By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24
More than 360,000 people remain displaced in Lebanon after months of war between Israel and Hezbollah, according to the UN. In the south of the country, families live in precarious housing and fear they may not be able to return home, France 24 reports.
Israeli attacks killed at least five Palestinians in several parts of Gaza, including people displaced in tents. The strikes come as the UN urgently calls for waterproof tents to protect hundreds of thousands of displaced people threatened by heavy rain, according to Al Jazeera.
🇮🇱 Israel · Source: Al Jazeera ·
An Israeli strike hit the intensive care unit of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younès, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing six people and injuring more than 20, according to Gaza Civil Defence. The Israeli army is checking the claims, Al Jazeera reports.
🇮🇱 Israel · Source: Al Jazeera ·
The Israeli security cabinet, chaired by Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered the army to step up preparations for possible strikes against Iran, according to public broadcaster KAN. Tehran has warned it would expand the war beyond the region in the event of an attack, Al Jazeera reports.
🇮🇱 Israel · Source: Al Jazeera ·
Israel will seek explanations from France after Yossi Dagan, a representative of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, was turned away. Israel’s foreign ministry called the measure “unacceptable” and said it would consider what action to take, on Wednesday, according to Le Monde.
🇫🇷 France · Source: Le Monde ·
Erdoğan calls for renewed US-Iran diplomatic effortsTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called for a swift resumption of diplomatic efforts to end the war between the United States and Iran. He made the appeal on Thursday after talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to SeneNews.The week in Africa
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