Skip next section World Central Kitchen seeks more details on Israeli airstrike
11/30/2024November 30, 2024
World Central Kitchen seeks more details on Israeli airstrike
US-based charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) said it was “urgently seeking more details” after the Israeli military said it had targeted a WCK worker involved in the Hamas attack that sparked the war.
“We are heartbroken to share that a vehicle carrying World Central Kitchen colleagues was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza,” the charity wrote on X, adding that it had no knowledge that any individual in the vehicle had alleged ties to the October 7 Hamas attack.
World Central Kitchen also said that it was pausing operations in Gaza at this time.
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Skip next section Israeli military strikes Hezbollah in southern Lebanon
11/30/2024November 30, 2024
Israeli military strikes Hezbollah in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military said it carried out strikes against after detecting activity in southern Lebanon “that posed a threat,” days after went into effect.
The Israeli military listed four separate incidents in a statement, including an air-force strike on “Hezbollah terrorists identified approaching Hezbollah structures in southern Lebanon.”
The military also said it identified “terrorist activity in a Hezbollah facility with rocket launchers” in the area of Sidon in southern Lebanon and “struck the launchers.”
Meanwhile, the Lebanese Health Ministry said in a statement that an Israeli strike on a car wounded three people, including a 7-year-old child, in the southern Lebanese village of Majdal Zoun.
Later Saturday, another person was injured in a separate Israeli strike on Al Bisariya, near the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, the Health Ministry said.
A ceasefire took effect on Wednesday, but both sides have accused each other of violating a truce aimed at halting more than a year of fighting.
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Skip next section Israeli army confirms killing of World Central Kitchen aid worker
11/30/2024November 30, 2024
Israeli army confirms killing of World Central Kitchen aid worker
The Israeli military confirmed that it had killed a Palestinian employee of the US charity World Central Kitchen (WCK).
The army said in a statement that the worker was a “terrorist” who “infiltrated Israel and took part in the murderous October 7 massacre in Kibbutz Nir Oz” and “worked for the WCK organization.”
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that three World Central Kitchen workers were killed when an Israeli strike targeted a civilian vehicle in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
The World Central Kitchen said it had suspended operations in Gaza after a vehicle carrying its members was hit by an Israeli airstrike.
In April, an Israeli airstrike . Israel said it was targeting a “Hamas gunman” in the strike, but the military admitted to a series of “grave mistakes” and violations of its own rules of engagement.
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Skip next section Hamas releases new video of Israeli hostage held in Gaza
11/30/2024November 30, 2024
Hamas releases new video of Israeli hostage held in Gaza
A video of a man identifying himself as an Israeli hostage held in Gaza since the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel has been released by the military wing of the Palestinian militant group .
In the video, the date of which cannot be verified, a man addresses US President-elect Donald Trump in English and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Hebrew.
Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American hostage, also pleads with Trump to secure his release from captivity. There was no immediate comment from Israeli authorities, who have previously described such videos as cruel psychological warfare.
About half of the 101 foreign and Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza are believed to be alive, according to Israeli estimates.
Hamas is recognized as a terrorist organization by the German government, the EU, the US and some Arab states.
dh/sms (AP, AFP, dpa, Reuters)
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