Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Evening recap

2 November 2024 23:45 GMT

Hello Middle East Eye readers. On Saturday, Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Lebanese citizen from the Batroun area in northern Lebanon.

An Israeli military official confirmed the news, alleging that the individual is a senior Hezbollah operative — Hezbollah has not commented on the incident.

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati told the country's foreign ministry to submit a formal complaint to the UN Security Council over the raid.

Meanwhile, in Gaza, Israel has continued its siege on northern Gaza, with a bombing of the area killing 50 children late on Friday. Israel launched several strikes throughout Gaza on Saturday, killing at least six in a bombing in the Bureij camp in central Gaza.

As the war continues, the US has reportedly been trying to deter Iran from launching another retaliatory strike against Israel.

Here's what else you need to know from today's developments:

  • Israeli forces launched a raid on al-Fawwar camp in the Hebron governorate in the occupied West Bank, arresting 10 Palestinians.

  • The Israeli military's social media account has announced that two more Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza. The Qassam Brigades meanwhile claimed to have killed four soldiers in an ambush in northern Gaza.

  • The military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad said it launched a barrage of rockets towards Israel, hitting the city of Sderot, the Mefalsim kibbutz and settlements around Gaza.

  • Israeli figures show that 37 soldiers have been killed in Lebanon since the military began its ground operations on 30 September.

  • The Palestinian health ministry confirmed on Saturday that the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza has risen to 43,314 since 7 October 2023. A further 102,019 have been injured.

  • Lebanon's Hezbollah said it targeted Israel's Palmachim Airbase in southern Tel Aviv using drones.