Israeli bombings leave 156 dead in the enclave and Lebanon //Without medical supplies or food the population is at mortal risk

▲ Destruction after Israeli attacks on the Haret Hreik multifamily complex, a suburb in the south of Beirut, capital of Lebanon.Photo Afp

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La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, November 2, 2024, p. 20

Deir Albalah. The situation in northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are waging a fierce offensive, is apocalyptic and the entire population is in imminent risk of deathwarned the major humanitarian agencies of the United Nations Organization (World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Oxfam).

In their statement, the heads of the agencies denounced that the hospitals in the north of the strip have been left without supplies. The entire Palestinian population in that region is at imminent risk of death from disease, starvation and violence.the signatories added, and demanded that the State of Israel ceases its assault on Gaza and humanitarian workers.

Tel Aviv continues its attacks against the population of Gaza, and yesterday ended with 84 dead, including more than 50 children. In Lebanon, the death toll is 72, at a time when US envoys are in a diplomatic effort to achieve a ceasefire.

The Qatari network Al Jazeera reported that a Palestinian journalist was murdered in the enclave, with a total of 183 journalists killed by Israeli fire, according to a government report.

Meanwhile, Tel Aviv confirmed the death of one of the last high-ranking members of HamasIzz al Din Kassab, in a bombing in Khan Yunis.

The advisor to Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, told Lebanese television station Al-Mayadeen that changing the country’s nuclear doctrine is on the table if Tehran is exposed to a existential threatwhile the Pentagon announced that it is carrying out new military deployments to the Middle East, including additional ballistic missile defense destroyers and several long-range attack bombers.

Meanwhile in Israel, several people were arrested on suspicion of compromise sensitive information and harm the achievement of the objectives of the war in Gazawithin the framework of an investigation into the alleged leak of classified documents from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The Times of Israel reported.

On the other hand, in the city of Tira, in central Israel, at least eleven people were injured by a rocket fired from Lebanon.