23:00 Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he will continue to operate militarily against Lebanon even if a ceasefire deal is reached.
"The most important thing is not (the deal that) will be laid on paper," Netanyahu told the Israeli parliament.
"We will be forced to ensure our security in the north (of Israel) and to systematically carry out operations against Hezbollah's attacks... even after a ceasefire", to keep the group from rebuilding, he said.
22:50 The Lebanese government has largely endorsed a US truce proposal to end the Israel war on Lebanon and was preparing final comments before sending a response to Washington, a Lebanese official told AFP on Monday.
France and Washington have spearheaded ceasefire efforts, with Lebanese officials on Friday saying the government was reviewing a US truce proposal in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
On Monday, a government official who has been following the talks closely said "we have made much progress. Lebanon has a very positive view on this proposal."
"We are finalising our last remarks about the US wording of the draft," the official added.
Another government official told AFP Beirut was "waiting for US special envoy Amos Hochstein to arrive so we can review certain outstanding points with him".
Both sources, who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, said Hochstein was expected in Beirut this week.
They also said Israel had yet to respond to the truce plan.
Later Monday, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters that the US had been "sharing proposals, both with the Government of Lebanon and the Government of Israel. Both sides have reacted to the proposals we have put forward".
"There has been an exchange of different ideas for how to see what we believe is in everyone's interest, which is the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, and we're going to continue to stay at that process," he added.
22:40 A large rocket launched from Lebanon struck Bnei Brak, a suburb east of Tel Aviv, resulting in six injuries ranging from severe to moderate, according to Israeli police reports.
The strike was part of a broader attack that has seen rockets targeting various parts of Israel.
Police indicated that the rocket which hit Bnei Brak was of considerable size.
The missile managed to evade interception by Israel’s defence systems, marking a critical failure that led to a direct impact.
Further compounding the crisis, reports from Channel 12, citing police sources, highlighted fears of a potential building collapse in Ramat Gan, another part of Tel Aviv, following a direct hit.
22:30 Gaza's interior ministry said at least 20 people were killed in an operation targeting "gangs" that looted trucks bringing aid into the war-torn territory threatened with famine.
"More than 20 members of gangs involved in stealing aid trucks were killed in a security operation carried out by security forces in cooperation with tribal committees," the ministry said in a statement.
"Today's security operation will not be the last," it said, adding that "the phenomenon of truck thefts... has severely impacted society and led to signs of famine in southern Gaza".
The statement called the operation "the beginning of a broad security campaign that has been long planned and will expand to include everyone involved in the theft of aid trucks".
22:00 Israel faced a barrage of rocket attacks from Lebanon, with the Israeli army reporting the launch of 170 rockets.
The nation's air defence systems were partially overwhelmed, as one ballistic missile fired from Lebanon struck the city of Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, after the interception attempt failed. Israeli emergency services reported multiple injuries in Ramat Gan, a neighbouring area of Tel Aviv.
The Israeli army confirmed the interception of several rockets, one of which penetrated the airspace, leading to debris falling in the region. In Bnei Brak, a fire broke out as a result of falling rocket shrapnel.
Alarm sirens blared across northern Israel, including Haifa, and the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, as authorities warned of potential drone incursions. In response to the escalating attacks, Israel's domestic security apparatus issued alerts for over 100 cities and towns across the country.
As the situation unfolded, power outages were reported in several parts of greater Tel Aviv. The Ben Gurion Airport was temporarily closed, and four explosions were heard in the city. Authorities have also reported a direct hit near a shopping complex in east Tel Aviv.
21:00 Israeli forces have launched a series of airstrikes on both southern Lebanon and the capital, Beirut.
The attacks included strikes on the southern town of Majdal Zoun and two airstrikes on Jabshait.
An Israeli airstrike also targeted the town of al-Rihan in southern Lebanon, as reported by Al Jazeera's correspondent.
The escalation continued with airstrikes on the towns of Hariss, Yatar, and Hadatha in southern Lebanon.
20:20 Israeli airstrikes stuck the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, resulting in multiple injuries, according to Al Jazeera correspondents.
