Israel-Gaza war Middle East crisis live: Air raid sirens in Tel Aviv after Hezbollah says it targeted city; Blinken lands in Israel

Muhamad Yehia

Lebanese state media reported Israeli airstrikes near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre after Israel’s military issued an evacuation call.

AFPTV footage captured smoke billowing after the Israeli militar warned residents of al-Haush, just south of Tyre, to evacuate, while Lebanon’s official national news agency reported that “enemy aircraft launched a series of strikes” that targeted the area

Israeli forces have detained at least 28 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said.

According to Wafa, the Palestinian news agency, the detentions were carried out in al-Arroub camp, north of Hebron, which affected 15 citizens, while the rest were in the areas of RamallahSalfitBethlehemNablus and Qalqilya.

These detentions were accompanied by widespread raids, assaults, threats against detainees and their families and the destruction of homes, Wafa reported.

It is estimated that over 11,300 Palestinians have been arrested in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since last October.

Human rights groups and international organisations have alleged widespread abuse of inmates detained by Israel in raids in the West Bank.

They have described alleged abusive and humiliating treatment, including holding blindfolded and handcuffed detainees in cramped cages as well as beatings, intimidation and harassment.

The Israeli army has issued an evacuation order for residents of al-Haush in southern Lebanon.

The IDF is operating within your town and has no intention of harming you. For your own safety, you must immediately evacuate your homes and move at least one kilometer outside the town.

Anyone who is near Hezbollah elements, facilities, and combat equipment is putting his life in danger

More than 1.2 million residents have been displaced by Israeli attacks in Lebanon, with over a quarter of the country under evacuation orders.

Israel says its war goals in Lebanon include trying to degrade Hezbollah and return northern residents who were evacuated due to attacks by the Iran-backed militant group

Death toll in Gaza reaches 42,718, says health ministry

At least 42,718 Palestinian people have been killed and 100,282 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

Of those, 115 Palestinians were killed and 487 others injured in the latest 24-hour reporting period, according to the ministry, which has said in the past that thousands of other dead people are most likely lost in the rubble of the territory.

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