our people and interests," he added.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the UN chief on Sunday to urgently relocate UN peacekeepers stationed in southern Lebanon to ensure their safety.

The comments came after at least five UN peacekeepers had been wounded in recent days following Israeli attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.

"Mr secretary general, get the Unifil forces out of harm's way. It should be done right now, immediately," Netanyahu said in a video statement released by his office.

The Israeli military claimed on Sunday that its troops in Lebanon had captured a Hezbollah member, marking the first such incident since launching its cross-border ground offensive.

"During limited, localised and targeted raids based on precise intelligence… soldiers discovered an underground tunnel shaft," the army said in a statement.

The troops encircled the area, investigated the tunnel, and found an underground compound where a Hezbollah fighter was hiding, along with weapons and equipment.

While the army did not specify the timing of the capture, Hezbollah has yet to comment on the incident.

At least 42,227 Palestinians have been killed, with 98,464 wounded, in Israel’s ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, reported the Palestinian health ministry.

Wizz Air has paused all flights to and from Israel until at least 23 October as it continues to monitor the region's security situation.

Meanwhile, LOT Polish Airlines, based in Warsaw, has extended its flight cancellations until 1 November.

In contrast, Air Europa will resume flights to Israel on 21 October, moving its schedule forward by 10 days.

This follows the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) decision to lift its recommendation against flights to Israel.

Helen Clark, New Zealand's prime minister from 1999 to 2008, has expressed surprise that her country had not signed a letter backing UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who she said is facing "severe attack" from the Israeli government "for doing his job".

“A number of countries New Zealand usually aligns with have signed. Is this the result of a hard reset in foreign policy?” Clark questioned in a post on X.

Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz stated on Saturday that he stood by his decision to declare Guterres "persona non grata" for not "unequivocally condemning" Iran's missile attack on Israel.

In the letter, 104 nations voiced their “full support and confidence” in Guterres, adding that Katz’s actions undermined the UN's “ability to carry out its mandate.”

Emergency responders recovered 17 bodies and rescued 12 injured people overnight as Israeli air strikes on Lebanon continued.

Rescue teams were still searching for a missing girl at the site of an air strike that destroyed two residential buildings in Beirut's Basta neighbourhood on Thursday evening, according to the official National News Agency.

Civil defence crews also responded to multiple fires in the Bekaa Valley, Baalbek and Nabatieh caused by Israeli attacks.

Majed Bamya, the deputy permanent observer of Palestine to the UN, has denounced Israel’s eight-day siege of northern Gaza, where hundreds of Palestinians have been killed and thousands forcibly expelled under the threat of death if they remain.

“What is happening in northern Gaza now is a genocide within the genocide,” Bamya wrote on X.

Osama Hamdan, Hamas’ representative in Lebanon, told Al Jazeera that Israel had “prevented the entry of food supplies to the north for 10 days”, and described Israel’s military actions in the Jabalia refugee camp as “a crime against humanity”.

US officials believe Israel has focused on attacking military and energy infrastructure in Iran, rather than its nuclear facilities, NBC reports.

According to unnamed US officials, there is no indication that Israel plans to target Iran’s nuclear sites or conduct additional assassinations. However, Israel has not yet made final decisions on when or how it will act.

Iran has warned it will respond forcefully to any further Israeli attacks.