Live: Over 200 Lebanese children killed in two months of Israeli attacks

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that Israeli forces killed a man from Deir al-Ghusun, a village north of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank.

The ministry identified the man as Hareth Abdullah Jbara and said he was killed near the illegal Israeli settlement of Shilo.

Israeli attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara is expected to support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to dismiss Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in the high court, citing the prime minister's broad legal authority over ministerial appointments and dismissals, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.

However, Baharav-Miara may also highlight the challenges of dismissing a defence minister during wartime. A petition to block Gallant’s dismissal was filed on Wednesday, and the High Court has ordered Netanyahu, the government, and the attorney general to respond by tomorrow at 12:00 pm local time.

According to Bloomberg News, Israeli officials believe that the transition period in the United States before Trump takes office in January could offer Israel an opportunity to target Iran’s nuclear programme.

Analysts dismissed the likelihood that President Joe Biden would authorise a coordinated attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities alongside Israel.

Israeli attacks across Lebanon have left at least 37 people dead and 105 others wounded, according to Lebanon's health ministry

Palestine's UN envoy, Riyad Mansour, addressed the UN General Assembly, condemning Israel's plan to ban the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa. 

In his speech, Mansour argued that Israel’s “open assault against” Unrwa is “more proof of Israel’s genocide in Gaza”, citing attacks on those aiding Palestinians as evidence.

He said that the ban is part of a broader effort to strip Palestine refugees of their status and rights.

Mansour also commended Unrwa staff who are “risking their lives” to uphold the agency’s mandate, granted by the General Assembly 75 years ago.

He said that “Unrwa deserves the international community’s full support”, urging resistance against “distortions, smears, or threats”.

Lebanon’s health ministry has reported that at least 3,050 people have been killed and 13,658 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 2023.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Donald Trump to offer congratulations on his victory in the US presidential election, according to Netanyahu's office.

In a statement, the office described the conversation as "warm and cordial". They discussed “the Iranian threat” and emphasised the importance of collaborating to ensure Israel's security, the statement added.

The election of Donald Trump for a second term as US president on Wednesday has provoked concern and delight in equal measure around the world.

Many of America's traditional allies are waiting with bated breath to see whether Trump throws any foreign policy curveballs, particularly with regard to Russia's war on Ukraine or Israel's war on Gaza.

Others, however, see a new chance to reset relations and take advantage of opportunities that were blocked under President Joe Biden.

Middle East Eye takes a look at the reactions in the Middle East so far.

Read more: How is the Middle East reacting to Donald Trump's victory?

We reported earlier on Israeli attacks on Lebanon's Baalbek. 

The region's governor Bachir Khodr reported that least 30 people were killed and another 35 injured in 20 strikes by Israeli fighter jets.

A coalition of Canada-based lawyers and activists has annouced it is filing a lawsuit charging the Canadian government with violating the Genocide Convention.

The "Coalition for Canadian Accountability in Gaza," which includes the Legal Centre for Palestine, is representing two Palestinian-Canadians who have family members trapped in Gaza.

Citing the Genocide Convention of 1948, which requires the prevention and punishment of genocide, the coalition said that the lawsuit "asserts that Canada has failed in its legal prevention of genocide".

Additionally, the coalition said in a statement that Canada has violated their plaintiffs' rights to security and equal protection "by failing to act to prevent genocide in Gaza".

Israeli media has reported the army has no intention of allowing the return of forcibly expelled Palestinians to northern Gaza, which is facing a campaign of ethnic cleansing according to rights groups. 

A senior Israeli officer told journalists on Tuesday that nearly 55,000 Palestinians have been forced out of the Jabalia refugee camp since the offensive began on 5 October. 

Before the latest assault, there were around 400,000 Palestinians in north Gaza and Gaza City, according to the UN. 

The Israeli army has denied carrying out the "Generals' Plan", also known as the Eiland Plan, in north Gaza, which includes ethnically cleansing the area and killing any Palestinians who remain.

However, Haaretz reported that the army has been implementing a significant portion of it, expelling much of the north's population to other areas. 

Read more: Israeli army 'preventing' return of forcibly expelled Palestinians to north Gaza

Israel's Channel 12 is reporting that 120 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Israel on Wednesday.

Earlier Hezbollah claimed a missile attack on the Tzrifin Israeli military base near Ben Gurion Airport, and that its fighters had launched rockets at the Kfar Szold settlement in the Upper Galilee and missiles at the Rawiya military base in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights.

The group also reported targeting a Merkava tank in Israel’s Metula settlement with a guided missile, claiming the tank was burned and its crew injured. 

Five people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on residential homes belonging to one family in Baalbek, Lebanon's National News Agency is reporting.

Efforts to recover survivors and bodies are ongoing.

Lebanese media is reporting Israeli air strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs following fresh expulsion orders issued by the Israeli military.

غارة عنيفة على الضاحية الجنوبية pic.twitter.com/TDfLjmRW2c

— مصدر مسؤول (@fouadkhreiss) November 6, 2024

Videos circulated online appear to show a new wave of displacement in Beit Lahia after Israeli drones distributed leaflets issuing fresh evacuation orders.

The footage shows families fleeing from the al-Sheema area, west of Beit Lahia, towards Gaza City, amidst ongoing Israeli attacks.

Last month Israel ordered all of the 400,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza to move south as it launched a new offensive on northern Gaza, believed to be part of the so-called Generals' Plan.

A large movement of Palestinian people from the Shimaa area, north of Beit Lahia, after israeli drones drop leaflets demanding they all evacuate pic.twitter.com/NyMHfBnJp1

— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) November 5, 2024