At least 300 people have been killed over nine days of Israeli siege in northern Gaza, with bodies strewn over the streets of the Jabalia Refugee Camp.
Israeli forces are committing "another massacre" there, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory says.
Francesca Albanese said Palestinian civilians in Jabalia "are killed – both in groups and one by one – amid unspeakable cruelty and sadism" by Israeli troops "who have accepted to be 'willing executioners' of a genocidal plan".
A family of eight people were killed in an Israeli strike on a house in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp.
The attack killed killed parents and their six children, who ranged in age from 8 to 23, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in nearby Deir al-Balah, where the bodies were taken.
It said another seven people were wounded, including two women and a child in critical condition. An Associated Press reporter counted the bodies and filmed funeral prayers held at the hospital.
Six Palestinians, mostly children, were also killed in an Israeli artillery strike on a home in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa.
The deaths in Gaza comes amid continued Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon, with Israeli attacks on the main market of Nabatieh starting an 'apocalyptic' fire.
Lebanon's NNA news agency also said an Israeli air strike Sunday had destroyed a 100 year old mosque in the village of Kfar Tibnit in the south of the country.
Village mayor Fuad Yassin told AFP the village, located about eight kilometres from the border, had lost a beloved site that brought people together.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Sunday said Baghdad was against a regional war spreading to Iran, ahead of Israel's expected retaliation for the Islamic republic's recent missile attack.
"The continuation of the war and its expansion towards the Islamic Republic of Iran and (Israel's) exploitation of Iraqi airspace as a corridor is completely unacceptable and rejected," he said during a press conference with his Iranian counterpart in the Iraqi capital.
Hamas condemned Israel's military campaign in northern Gaza on Sunday, as Israeli forces focused their operations around Jabalia in the Palestinian territory.
In a statement, it condemned Israel's "criminal military campaign in northern Gaza, the tightening of the siege, the isolation of the area through intense firepower from Gaza City, and the escalation of bombings and massacres targeting unarmed civilians".
Hezbollah said its fighters had been fighting for nearly an hour with Israeli troops at a Lebanese border village, as incursions increased two weeks into Israel's ground operations.
"During an attempt by an Israeli enemy infantry force to infiltrate the village of Al-Qawzah from the southern side at 13:15 (1015 GMT)" Hezbollah fighters "clashed with them using machine guns and the clashes are still ongoing," the group said in a statement.
The Israeli military ordered residents on Sunday of 21 more Lebanese villages to evacuate to areas north of the Awali River which flows through southern Lebanon, as it intensifies its attacks in the region.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United Nations on Sunday to evacuate troops in its UNIFIL peacekeeping force from combat areas in Lebanon.
Netanyahu said the military had asked the UN to evacuate the soldiers repeatedly, adding that their presence in the area made them hostages of Hezbollah.
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The Irish Foreign Minister, Micheal Martin, has called on Israel to stop its operation in northern Gaza to stop.
In a post on X, Martin said "The horrific scenes unfolding in Jabalia, and northern Gaza must stop," adding that "an entire population is being encircled and forced out, with nowhere for them to go."
In an attached press release Martin further said that what was happening in Jabalia was a war crime, calling on the international community to "use every lever at its disposal to pressure Israel to stop this war."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the operation, saying that the army was "dismantling the Hamas strongholds" in Jabalia.
The horrific scenes unfolding in Jabalia, and northern Gaza must stop.
— Micheál Martin (@MichealMartinTD) October 13, 2024
An entire population is being encircled and forced out, with nowhere for them to go.
My statement: pic.twitter.com/FpITcYO5P5
The deputy permanent observer of Palestine to the UN, Majed Bamya, has described Israel's actions in northern Gaza as a "genocide within the genocide" after reports that the Israeli army has isolated the areas of Beit Hanoon, Beit Lahiya and Jabalia Refugee Camp and is destroying the area.
What is happening in northern Gaza now is a genocide within the genocide
— Ambassador Majed Bamya 🇵🇸 (@majedbamya) October 13, 2024
According to Mustafa Barghouti, head of the Palestinian National Initiative, Israeli soldiers were forcing Palestinians to walk in front of army vehicles as human shields, adding that massacres of were being committed in the camp and other areas of north Gaza.
Palestinian reporter Hossam Shabat described last night in a post on X as a "very bloody night in north Gaza," adding that "I made it but hundreds didn't"
Very bloody night in north Gaza , I made it but hundreds didn’t
— حسام شبات (@HossamShabat) October 13, 2024
The Israeli military said on Sunday its troops in Lebanon had captured a Hezbollah militant, the first such announcement since it launched its invasion.
The military did not specify when he was captured, while Hezbollah did not offer an immediate comment.
Iran has "no red lines" when it comes to defending its people and interests, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a post on X on Sunday, as the region braces for Israel's retaliation following Iran's recent missile attack.
The US has been delivering record amount of arms to Israel. It is now also putting lives of its troops at risk by deploying them to operate US missile systems in Israel.
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) October 13, 2024
While we have made tremendous efforts in recent days to contain an all-out war in our region, I say it… pic.twitter.com/wX16CnhT1A
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Gaza's Ministry of Health announced that 52 people were killed and 128 injured by Israel in the last 24 hours, raising the total death toll to 42,227 killed and 98,464 wounded.
Hezbollah said it clashed at "point-blank range" with Israeli troops at a Lebanon border village on Sunday after earlier saying they launched a rocket salvo at a base in southern Haifa.
Hezbollah fighters launched a rocket salvo on a "base in southern Haifa", the group said in a statement, later reporting they clashed with Israeli troops at the border village of Blida "with machine guns at point-blank range".
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant accused Hezbollah of using UNIFIL posts as cover after five UNIFIL soldiers were wounded by Israeli fire this week.
Gallant made the accusations in a call to US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin where he added that the incidents that saw UNIFIL peacekeepers wounded were under invesstigation.
Hezbollah said it launched rockets at Israeli forces inside Lebanese territory on Sunday, as troops conducted incursions into the country's south.
The group's fighters "targeted at 10:10 am (0710 GMT)... a gathering of Israeli enemy forces in the village of Maroun al-Ras with artillery shells," Hezbollah said in a statement.
US officials believe Israel has narrowed down targets in its response to Iran's recent attack to military and energy infrastructure, NBC reported on Saturday.
There is no indication that Israel will target nuclear facilities or carry out assassinations, the report said citing unnamed US officials, adding that Israel has not made final decisions about how and when to act.
US and Israeli officials said a response could come during the current Yom Kippur holiday, according to the report.
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Iran condemned Sunday what it called an "illegal and unjustified" expansion of US sanctions targeting its oil industry following Tehran's missile attack on Israel earlier this month.
In a statement, foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei defended Iran's attack on Israel and "strongly condemned" the sanctions, saying they were "illegal and unjustified."
Lebanon's Hezbollah group said it clashed twice with Israeli troops who attempted to infiltrate near a Lebanese border village on Sunday and claimed several other attacks overnight.
Hezbollah fighters detonated explosive devices at Israeli soldiers and "clashed with them as they attempted to infiltrate" twice near the Lebanese village of Ramia, the group said, reporting fighting that lasted about an hour. The group also claimed attacks on Israeli troops in Lebanon and on the Israeli side of the border.