The Palestinian Refugee Portal reported that those injured have been transported to Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital
Medical sources reported that 50 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since early Monday morning.
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20:00 Hezbollah announced that it launched rockets targeting a gathering of Israeli forces east of the town of Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon.
A fresh wave of rocket fire was also launched from southern Lebanon, aimed at the upper Galilee region in northern Israel, according to Al Jazeera’s correspondent.
The Israeli Home Front Command issued a warning, with air raid sirens sounding in the northern city of Nahariya and its surrounding areas.
19:40 The Public Health Ministry's Emergency Operations Center said that the initial toll of the Israeli raid on Beirut’s Zokak al-Blat area was four dead and 18 injured.
Members of the Lebanese emergency services works at the site of an Israeli strike that targeted Zuqaq al-Blat neighbourhood in Beirut. AFP
19:30 A correspondent for Lebanon's National News Agency reported that an Israeli drone targeted a residential apartment near the Husseiniya in Zokak al-Blat, central Beirut, causing extensive destruction in the area.
Ambulances were seen transporting the injured to hospitals.
18:35 The Public Health Ministry's Emergency Operations Center said that an Israeli raid on Beirut’s Ras Nabaa area killed seven people and injured 16.
A separate raid on Beirut’s Mar Elias neighborhood left three dead, including a woman, and injured 29 others, the ministry added.
18:00 The Israeli military stated that around 40 rockets had been launched from Lebanon towards various locations in northern Israel over the same period. Earlier, Israeli Channel 12 reported that approximately 20 rockets were fired towards the Upper Galilee.
The Home Front Command confirmed that sirens sounded in Avivim, a site in the Upper Galilee, as a precaution against incoming fire. Meanwhile, in ongoing operations, the Israeli army reported that five soldiers were injured in battles in Gaza over the past 24 hours.
Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system fires to intercept rockets that were launched from Lebanon, as seen from Haifa, northern Israel. AP
17:30 The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health reported on Monday that the death toll from ongoing Israeli airstrikes has reached 3,481, with 14,786 injured since the Israeli assault began.
The ministry’s daily update noted that Israeli airstrikes on Saturday, 16 November, alone resulted in 29 fatalities and 122 injuries.
17:00 Hezbollah announced a series of rocket attacks on multiple Israeli settlements on Monday.
According to the group's statements, reported by Al Jazeera, the first barrage targeted the settlement of Ma'alot-Tarshiha. This was followed by a strike on Hosen, marking the first time the settlement had been targeted.
Hezbollah also reported a second rocket salvo directed at a gathering of Israeli forces in Kiryat Shmona and another strike on Israeli forces in the settlement of Margaliot.
16:45 Israeli military targeted multiple towns and sites. According to the Lebanese National News Agency, Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on Ma'arka and Qana, with the raid on Ma'arka destroying a house and reported injuries. Civil defence teams were working to clear rubble in the aftermath.
In the Marjeyoun region, Israeli airstrikes targeted areas near the Khiam detention centre alongside intermittent artillery shelling. The artillery bombardment also reached Shamaa, Zibqin, and Ain al-Zarqa, between Alma al-Shaab and Tyre Harfa, with the use of phosphorus shells reported.
Additional strikes included an airstrike on Qaqaiyat al-Jisr in Nabatieh and an attack on the Al-Baydar neighbourhood in Jouaiya, resulting in casualties.
The Tyre Water Company was also hit by an airstrike, killing Mukhtar Samer Chaghri and another individual and injuring two others. The Tyre Municipality has urged residents to conserve water until repairs are completed.
Other reported strikes included the village of Kafra, artillery shelling in Mansouri, and an airstrike on the outskirts of Kfar Rumman in Nabatieh. In Marjayoun, artillery fire impacted areas near the Monastery of Saint Mema in Deir Mimas
16:15 Israeli airstrikes targeted several locations across Lebanon on Sunday, escalating cross-border tensions. According to Al Jazeera correspondents, Israeli warplanes conducted an airstrike on the town of Yahmur in the Bekaa Valley, eastern Lebanon.
