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Israeli army pressing on with northern Gaza attacks
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports that there is a “clear concentration” of Israeli forces around the north of the Gaza Strip.
One of the latest barrages of strikes hit a residential house in Jabalia, killing six Palestinians, including a woman and two children, he adds.
Azzoum reports that the attack left behind a swathe of destruction, with civil defence workers trying to recover victims under the rubble.
India’s top court refuses to issue halt order on arms supplies to Israel
India’s Supreme Court has dismissed a public interest litigation which sought an order for the federal government to halt licenses to Indian firms exporting arms to Israel, Anadolu reports.
“We cannot enter into the nation’s foreign policy domain,” said a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and two other judges.
The bench said the Indian firms, involved in arms export, may be sued for breach of contractual obligations and hence they cannot be stopped from supplying.
More than 750 education-related employees killed in Gaza since October: ministry
More than 750 employees working in the field of education have been killed and thousands wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza, the Palestinian Ministry of Education said in an updated statement at the start of the academic year, Al Jazeera reports.
It added that by the end of August, more than 11,500 Palestinian school-age children had been killed and tens of thousands more had experienced injuries, physical disabilities and psychological trauma.
Fear of 'lost generation' as Gaza school year begins with all classes shut
The new school year in the Palestinian territories officially began on Monday, with all schools in Gaza shut after 11 months of war and no sign of a ceasefire.
As fighting continued, Israel announced new orders to residents of the north Gaza Strip to leave their homes, in response to rockets fired into Israel.
Umm Zaki's son Moataz, 15, was supposed to begin 10th grade. Instead he woke up in their tent in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza and was sent to fetch a container of water from more than a kilometre away.
"Usually, such a day would be a day of celebration, seeing the children in the new uniform, going to school, and dreaming of becoming doctors and engineers. Today all we hope is that the war ends before we lose any of them," the mother of five told Reuters by text message.
Lebanon looking for diplomatic solution amid rising Israeli attacks
There is concern in Lebanon because there has been an uptick in violence along the border, where Hezbollah and Israel have been trading nearly-daily fire since October, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut, Lebanon.
Caretaker PM Mikati has summoned Western ambassadors to attend an emergency meeting which is still underway. The Lebanese government is not directly involved in this conflict, but it has been trying to reach out to Western nations to find some sort of a diplomatic solution and to restrain Israel.
But the confrontations cannot end as long as the onslaught on Gaza continues because Hezbollah has conditioned a halt to firing to an end to the conflict on Gaza. What Israel wants is security guarantees along the border in order for tens of thousands of residents to return to their homes.
Israeli military orders evacuation of northern Gaza neighbourhood
The Israeli military has ordered Palestinians in a neighbourhood in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya to evacuate after it said rockets were launched from the area at the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon last night, Al Jazeera reports.
The military’s spokesperson released a map marking the area which has been designated in “blocks”, adding that “the specified area has been warned many times in the past” and it is now “considered a dangerous combat zone”.
The military had earlier said that one of the rockets was intercepted and another fell into the sea.
The Palestinian mission to the UN circulated a draft resolution that demands an end to illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.
Demonstrators disrupt upcoming defence expo in Australia
Pro-Palestinian antiwar activists have held protests in Melbourne disrupting a defence expo that is set to open on Wednesday.
Protesters gathered in front of companies connected to weapons manufacturing across Melbourne as police were called to prevent an escalation of the events, according to 7News Melbourne.
Police presence was visible in front of company buildings.
Demonstrations are expected to move across the city to different areas ahead of the Land Forces military expo, where more than 25,000 participants are expected.
On Sunday, Extinction Rebellion activists blocked Montague Street near the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre where the expo is being held.
Pro-Palestinian protesters in Australia have been urging the government to impose sanctions on Israel for its war on Gaza.
Israeli artillery shelling leads to deaths of Palestinians
One person has been killed and another wounded after Israeli artillery shelling in the al-Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza announced.
At least six people have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza today.
Israeli bombardment blacks out Gaza
Israeli bombardment led to internet and mobile phone outages in central and southern Gaza, according to the Wafa news agency and service provider Paltel.
Hamas rejects US media claims
Hamas official has denied US media reports that claimed the group presented new conditions as part of ceasefire talks.
The official has categorically rejected these reports.
Israeli strike kills senior rescue-service official in Gaza
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike on a house in Jabalia on Sunday killed Mohammad Morsi, deputy director of the Gaza Civil Emergency Service in the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, and four of his family, health officials said.
The Civil Emergency Service said in a statement that Morsi's death raised to 83 the number of its members killed by Israeli fire since Oct 7.
Gaza war displaces 630,000 students
Israel’s war on the Palestinian enclave disrupts schooling for a second year and more than 630,000 students in Gaza will not be returning to school on Monday, officials said.
Iraq, US agree phased coalition troop pullout: minister
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq and the United States have agreed on a phased pullout of the US-led anti-jihadist coalition but have yet to sign a final agreement, the Iraqi defence minister said Sunday (Sep 8).
The United States has some 2,500 troops in Iraq and 900 in Syria as part of the international coalition against the Islamic State group.
Jordanian gunman kills 3 Israelis at West Bank crossing as Gaza war rages
WEST BANK (AFP) - A truck driver shot dead three Israeli guards at a border crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan Sunday (Sep 8) before being "eliminated", Israel's military said, as it pounded Gaza with new strikes.
Jordan's interior ministry identified the shooter as Jordanian national Maher Diab Hussein al-Jazi, citing "preliminary investigations".
Israel airstrikes in Central Syria kill at least 7 people, says war monitor
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes on Syria's Masyaf region late Sunday killed seven, including three civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The strikes, which destroyed military facilities, wounded at least 15 others, according to the Britain-based monitor with sources inside Syria.
Israeli strikes in central Syria killed at least seven people late Sunday, including three civilians, a war monitor reported.
