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Around fifty rockets were fired at Haifa and the Galilee

The Israeli army reports around fifty rockets fired from Lebanon into northern Israel during an attack about an hour ago.

This brings to more than 120 the number of rockets launched on the country on Thursday.

The army specifies that around 20 rockets were fired at the western Galilee and that 30 others were launched at Haifa Bay.

Some of these rockets were intercepted. Several others hit the ground, including one in the Haifa suburb of Kiryat Yam, which damaged several cars.

The military also says a drone launched from Lebanon was shot down by air defenses over the Galilee Peninsula.

The latest attacks did not cause any injuries. An 85-year-old man was slightly injured by shrapnel, according to the same source.

With information from The Times of Israel

Franco-Israeli diplomatic incident on a site managed by France in Jerusalem

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot’s visit to Jerusalem on Thursday was marked by a diplomatic incident when Israeli police entered army et without permissionaccording to the minister, on a site managed by France.

Mr. Barrot denounced a unacceptable situation and refused to enter the Eleona, a pilgrimage site, while Israeli police arrested two French gendarmes on the spot, noted a journalist from theAFP.

Agence France-Presse

War in Gaza: the Ministry of Health announces a new death toll of 43,469

The Gaza Strip government’s Health Ministry announced Thursday a new death toll of 43,469 in the Palestinian territory since the start of the war with Israel more than a year ago.

At least 78 people have been killed in the past 48 hours, he said in a statement, adding that 102,561 people had been injured in the Palestinian enclave since the start of the war, sparked by an unprecedented Hamas attack. against Israel on October 7, 2023.

With information from Agence France-Presse

12 dead in strike on school transformed into shelter in northern Gaza

At least 12 people were killed Thursday in an Israeli strike on a school transformed into a refuge in a camp housing displaced families, near the city of Gaza, in the north of the Palestinian enclave, reports Civil Defense.

This strike, which targeted an elementary school in the al-Shati camp, west of Gaza City, also left many injured, the same source said.

With information from Agence France-Presse

Trump goes again fail to resolve the Palestinian question, according to the Houthis of Yemen

The leader of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Abdel Malek al-Houthi, said Thursday that Donald Trump, winner of the US presidential election, would again fail in his efforts to resolve the Palestinian question during his second term.

Trump failed in his proposed deal of the century during his first term, he will fail again this timesaid the rebel leader in a televised speech during which he described the president-elect of the United States asarrogant and tyrannical.

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Gaza: Israeli army calls on residents to evacuate areas of combat in the north

The Israeli army on Thursday called on residents of several areas of the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate areas of combat after rocket fire towards Israel.

This appeal concerns four neighborhoods in the north of the Palestinian territory qualified as dangerous combat zonesindicated on the social network

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More than 100 MPs call onUNESCO to protect historic sites from Israeli strikes

More than 100 Lebanese MPs called on ThursdayUNESCO to protect the country’s historic sites, subject to a campaign of Israeli strikes which particularly affects the ancient cities of Baalbeck and Tyre.

During the devastating war against Lebanon, Israel committed serious human rights violations and atrocitieswrite the deputies in a letter to the director general of theUNESCOAudrey Azoulay. We draw your attention to an urgent need: the protection of Lebanon’s history, in Baalbeck, Tyre, Saida and other invaluable sites currently under threatthey emphasized.

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