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During each Israeli incursion into the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, 53-year-old Zahra Mahmoud Mari gathers whatever clothes and essential items she can grab.
With her three daughters and husband, she leaves the family home on Mehyoub Street located in the heart of the camp and heads to the Shuhadaa neighbourhood on the outskirts of Jenin in search of safety.
There the family rent a small house using savings and the little income they have, which provides temporary safety from the Israeli occupation forces.
They stay there, transfixed to news reports, waiting for the announcement that the Israelis have left so they can return home.
“It’s not easy to leave our home and camp,” Mari told MEE.
READ MORE: In Jenin, families are enduring poverty and an endless cycle of Israeli raids
Lebanon's health ministry said that an Israeli air strike on northeastern Lebanon's Hermel killed one person and injured four.
A Europa league match between Turkey's Besiktas and Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv was moved to a neutral location in Hungary, European football body Uefa announced on Tuesday.
The match was supposed to take place in Turkey on 28 November, but the Turkish government opted not to host the tie. The decision by Turkish authorities was taken before incidents in Amsterdam last week.
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans provoked locals in Amesterdam when they chanted anti-Arab slurs, tore down Palestinian flags and attacked taxi drivers. Some residents responded by violently attacking the Israelis.
Israel started bombing several locations in Beirut's southern suburbs, minutes after it issued bombing notices.
Streets leading leading out of the area are packed with cars as residents desperately flee the bombings.
غارة إسرائيلية تستهدف الضاحية الجنوبية لبيروت pic.twitter.com/0hHlLu1tm2
— Al Jadeed News (@ALJADEEDNEWS) November 12, 2024
Israel has failed to meet the US' demands to allow for greater humanitarian aid access to the besieged Gaza Strip, several international aid groups have said in a report.
The US told Israel last month that it had 30 days to significantly increase the humanitarian aid it allows into Gaza, with the deadline expiring on Tuesday.
"Israel not only failed to meet the U.S. criteria that would indicate support to the humanitarian response, but concurrently took actions that dramatically worsened the situation on the ground, particularly in Northern Gaza," the report said. "That situation is in an even more dire state today than a month ago."
The report was co-signed by Anera, Care, MedGlobal, Mercy Corps, the Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, Refugees International and Save the Children.
It states that out of 19 listed measures of compliance with US demands, Israel has failed to comply with 15 and only partially complied with four.
The Israeli army has sent several bombing notices to residents of Beirut's southern suburbs, targeting several buildings across the area.
Residents are sometimes given just a few minutes to leave before the bombings begin.
#عاجل إلى جميع السكان المتواجدين في منطقة الضاحية الجنوبية وتحديدًا في المباني المحددة في الخرائط المرفقة والمباني المجاورة لها في منطقة حارة حريك
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) November 12, 2024
⭕️أنتم تتواجدون بالقرب من منشآت ومصالح تابعة لحزب الله حيث سيعمل ضدها جيش الدفاع بقوة على المدى الزمني القريب
⭕️من أجل سلامتكم… pic.twitter.com/ptOQB8CrDq
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said that "there will be no ceasefire and no pause in Lebanon" until his country's war objectives are met.
Katz added on X that Israel's attacks "must continue to weaken Hezbollah’s capabilities and achieve the fruits of victory".
"We will continue to strike Hezbollah with full force until the war’s objectives are achieved," he said.
"Israel will not agree to any arrangement that does not guarantee its right to enforce and prevent terrorism independently, ensuring the war’s goals in Lebanon are met, including disarming Hezbollah, pushing them beyond the Litani River, and allowing northern residents to return to their homes safely."
בהמשך פגישתי אתמול עם פורום מטכ"ל הדגשתי את מדיניות ישראל לגבי לבנון:
— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) November 12, 2024
הפעילות המזהירה והעוצמתית שבוצעה ע"י צה"ל וגופי הביטחון מול החיזבאללה וחיסול נסראללה מהווים תמונת ניצחון וצריך להמשיך את הפעילות ההתקפית, כדי להוסיף ולגרוע את יכולות החיזבאללה ולממש את פירות הניצחון.
בלבנון… pic.twitter.com/ALTCOqD3IG
Gaza's civil defence agency said Tuesday that at least 14 people were killed in Israeli strikes on the Palestinian territory.
"At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured early Tuesday morning after several (Israeli) strikes on the Gaza Strip," spokesman Mahmoud Bassal told AFP.