Additionally, two more strikes were reported in the southern towns of Tura and Qsaibeh, while another airstrike targeted the town of Khiam, also in south Lebanon.
16:00 WAFA reported that Israeli forces Monday stormed Al-Maleh School in the northern Jordan Valley and assaulted one of the staff members.
Director of Education Azmi Balawneh told WAFA that Israeli forces broke into the school after the school day had ended, forced the school janitor to open the gate, removed the Palestinian flag, and severely beat up the Janitor. The worker was subsequently taken to Tubas Turkish Governmental Hospital for treatment.
Human rights activist Aref Daraghmeh noted to WAFA that forces also raided the Al-Maleh area, conducting searches of residents' homes and checking their identification cards.
15:55 Hezbollah said it bombed the Maalot-Tarshiha settlement with a barrage of rockets.
Footage shows damage to Kiryat Shmona after a rocket also fired from Lebanon struck the area.
Meanwhile, Saraya Al-Quds, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad said that it "destroyed a Zionist vehicle that had penetrated the Al-Atatra area, west of Beit Lahia in Gaza, using a highly explosive device it had planted in advance."
15:30 According to the Israeli Walla news website, citing sources close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he is considering dismissing the head of Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency.
15:00 Lebanon’s Labor Minister Mostafa Bayram said Lebanon will convey its “positive position” on a United States-backed cease-fire proposal this week.
Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is expected to meet with US envoy Amos Hochstein in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday.
Minister Bayram, who met with Berri today, said Hezbollah’s function “is to make sure the Israeli aggression fails to achieve its goals, while negotiation is for the state and the government.”
A Western diplomat familiar with the talks told The Associated Press there is a sense of “cautious optimism.”
The efforts are aimed at re-establishing a UN buffer zone in southern Lebanon established after the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon.
Israel is said to be pushing for guarantees it can continue to act militarily against Lebanon under the pretext of necessity, a demand unlikely to be accepted by the Lebanese side.
14:30 Turkey has denied Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s plane the right to use its airspace, preventing him from travelling to Azerbaijan, the Turkish state-run news agency reported.
The Anadolu Agency report late Sunday said Israeli authorities requested permission for the plane to access Turkish airspace on its way to Baku, Azerbaijan, where Herzog was scheduled to attend the COP29 conference on climate change.
The agency based its report on unnamed Turkish officials. It did not say when the permission was denied. A statement from Herzog's office said the decision to cancel the president's trip to Baku was due to “the situation assessment and for security reasons." It did not comment on the Turkish report.
14:23 Families of the Israelis held in Gaza are protesting outside the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in West Jerusalem to demand an exchange with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
“End war. Hostage deal immediately,” and “Hostages won’t survive another winter”, read a few of the banners waved by protesters.
In a statement, organizers of the protest warned that the captives “won’t survive the freezing cold in the tunnels of Gaza”.
14:19 The International Rescue Committee (IRC) urged immediate access to humanitarian aid to northern Gaza following a dire warning from the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification’s (IPC) Famine Review Committee. The committee’s latest findings indicate that famine is likely “imminent” in the area.
“The situation in Northern Gaza is now beyond crisis point," Bart Witteveen, the IRC country director for the occupied Palestinian territory, said.
In a statement, the IRC described the report, issued two weeks ago, as evidence of a “sharp and alarming deterioration” compared to last month’s projection of a “tripling” in the number of people facing food shortages in the coming months.
“The worst-case scenario may already be underway. Across Gaza, starvation, malnutrition, and excess mortality due to malnutrition and disease are rapidly increasing," the IRC said.
"Over 80% of humanitarian aid into Gaza is currently blocked, with deliveries now at their lowest levels since October 2023," it added.
"The situation is critical. We have days, not weeks, to take decisive action to alleviate these dire conditions. The warnings from humanitarian organisations have been clear and consistent: failure to act will lead to more preventable deaths of civilians," Witteveen added.
