LIVE: Israel kills 17 people in Gaza, keeps pummelling Lebanon.

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 pummelling Lebanon.

5 Nov 2024

• At least 17 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and 86 others injured in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s health ministry.
• Israeli forces have attacked Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza for a second day, injuring medical staff and patients, including newborn babies at the facility’s nursery, according to medical staff.
• At least 16 people were killed and 90 others injured on Monday in Israeli attacks on Lebanon, where Israeli attacks continue on the villages in Tyre and Bint Jbeil districts. The efforts to rescue survivors from the rubble continue, according to the National News Agency.
• Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed at least 43,391 Palestinians and injured 102,347 since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day and more than 200 were taken captive.
• In Lebanon, at least 3,002 people have been killed and 13,492 wounded in Israeli attacks since the war on Gaza seemore

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43,391 Palestinians killed in Israeli offensive, health ministry says

Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 43,391 Palestinians and wounded 102,347 since October 7, 2023, Gaza’s health ministry has seemore

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French politicians, activists slam bill to outlaw criticism of Israel

The proposal of a member of the French National Assembly, Caroline Yadan, to criminalise all criticism of Israel has drawn a strong backlash from activists, intellectuals and politicians in France.

They say the bill, which would ban expressions like “from the river to the sea”, constitutes a suppression of free speech.

“Caroline Yadan seeks to suppress the freedom of thought, criticism, and writing, to prevent condemnation of the genocide committed by Israel in Gaza,” poet Jean-Philippe Cazier wrote on his X account. “She wants us all to become partners in this genocide.”

European MP Rima Hassan also responded via her account, saying: “If there is one state that deserves criticism, it is Israel, the state that has violated all United Nations resolutions for decades and commits the most heinous international seemore