Youth claiming solidarity with Palestinians attacked a tram in Amsterdam's suburb, setting it on fire, smashing windows and yelling abusive language.
This comes days after Israeli Maccabi fans in the Dutch capital for a football match provoked locals last week by chanting anti-Arab slogans, tearing down Palestinian flags and attacking some taxi drivers.
Some residents responded by attacking the Israeli football fans.
Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
Here are the latest updates:
- The Israeli military continued bombing the Gaza Strip, killing five people in Gaza City and Beit Hanoun
- The Israeli army said that four soldiers fighting in northern Gaza were killed on Monday
- Israel's security cabinet approved a series of steps aimed at boosting humanitarian aid in Gaza ahead of the US' 30-day deadline, Israeli media reports, but it is unknown if they will be sufficient
- In Lebanon, three people were killed in an Israeli strike on the eastern Bekaa region
- Israeli legislator Ofer Cassif said that his country's parliament imposed a "complete parliamentary ban" on him after he spoke out against "war crimes, famine and slaughter in Gaza".
Middle East Eye's liveblog will shortly be closed until tomorrow morning.
Here are some of today's major developments:
Authorities in Gaza have said that at least 37 Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks across the strip on Monday. The majority were killed in air and ground strikes on Nuseirat refugee camp, when Israeli tanks moved in during the early morning hours.
An Israeli bombing raid targeting a building in Ain Yaacoub, in the northern Lebanese governorate of Akkar, has killed eight people and wounded another 14, Lebanese authorities said on Monday. Akkar is located northwest of Tripoli, closer to the Syrian border with Lebanon.
Lebanese officials say close to 3300 people have now been killed by Israel since 8 October 2023. Approximately 1,000 were killed just this month.
The US military has bombed nine facilities in two unnamed locations in Syria that it says are aligned with Iran, as well as sites in the Hodeidah Governorate in western Yemen.
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called for immediate ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon at a joint Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit on Monday, and referred to what is taking place in Gaza as a "genocide" for the first time.
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has told his department to prepare for the annexation of the occupied West Bank in the wake of Donald Trump victory in the US elections.
Palestinian non-governmental organisations are calling on the United Nations and the Palestinian government in Ramallah to immediately declare a "famine zone" in Gaza, according to a Facebook post published Monday on the official page for the PNGO umbrella group, which comprises more than 130 NGOs working in occupied Palestine.
The US military has bombed a number of sites in western Yemen's Hodeidah region, claiming them to be missile launch platforms for the Ansar Allah group, commonly known as the Houthis.
The news is being reported by both local media and the Al-Arabiya news channel, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, local time.
Representatives from the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) American Chamber of Commerce in Dearborn, Michigan, published a letter addressed to US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, urging him to fulfil his promises to end the Israeli wars on Gaza and Lebanon.
“Dearborn, Michigan, among other pivotal areas, turned red in this election due to President-Elect Trump’s genuine outreach and promise to address our community’s concerns. We look forward to seeing that promise actualized through immediate peace measures in Lebanon and Palestine,” said Faye Nemer, the CEO and founder of the organisation.
Dearborn, a suburb of Detroit, skews heavily Arab American. Trump won the city in last week's election despite not winning the county it's located in. Earlier this month he became the first major party presidential candidate to visit Dearborn, and pledged to bring "peace" to the Middle East.
The US military has bombed nine facilities in two unnamed locations in Syria that it says are aligned with Iran.
In a statement, US Central Command - the Pentagon division responsible for the Middle East and headquartered in Qatar - said the air strikes were in response to "several attacks on US personnel in Syria over the last 24 hours".
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) November 11, 2024
Aljazeera, citing Israel's channel 12, has shown video from a military checkpoint near Bethlehem in the West Bank where someone has reportedly run over two Israeli soldiers.
The soldiers are said to be alive but with wounds sustained in the incident.
There is currently a manhunt for the perpetrator.
إصابة جنديين إسرائيليين بجروح في عملية دهس عند الحاجز العسكري قرب بيت لحم بالضفة الغربية، والمنفذ يتمكن من الفرار، والاحتلال يدفع بقوات ويحاصر المنطقة#حرب_غزة #الأخبار pic.twitter.com/iY9ee5Cuh5
— قناة الجزيرة (@AJArabic) November 11, 2024
