Iran cancels airport flights; woman killed in suspected terror attack in Israel

The Guardian-Oct6th2024

• Police and emergency responders said at least one person was killed and 10 others injured in a shooting attack at a bus station in Israel’s southern city of Beersheba. The attacker has been killed and the shooting is being treated as a “suspected terrorist attack”.

• The Israeli foreign ministry said its air force has killed Hezbollah commander, Hader Ali Taweel. The statement said Taweel, along with Mohamed Hader and Hassan Nteer el Rasheeni who were killed earlier in the week, were responsible for an anti-tank missile that hit Israel’s northern border in January.

• The Israeli military issued new evacuation alerts for residents of about 25 areas in southern Lebanon, calling on them to head immediately to the north of the Awali river.

• Israel’s military has said it anticipates possible long-range rocket fire from the Gaza Strip ahead of the anniversary of the Hamas-led 7 October attacks, according to reports from the Times of Israel.

• Gaza’s health ministry said 26 people were killed by Israeli strikes on a school, and a mosque serving as a shelter in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, on Saturday. The ministry said at least 41,870 Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s military offensive in Gaza since last October.

• There were reports of intense Israeli airstrikes over Beirut from late Saturday into Sunday. The Lebanese health ministry said 23 people were killed in Israeli bombing across Lebanon yesterday, which targeted areas including those in southern Lebanon and in the eastern region of Bekaa.

The UN’s peacekeeping force in Lebanon (Unifil) has said it is deeply concerned by what it called Israel’s “recent activities” adjacent to the mission’s position inside Lebanon.

In a statement posted to X on Sunday, Unifil said the activities by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are an “extremely dangerous development”, adding:

It is unacceptable to compromise the safety of UN peacekeepers carrying out their Security Council-mandated tasks.

The UN force “urgently” reminded all actors of “their obligations to protect UN personnel and property,” it said.