HEADLINES:
* Officially.. Israel takes “legal” action against the French President*
* The most violent escalation.. 3 Lebanese soldiers killed and Israel reaches the stage of “destroying Hezbollah”*
* The day after the “assassination attempt”, Netanyahu speaks to Trump*
* Hebrew media: Shin Bet chief meets Egyptian intelligence chief to discuss detainees deal*
* Hamas: The Generals’ Plan Is a Complete Recipe for Extermination*
* Safadi: The horror committed by “Israel” in northern Gaza is a war crime that humanity should not tolerate*
* Statement issued by the Palestinian resistance factions*
* King: It is necessary to stop all extremist “Israeli” hostilities against the Palestinians*
* Foreign Ministry: Safadi conveys verbal message from King to Assad on resolving Syrian crisis*
* Roya correspondent: Ben Gvir storms the Western Wall area in Al-Aqsa Mosque*
* Mass rally and funeral prayer in absentia for Sinwar in Istanbul (Watch)…*
* The President of the State discusses “regional developments” with the President of the European Commission*
* The death toll from the Israeli aggression on Lebanon rises to 2,464 dead and 11,530 injured*
* How much did Israel pay to assassinate Hassan Nasrallah and his successor?
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-10-20)
The Israeli army announced on Sunday that an army officer with the rank of colonel was killed and another was seriously wounded during military operations in the northern Gaza Strip.
He was recruited into the Israeli army’s armored corps in 2001.
He was killed on Sunday when the tank he was in ran over an explosive device north of Gaza, while another officer was seriously wounded in the incident.
During the war between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah in the summer of 2006, Dexa commanded an independent armored force operating under the Israeli army’s Paratroopers Brigade, according to Haaretz.
Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a statement: "The movement of Palestinian residents from the Jabaliya area continues, with more than 5,000 Palestinians having moved from the area so far.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday he had ordered his ministry to begin legal action against French President Emmanuel Macron for barring Israeli companies from participating in an upcoming naval and military trade fair in France.
The decision to bar Israeli companies is the latest in a row fueled by Macron’s government’s concern over Israel’s actions in the Gaza and Lebanon wars.
It said seven companies would be affected by the decision.
“I have directed the Foreign Ministry to take legal and diplomatic action against the French president… for the decision to ban Israeli companies from exhibiting at the Euronaval Salon in Paris next month,” Katz said in a statement on the social media platform X, according to Reuters.
“Boycotting Israeli companies for the second time or imposing unacceptable conditions are unacceptable, undemocratic measures between two friendly countries… I urge President Macron to rescind them completely,” he added.
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The number of Lebanese army soldiers killed in Israeli raids since September 23 has risen to 8, according to an army statement.
These raids displaced residents and caused significant destruction in the tents, according to the National News Agency, noting that the targeting of the city of Nabatieh on Sunday is the third since the end of last week.
For its part, the Israeli army announced that it had raided a "command center" and an underground weapons facility for Hezbollah in Beirut.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant told soldiers of the "98th Division" on Sunday that the Israeli army, in all Lebanese border villages, has moved to the stage of "destroying the enemy" by "blowing up tunnels, blowing up ammunition depots, and dismantling Hezbollah."
At the same time, Hezbollah announced on Sunday that it had bombarded a military base east of the city of Safed in northern Israel with missiles, as part of a series of operations it claimed to have carried out against gatherings of Israeli soldiers and sites.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday that he had spoken with former US President Donald Trump.
The office added, in a statement published by Reuters, that Netanyahu reiterated what he has also said publicly, that "Israel takes into account the issues raised by the US administration, but will ultimately make its decisions based on its national interests."
This comes a day after what was described as an assassination attempt on the Israeli prime minister, when a drone hit his home in the city of Caesarea, while he and his wife (Sara) were not there.
After the attack, Netanyahu said in a statement that "the Iranian agents who tried to assassinate me, my wife, today (Saturday) made a big mistake," adding, "I say to the Iranians and their partners in the axis of evil: Anyone who harms the citizens of the State of Israel will pay a heavy price."
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Bar stressed during the meeting the pivotal role played by Egypt in the efforts aimed at reopening negotiations on the prisoners’ deal. The Hebrew website “Walla” revealed on Sunday that the head of the “Israeli” Shin Bet, Ronen Bar, met in Cairo with the new head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service, Hassan Mahmoud Rashad, to discuss renewing negotiations on the deal for the hostages held in Gaza.
Read also: Hamas: The generals’ plan is a recipe for complete genocide The website indicated, quoting an informed source, that the meeting came less than a week after Rashad was appointed to his new position, and following the martyrdom of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during a clash with the occupation forces in the Gaza Strip.
The source added that Bar stressed during the meeting the pivotal role played by Egypt in the efforts aimed at reopening negotiations on the prisoners’ deal.
It is noteworthy that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi recently issued a decision appointing Rashad as a successor to Major General Abbas Kamel as head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service.
Read also: Details of the killing of the highest-ranking military officer in the occupation army since the start of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip. In the same context, American and Western officials believe that the martyrdom of Sinwar represents a real opportunity to reach an agreement regarding the detainees, in addition to the possibility of negotiating a ceasefire.