"The Government of Israel must fulfill its obligations to ensure that people across Gaza can access food, medical supplies and other basic necessities needed for the survival of the population. Lives are now hanging in the balance," he affirmed.
Palestinians wait in a queue to receive bread outside a bakery in Khan Younis. AFP
14:00 Yemen's Houthi group threatened to hit vessels of German shipping firms passing near the Red Sea or using Israeli ports, the German shipowners' association VDR said.
The emailed warnings sent to the German industry body and cargo carriers in recent months were "attempts at intimidation," VDR executive Irina Haesler said.
The threats were "directed against ships that call at Israeli ports, as well as against those that pass through the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean", the association said.
"Regardless of their location, ships with supposed links to Israel are considered potential targets," it said.
13:30 The European Union's outgoing top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said he had "no more words" to describe the situation in the Middle East before chairing the bloc's last planned meeting of foreign ministers.
"I exhausted the words to explain what's happening in the Middle East," Borrell told reporters, barely concealing his frustration at the EU's failure to weigh on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during his five-year mandate.
"There are no more words," he said. "It's about 44,000 people killed in Gaza, the whole area is being destroyed, and 70 percent of the people being killed are women or children."
"The most frequent ages of casualties are children below nine years old," said the 77-year-old foreign policy chief.
Borrell confirmed he would urge ministers Monday to suspend a political dialogue with Israel — part of a wider agreement governing trade ties — over the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
However, numerous member states, including key powers France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, are expected to give the proposal short shrift.
13:00 The Israeli forces committed four massacres in the Gaza Strip, killing 76 people and injuring 158 within the last 24 hours, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported.
Israel has killed at least 43,922 people in Gaza and injured nearly 104,000.
Israeli strikes killed eight people on Monday, including two children aged seven and nine and their parents.
A separate strike killed four people, including a woman and a child, in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp, according to nearby Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
A third child, 10 years old, was wounded in an overnight strike on a tent where displaced people were sheltering in the southern city of Khan Younis, according to the Civil Defence, first responders who operate under the Hamas-run government. An Associated Press reporter saw the children's bodies at nearby Nasser Hospital.
Palestinians recite a prayer over the bodies of people killed in an Israeli strike in front of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. AFP
12:40 A 10-page new report from the municipality of Amsterdam reveals that Israeli fans initiated key violence surrounding the Ajax vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv match in November, contradicting earlier portrayals of the clashes as an "antisemitic pogrom" against Jews, as spread by Western media and officials.
The report documents that the violence began when Maccabi fans pulled down a Palestinian flag and attacked a taxi in the city centre. Tensions escalated as fans set off fireworks, shared inflammatory posts, and chanted racist slurs. After the game, Maccabi supporters, armed with sticks, vandalized property.
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema, who initially described the violence as a "pogrom," clarified on Sunday evening that she did not intend to compare it to WWII-era violence.
She also expressed frustration with Israel’s reaction, saying the Dutch authorities were "overtaken by Israel," with Prime Minister Netanyahu commenting on the situation before Amsterdam had gathered the facts.
12:35 An Israeli strike on the Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza has killed at least four Palestinians, injuring others, Al Jazeera reported.
12:15 A series of Israeli airstrikes hit Nabatieh and the outskirts of Tyre district in southern Lebanon, according to media reports.
12:10 An Israeli woman was lightly wounded in a rocket barrage fired from Lebanon at Nahariya in northern Israel, Israeli media reported citing medics.
12:05 Reports that Palestinian resistance group Hamas’ office has moved to Turkey do not reflect the truth, a Turkish diplomatic source said, adding that members of the group visited the country from time to time.
Doha said last week it had told Hamas and Israel it would halt its efforts to mediate a Gaza ceasefire until they show willingness and seriousness.
The denials come after an Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel that senior members of Hamas’ abroad leadership left Qatar last week for Turkey.
12:00 Schools in Beirut were closed on Monday after Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital killed six people, including Hezbollah's media relations chief Mohammed Afif.
Sunday's strikes hit densely populated districts of central Beirut.
