Hundreds killed, wounded in assault on Gaza's Jabalia

Lebanon PM says Israel deliberately targeted journalists

Lebanon's prime minister accused Israel of intentionally targeting journalists after a strike in the country's south on Friday killed three media workers, in what he called a "war crime".

"The new Israeli aggression targeting journalists" was among the "war crimes committed by the Israeli enemy", Najib Mikati said in a statement, adding the attack was "deliberate" and "aims to terrorise the media to cover up crimes and destruction".

Jordan FM tells Blinken: Israel must stop 'ethnic cleansing'

Jordan's foreign minister on Friday called for pressure on Israel to end "ethnic cleansing", in strong remarks as he met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in London.

Deploring the humanitarian situation in northern Gaza, Ayman Safadi told Blinken: "We do see ethnic cleansing taking place, and that has got to stop."

Blinken: urgent to reach diplomatic resolution in Lebanon

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday there was a real sense of urgency to reach a diplomatic resolution in Lebanon following Israel's military operations in the country.

"We have a sense of real urgency in getting to a diplomatic resolution and the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, such that there can be real security along border between Israel and Lebanon," Blinken said in London.

He said it was important so "people at both sides of the border can have the confidence to be able to return to their homes"

(Reuters)

Israeli army says intercepts drone approaching from Syria

Israel's military on Friday said its air force intercepted a drone that entered the country's north from the direction of Syria.

"Following the sirens that sounded between 11:08 and 11:17 in the Upper Galilee area and southern Golan Heights," the air force intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle "that crossed into Israel from the direction of Syria", the military said in a statement.

Blinken meets Lebanese PM Mikati in London

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Lebanon's prime minister to discuss Israel's strikes on the country as Washington presses the Beirut government to take charge against Hezbollah.

Blinken, on his way back from a Middle East tour, met in London with Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who came in from a conference on Lebanon in Paris the day before.

The two smiled before the cameras but made no remarks.

Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital stormed by Israeli forces

Reports are emerging that Israeli soldiers stormed north Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital on Friday morning.

According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli army surrounded the hospital on Thursday night, firing shells into the building and damaging the ICU and emergency department.

Al Jazeera also added that the Israeli army is conducting mass arrests of men inside the hospital, taking them to unknown locations for interrogations.

Lebanon says Israel's killing of 3 journalists a 'war crime'

Lebanon's Information Minister Ziad Makary accused Israel on Friday of intentionally targeting journalists in a strike on the country's south that killed three journalists, which he described as a "war crime".

"The Israeli enemy waited for the journalists' nighttime break to betray them in their sleep... This is an assassination, after monitoring and tracking, with prior planning and design, as there were 18 journalists there representing seven media institutions. This is a war crime," Makary said in a post on X.

Israeli strike puts second Syria crossing out of service

Lebanon's Transport minister said Friday that Israeli bombing put a second border crossing between the country and Syria out of service - leaving one official passage between the two nations operational.

"The Qaa crossing has been put out of service after an Israeli strike on Syrian territory, hundreds of metres from Syrian border guards," Ali Hamieh told AFP, adding that the strike blocked the passage of vehicles.

Israeli army says five soldiers killed in south Lebanon

The Israeli army said on Friday that five soldiers were killed and two others seriously wounded in fighting in southern Lebanon.

The soldiers "fell during combat in southern Lebanon" the previous day, the army said in a statement, bringing the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon to 32 since the start of the ground operation on 30 September.