Middle East Experience

Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike on Sunday killed 23 people, including seven children, in the village of Almat north of the capital Beirut.AFPTV footage showed rescuers rummaging with their bare hands through the wreckage of a house that had been completely razed, pulling out bodies wrapped in blankets while an excavator moved the rubble.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Lebanon says 7 children among 23 dead in Israeli strike north of Beirut

Israeli air strikes killed dozens of people in Lebanon and Gaza Sunday, rescuers and authorities said, ahead of a US deadline for improved aid delivery to the Palestinian territory.Rescuers in the Gaza Strip said 13 children were among 30 people killed by Israeli strikes in the territory's north.The first strike early Sunday hit a house in Jabalia, killing at least 25 people including 13 children and injuring more than 30, Gaza's civil defence agency said.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Deadly strikes on Gaza, Lebanon as Israel faces aid deadline

From a bunker in Metula, a town in Israel's bombarded north, David Azoulai showed off the remnants of burnt-out ordnances as if they were artifacts from a museum."The rockets are from the east... Iran, Russia and North Korea," he said, handling the mishappen shrapnel of projectiles produced there.But the shards -- from anti-tank missiles, rockets and even parts of a sophisticated drone -- were not precious antiquities, but artillery fired over the past year by Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shiite Islamist group, from southern Lebanon.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: A long way home for residents of Israel's 'most bombarded' town

The Alloush family would have been getting ready for breakfast on Sunday morning when an Israeli strike hit their home in northern Gaza, according to a distraught relative.The blast blew dozens of Palestinians into pieces, Abdullah al-Najjar said from the scene of the attack in Jabalia.Many children were among them, according to rescuers.At around six o'clock, "there was a very huge explosion... When we arrived here, all the bodies were torn apart," Najjar said.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israeli strike on Gaza home leaves bodies 'torn apart'

Osama Ahmed's life took a dramatic turn one night in October when the small boat that was to carry him and his father to the English coast sank shortly after setting out from France.The 20-year-old Syrian was rescued but when he woke up in hospital and asked about his dad nobody knew anything.Since that moment, Osama has been looking frantically for his father with whom he had hoped to start a new life in Britain.Beyond the tragically long list of deaths in the Channel of migrants trying to cross, another statistic is also growing fast: Missing people.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: 'I live in hope': A Channel drama survivor's search for missing dad

Dermer has been a key player in efforts to secure a deal and in communications between Israel and Washington.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Dermer to discuss Lebanon ceasefire in US after reported secret Russia visit

Senior IDF officials told Army Radio that after completing ground operations in the first line of villages in southern Lebanon, the IDF could establish a strong presence on the border.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF officials believe northern residents could return home without Hezbollah truce

Ben-Gvir loses legal challenge against airing of Channel 13 investigation.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Ben-Gvir encouraged illegal use of stun grenades during judicial reform protests, leaks show

On Sunday afternoon, the city of Amsterdam posted on X that protesters who defied the ban would be arrested. However, local participants felt otherwise entitled to exercise their right to protest.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: 'This is Auschwitz': Hundreds defy Amsterdam protest ban in solidarity with antisemitic attackers

“Their immune systems are compromised, so any winter illness or respiratory infection, including viruses like the flu or COVID-19, could be devastating."
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Hypothermia and frostbite: Winter poses life-threatening risks to hostages still held by Hamas