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Hamas: The suspicious international silence is an actual participation in the crimes of the occupation The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) confirmed that the international silence regarding the Israeli occupation’s implementation of the generals’ plan is an actual participation in the crime against the Palestinian people.
The movement called on the international community to take urgent action to stop the ongoing massacres against civilians in the northern Gaza Strip.
Read also: Resistance factions in Gaza announce the implementation of qualitative operations and precise ambushes In this context, Hebrew media revealed that the head of the "Israeli" Shabak made a secret visit to Cairo, where he met with the head of Egyptian intelligence to discuss renewing negotiations on the situation in Gaza.
Read also: Hebrew sources: The commander of the 401st Brigade in the occupation army was killed in battles in Jabalia For its part, Hamas described the generals’ plan that the occupation government is trying to implement as a "complete genocide recipe" and a "criminal forced displacement operation", stressing that these measures aim to eliminate the Palestinian presence in the Strip.
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Safadi called for urgent international action to stop the aggression, stressing the need to impose an arms embargo and effective sanctions against "Israel".
Read also: Details of the verbal message conveyed by Safadi from the King to the Syrian President Safadi pointed out that Tel Aviv is starving hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, bombing and destroying entire neighborhoods, killing displaced children and destroying hospitals, with the aim of terrorizing the population and forcing them to flee their homeland.
He called on the international community and the Security Council not to allow this "brutal crime" to continue even for a minute, stressing that failure to stop the massacre will constitute a stain on all of humanity.
Safadi added that Israel continues to commit war crimes due to the absence of international accountability, noting that the state of impunity must end.
He stressed the need to protect Palestinian children from killing, prevent the destruction of schools and hospitals, calling on the international community to take immediate action to protect the innocent, stop ethnic cleansing operations, and implement international law to ensure justice.
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Resistance factions: Promoting lies is a stab in the back to the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples. The joint room of the Palestinian resistance factions issued a statement condemning the participation of Arab satellite channels in adopting and broadcasting suspicious narratives that serve the agenda of the Israeli occupation and demonize the resistance and its popular incubator. Read also: Secret session of the US House of Representatives on leaking intelligence information about "Israel" and Iran. The resistance factions said that giving war criminals and Arab figures hostile to the resistance a wide space to promote their lies and blocking those who express the living conscience of the nation is a stab in the back to the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples in the battle to defend dignity and freedom and serves the war of genocide against them. Read also: Hebrew media: Sirens sounded in large areas of occupied Palestine. The statement added: "It is shameful and painful that some Arab channels pretend to adopt neutrality in the face of massacres that are unparalleled in modern history and are being committed by the occupation army on Arab lands against the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples." At the same time, the resistance factions praised the professional performance of the satellite channels that side with the truth, do justice to the victim, and distinguish between enemy and friend.
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-10-20)
His Majesty King Abdullah II stressed, during his meeting with a delegation from the US House Appropriations Committee on Sunday, the need to stop all extremist Israeli hostilities against the Palestinians, which will lead to expanding the circle of conflict.
His Majesty warned of the consequences of continued violations of Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.
His Majesty called for enhancing the humanitarian response in Gaza and ensuring the delivery of relief and medical aid.
His Majesty warned of the dire consequences of the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Gaza, noting the importance of continuing to support international relief organizations and enabling them to provide services and aid in the Strip.
The meeting was attended by the Director of His Majesty’s Office, Eng. Alaa Batayneh, and US Ambassador to Jordan Yael Lambert.
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Safadi to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during visitSafadi to hold talks with his Syrian counterpart Bassam al-SabbaghDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi arrived in Damascus on Sunday on an official visit during which he will meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Read also: Jordan condemns the occupation’s bombing of a residential area in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza StripThe "Foreign Ministry" added that Safadi will meet with the Syrian president, where he will convey a verbal message from His Majesty King Abdullah II regarding efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis and address all its consequences, as well as a number of bilateral issues and the situation in the region.
Safadi also discussed with his Syrian counterpart resolving the Syrian crisis, the refugee issue, and combating drug smuggling.
The Foreign Ministry said via the "X" website that Safadi will hold talks with Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Bassam al-Sabbagh during the visit.
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Hundreds of settlers storm the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and perform Talmudic prayers during the morning hours of Sunday "Jerusalem Endowments": 1066 settlers have stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque since Sunday morning "Roya" correspondent reported that the Minister of National Security of the Israeli occupation entity, Itamar Ben Gvir, stormed the area of the Buraq Wall in Al-Aqsa Mosque, on the fourth day of what is called the Jewish "Feast of Tabernacles".
Read also: American media: A major security breach is possible regarding Tel Aviv’s preparations to launch an attack on Iran Meanwhile, hundreds of settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and performed Talmudic prayers during the morning hours, under heavy protection from the Israeli occupation forces.
One of the settlers blew the trumpet, and others performed what is called "epic prostration" in the courtyards of the mosque.
In turn, the Ministry of Endowments in Jerusalem announced that 1066 settlers stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque since Sunday morning.
