US SENDING MORE AIR-DEFENCES
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli shelling had killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens more on Sunday at a school turned shelter for displaced Palestinians in central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp.
“The school was bombarded with a large volley of Israeli artillery, resulting in an initial death toll of 15 martyrs, including children, women and entire families, and 50 wounded,” said Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the agency.
Israel’s military said it was “looking into the reports”.
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said late on Sunday that a WHO-Red Cross operation had managed to resupply two hospitals in northern Gaza.
“WHO and partners finally managed to reach Kamal Adwan and Al-Sahaba hospitals yesterday after 9 attempts this past week,” he posted on X.
Hamas sparked the war in Gaza with the deadliest-ever attack on Israel on Oct 7, 2023, which resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of official Israeli figures.
The number includes hostages killed in captivity.
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says more than 42,000 people, the majority civilians, have been killed since Israel’s military campaign began there. The UN considers these figures to be reliable.
Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed more than 1,300 people since Sep 23, according to an AFP tally of official figures, including for Saturday.
That toll exceeds the entire Lebanese toll of 1,200 – mostly civilians – in the last Hezbollah-Israel war in 2006, when 160 people, mostly soldiers, died in Israel.
The Pentagon said it would deploy a high-altitude anti-missile system and its US military crew to Israel to help the ally protect itself from potential Iranian attack.