The strikes prompted the education ministry to shut schools and higher education institutions in the Beirut area for two days.
11:54 The Israeli army said about 30 projectiles were detected crossing from Lebanon into Israel, following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in the Upper and Western Galilee areas. It said that the air defence system intercepted some of them.
11:34 Israel killed at least 15 people in Gaza since this morning. Israel’s most recent attack on Gaza City killed at least three people, two of whom were children.
The attack hit a house near Al-Jalaa Street in the west of the city, an Al Jazeera correspondent reported.
10:38 The Israeli army said it is investigating after an interceptor missile hit the southern resort city of Eilat area during an attempt to shoot down a drone fired from Iraq.
Times of Israel reported that video appeared to show the interceptor missile streaking into the sky over the city before falling back down and appearing to land near a hotel strip near the coast as terrified onlookers watched.
10:27 A suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi group targeted a commercial ship late Sunday night travelling through the southern reaches of the Red Sea, though it caused no damage nor injuries.
A ship's captain saw that “a missile splashed in close proximity to the vessel” as it travelled near the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, the British army's Maritime Trade Operations Centre said in an alert.
The attack happened some 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Yemen's port city of Mocha.
10:31 The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says it has evacuated 15 patients and their 16 companions from Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in coordination with the World Health Organization.
“Additionally, 15 patients and two companions were evacuated from Al-Awda Hospital to Al-Shifa Hospital, in coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross,” it said on X.
10:15 Hezbollah said the group launched a rocket barrage for the third time, targeting Israeli enemy forces gathering south of the town of Khyam.
10:10 Israel renewed its airstrikes on villages and towns in southern Lebanon following deadly attacks on Sunday, media reports said.
Israeli strikes Sunday killed 11 people and wounded 48 in Lebanon's southern Tyr region, the Lebanese health ministry said.
10:02 Israel has killed at least 208 health sector workers and injured 311 others in Lebanon over the past year, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.
The ministry also recorded at least 286 Israeli attacks on healthcare services, including 66 attacks on hospitals and 220 on emergency medical services.
As a result, some 40 hospitals have been damaged, with eight rendered nonfunctional, and 249 emergency vehicles have been damaged, in what human rights organizations say constitutes potential war crimes.
The Israeli army is repeatedly targeting healthcare facilities and medical workers in Lebanon.
Al Jazeera mapped the Israeli attacks on Lebanon’s healthcare system.
09:57 Hezbollah mourned its Media Relations Official Mohammad Afif, who was assassinated on Sunday in an Israeli strike on central Beirut.
"Haj Mohammad Afif Al-Nabulsi departed alongside some of his finest fellow fighters in a criminal Zionist strike," the Lebanese resistance group said in a statement.
09:46 US envoy Amos Hochstein will travel to the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday for talks on a ceasefire between militant group Hezbollah and Israel, a Lebanese political source told Reuters.
Lebanese media outlet Voice of Lebanon also reported the visit, quoting Lebanese member of parliament Kassem Hashem.
The US has submitted a new truce proposal to Lebanon in the hopes of halting the brutal Israeli war.
News of Hochstein’s visit follows unconfirmed reports in Lebanese media that a positive response to the ceasefire proposal had been submitted.
09:17 At least two people were killed and others were injured after the Israeli occupation forces bombed a group of citizens in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, local sources and eyewitnesses reported, according to WAFA.
Artillery strikes also hit the Al-Midan area in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, as well as southern and western neighbourhoods of Gaza City.
On Sunday, Israeli forces killed more than 111 Palestinians in a series of airstrikes, with most casualties reported in northern Gaza.
Israeli Channel 14 revealed that warplanes launched 10 airstrikes on Beit Lahia, deploying tons of explosives in response to the killing of two Israeli soldiers in the area.
09:00 At dawn, Israeli occupation forces bombed a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis, killing four members of a family, a father, his wife, and two children and seriously injuring another girl, medical sources told WAFA news agency.
Areas in northern and western Rafah and central Gaza were also subjected to heavy shelling, with residential buildings around Street 8 in the Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood destroyed.
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