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-10-20)
Hundreds of people took part in a mass rally in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, to reject the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and to condemn the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. The rally, which was held in the Basaksehir area, which is home to a large Arab community, also saw the funeral prayer held in the vicinity of the area’s central mosque. Participants in the rally raised pictures of Sinwar, and the flags of Palestine and Turkey, and chanted slogans condemning the aggression on Gaza and Lebanon. In the same area, a mourning ceremony was held for the martyrdom of Yahya Sinwar, as Turkey is home to a large Palestinian community. Sinwar was martyred last Thursday during a clash with Israeli occupation forces in the Tel al-Sultan area of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
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His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, may God protect him, discussed, during a phone call with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, various aspects of relations between the UAE and the European Union and its members, and ways to enhance and develop them, in a way that achieves the common interests of both sides.
His Highness the President of the State and the President of the European Commission reviewed, during the phone call, a number of regional and international issues of common interest, most notably the latest developments in the Middle East.
His Highness said: "We look forward to increasing our trade and investment relations, and exploring new opportunities and ways to enhance the partnership between our countries and peoples."
For her part, the President of the European Commission expressed her appreciation for the UAE’s positions in support of regional stability, and its humanitarian efforts and initiatives in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, noting the fruitful cooperation between the UAE and the European Union and its institutions in various fields.
Mohamed bin Zayed: We look forward to increasing our trade and investment relations and exploring new opportunities and ways to enhance the partnership between our countries and peoples.
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-10-20)
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, may God protect him, discussed, during a phone call with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, various aspects of relations between the UAE and the European Union and its members, and ways to enhance and develop them, in a way that achieves the common interests of both sides.
His Highness the President of the State and the President of the European Commission reviewed, during the phone call, a number of regional and international issues of common interest, most notably the latest developments in the Middle East.
His Highness said: "We look forward to increasing our trade and investment relations, and exploring new opportunities and ways to enhance the partnership between our countries and peoples."
For her part, the President of the European Commission expressed her appreciation for the UAE’s positions in support of regional stability, and its humanitarian efforts and initiatives in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, noting the fruitful cooperation between the UAE and the European Union and its institutions in various fields.
Mohamed bin Zayed: We look forward to increasing our trade and investment relations and exploring new opportunities and ways to enhance the partnership between our countries and peoples.
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-10-20)
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, may God protect him, discussed, during a phone call with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, various aspects of relations between the UAE and the European Union and its members, and ways to enhance and develop them, in a way that achieves the common interests of both sides.
His Highness the President of the State and the President of the European Commission reviewed, during the phone call, a number of regional and international issues of common interest, most notably the latest developments in the Middle East.
His Highness said: "We look forward to increasing our trade and investment relations, and exploring new opportunities and ways to enhance the partnership between our countries and peoples."
For her part, the President of the European Commission expressed her appreciation for the UAE’s positions in support of regional stability, and its humanitarian efforts and initiatives in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, noting the fruitful cooperation between the UAE and the European Union and its institutions in various fields.
Mohamed bin Zayed: We look forward to increasing our trade and investment relations and exploring new opportunities and ways to enhance the partnership between our countries and peoples.
ARTICLE SUMMARY (2024-10-20)
Arab and International0The death toll from the Israeli aggression on Lebanon has risen to 2,464 dead and 11,530 injuredLebanonBeirut – QNAThe death toll from the Israeli aggression on Lebanon has risen to 2,464 dead and 11,530 injured.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health stated in a statement today that the death toll yesterday, Saturday, reached 16 dead and 59 injured, including: 11 dead and 27 injured in the south, 5 dead and 23 injured in Nabatieh and 9 injured in the Bekaa.
Lebanon has been subjected to Israeli aggression since October 2023, but in recent days the Israeli entity has increased the pace of aerial and artillery bombardment in an unprecedented manner, and expanded the scope of its targeting to extend to the capital, Beirut, which led to the killing and wounding of thousands of Lebanese, in addition to forcing more than a million people to flee their homes.
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Arab and International 202 How much did Israel pay to assassinate Hassan Nasrallah and his successor? Doha – Asharq website An official Israeli military source revealed that the cost of the war on Gaza and Lebanon in the last fifty days amounted to about 67.75 billion dollars, of which about 12.2 million dollars were for the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah and his successor. The Ynet website quoted the source as saying: “The cost of the large bombs, each weighing a ton, that Israel dropped on the southern suburbs of Beirut in 10 seconds to assassinate Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, amounted to 25 million shekels ($6.7 million), and the cost of assassinating his successor candidate, Hashem Safieddine, amounted to 20 million shekels ($5.5 million). The military source added that “the cost of one day of fighting was approximately 400 million shekels (about 108.4 million dollars), and that this cost has exceeded half a billion shekels ($135 million) since the start of the ground invasion of southern Lebanon, and is expected to rise even more soon.
The cost of the war on Gaza has increased following the intensive military operations carried out by the Israeli army in the northern Gaza Strip in the past two weeks, and the call-up of more reserve forces, according to the Alhurra website.
It is worth noting that the assassination of Nasrallah took place in only 12 seconds, while the assassination of Hashem Safieddine took a little more time.
