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

Four Palestinians have been killed and others injured in an Israeli strike targeting a group of civilians in the Rimal neighborhood in western Gaza City, Wafa news agency is reporting citing medical sources.

Palestine Red Crescent Society paramedics said that the attack occurred near the Emergency and Ambulance Centre in Rimal. 

The injured were transferred to al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City for treatment.

Hezbollah's Secretary-General Naim Qassem has said in a pre-recorded speech that a cessation of hostilities will only be achieved on the battlefield, not through political action.

He added that only once Israel stops its attacks on Lebanon would there be a road to indirect negotiations through the Lebanese state.

The Israeli military has issued new forced expulsion orders for residents of Burj al-Barajneh in southern Beirut.

The army's Arabic language spokeperson Avichay Adraee said in a post on X that the residents "are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the [Israeli army] will act forcefully in the near future."

"For your safety and the safety of your family members, you must evacuate these buildings and those adjacent to them immediately and stay away from them for a distance of no less than 500 meters [1,640 feet]," he said. 

Two people have been injured in an "attempted car ramming and stabbing" near the illegal Israeli settlement of Shilo in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media is reporting citing first responders.

Medics reported that the suspected attacker was shot dead after crashing his car into a bus stop at the Shilo Junction and getting out with a knife.

Lebanon said it has filed a complaint with the United Nations' labour agency over Israel's deadly attacks on communication devices across the country in September.

Lebanese Labour Minister Mustafa Bayram called the attack an "egregious war against humanity, against technology, against work", saying his country had filed the complaint with the International Labour Organization in Geneva.

"It's a very dangerous precedent," he told journalists in the Swiss city at an event organised by the UN correspondents' association Acanu.

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said Israeli security forces killed eight Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank In less than 24 hours on 5 November.

"On 3 November, Israeli Forces shot in the abdomen and killed an unarmed 14-year-old Palestinian boy in Halhul, Hebron, Occupied West Bank," the agency said in a post on X.

"Israeli Forces' regular recourse to unlawful lethal force in the occupied West Bank is a horrifying escalation of an already explosive situation. Israel must end the occupation, as concluded by the International Court of Justice," it added. 

Lebanese movement Hezbollah claimed responsibility for firing advanced missiles at the Tzrifin Israeli military base near Ben Gurion Airport.

Hezbollah said it launched rockets at the Kfar Szold settlement in the upper Galilee and missiles at the Rawiya military base in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights after the attack on the base, Al Jazeera reported.

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. The group also stated that a house in Metula, occupied by Israeli soldiers at the time, was hit, resulting in unspecified casualties.

Hezbollah claimed responsibility for launching a salvo of advanced missiles at the Tzrifin Israeli military base, near Ben Gurion Airport. The attack coincides with the appointment of a new Israeli defense minister, the election of a new U.S. president, and 40 days since the… pic.twitter.com/ZozIAdSJFK

— Ali Hashem علي هاشم (@alihashem_tv) November 6, 2024

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated Donald Trump on his election as US president, wishing him success, Wafa news agency reported.

Abbas voiced hope for cooperation with Trump to promote regional peace and security, reaffirming the Palestinian people's dedication to achieving freedom, self-determination and statehood under international law.

"We will remain steadfast in our commitment to peace, and we are confident that the United States will support, under your leadership, the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people," Abbas said.

Unicef has announced that 4,000 babies have been cut off from lifesaving care in Gaza in the last year.

"The Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza has become a besieged war zone," Unicef MENA said in a post on X.

"The last neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) remaining in the north has been damaged in heavy attacks in recent days. In the past year, 4,000 babies have been cut off from lifesaving newborn care because of sustained attacks on the hospitals," the organisation added.

The Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern #Gaza has become a besieged war zone. The last neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) remaining in the north has been damaged in heavy attacks in recent days.

In the past year, 4,000 babies have been cut off from lifesaving newborn care because… pic.twitter.com/jLZB5PrWUT

— UNICEF MENA - يونيسف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا (@UNICEFmena) November 6, 2024

The results are still being counted, but if the projection's are anything to go by, and Donald Trump wins the 2024 US presidential election, he could radically shake up US foreign policy in his second term.

Trump had made it abundantly clear on the campaign trail that he believed US foreign policy needed fundamental changes, four years after his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

"We have been treated so badly, mostly by allies," Trump told a rally in Wisconsin in September. "Our allies treat us actually worse than our so-called enemies.

"On military, we protect them and then they screw us on trade. We’re not going to let it happen anymore. We’re going to be a tariff nation," he added. 

It was a stunning admission, but neither surprising or new.

Presidents have wide latitude on foreign policy and can enter or nix many international agreements unilaterally.

His comments in Wisconsin came days before he went to the other crucial swing state of Michigan and visited the predominantly Arab city of Hamtramck - where he met with the town's Yemeni-Muslim mayor, Amer Ghalib.

The visit, not to mention Ghalib's official endorsement of Trump, would have been unthinkable in the 2020 or 2016 elections when the majority of American Muslims voted for the Democrat Party.

But Israel's war on Gaza, and the Biden administration's full support of Israel's war efforts, allowed Trump to paint himself as the better alternative to Muslim and Arab voters outraged over the carnage. 

READ MORE: Where does Donald Trump stand on Israel, Palestine and the Middle East?

A group of NGOs pressed countries on Wednesday to hold an emergency session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to set up an investigation into abuses regarding Israel's war on Lebanon.

In a letter to diplomatic missions, 12 NGOs, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, urged states to act decisively over a situation "spiralling out of control", citing incidents such as Israeli strikes on civilian infrastructure including homes and hospitals.

"There's a huge risk of the same types of atrocities occurring in Lebanon as in Gaza," said Jeremie Smith, Geneva director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, whose organisation is leading the call.

More than 3,000 deaths have been reported in Lebanon as a result of Israeli strikes since 7 October 2023.

The Israeli army says at least 10 rockets have been launched from Lebanon at central and northern Israel.

The army said that one of the 10 rockets launched in the Hezbollah barrage struck an area in central Israel, impacting the Ben Gurion Airport area. No injuries were caused, according to the Times of Israel.

There are no reports of injuries, according to the army.

Egypt joined a call led by Turkey and backed by dozens of countries, urging the United Nations to halt arms deliveries to Israel, citing concerns over their use in Gaza and Lebanon.

A foreign ministry statement on Tuesday said Egypt joined the call as part of "international efforts to pressure Israel to cease its continuous violations of international law and international humanitarian law".

It also aims to stop "Israeli violations" against Palestinians and protect civilians, the statement read. Ankara submitted a letter signed by 52 countries calling for a halt in arms deliveries to Israel.

Yisrael Gantz, head of Israel’s Yesha Council, the umbrella body of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, celebrated the prospect of Donald Trump’s victory in the US election, saying it was "time for sovereignty," referring to settler ambitions to annex the occupied West Bank.

Gantz tweeted, "One strong Trump; one Jewish state."

Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said Donald Trump should learn from Biden's mistakes as Trump claimed victory in the US presidential election, Reuters reported.

"The Democratic Party’s loss is the natural price for their leadership’s 'criminal stance' towards Gaza," the official said.

"Trump's victory puts him to the test to translate his statements that he can stop the war within hours," he added in reaction to Trump's victory speech.

"I'm not going to start wars, I'm going to stop wars," Trump said. "We had no wars, for four years we had no wars. Except we defeated ISIS."