Live Updates: Casualties as Israel strikes parts of West Bank and Gaza

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

0306 GMT — Israel has killed five Palestinians in its air strike on Tubas in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.

Its crews were able to retrieve the bodies of five people from the bombing site, and they were transferred to the hospital, the Red Crescent added.

Israel killed at least nine Palestinians and wounded many in besieged Gaza, with many still missing following an air strike on a house belonging to the Najjar family on Old Gaza Street in Jabalia, north of Gaza.

2236 GMT — Türkiye says closing ranks 'a must' to stop genocide in Palestine

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said that "at a time when the international system is failing to stop the genocide in Palestine, uniting and acting together are not optional but a must."

Earlier, Fidan attended the 162nd session of the Arab League's Council of Foreign Ministers in the Egyptian capital of Cairo and met with his counterparts on the sidelines of the meeting.

He met with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Tunisian counterpart Mohamed Ali Nafti and Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi.

Fidan said his meetings with Prince Faisal, Nafti and Safadi primarily focused on the Gaza crisis and potential steps to address the genocide in Palestine.

2201 GMT — Canada blocks weapons sales to Israel

Canada has suspended some 30 permits for arms shipments to Israel, including a rare move against a US company's Canadian subsidiary's deal with the US government, the foreign minister said.

Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said she had ordered a review of all Canadian weapons suppliers' contracts with Israel and other countries.

"Following that, I suspended this summer around 30 existing permits of Canadian companies," she said.

2100 GMT — Biden terms Israeli murder of Turkish-US activist an 'accident'

US President Joe Biden appeared to be absolving Israel in the murder of Turkish-American peace activist, adopting Israeli version of the incident and calling the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli troops as an "accident".

"Apparently, it was an accident — it [the bullet] ricocheted off the ground, and she got hit by accident," Biden told reporters, hours after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the killing was "unprovoked and unjustified."

Eygi, 26, a dual US and Turkish national, was shot in the head by Israeli troops last Friday during a protest against illegal Israeli settlements in Beita, a town just outside the city of Nablus.

2028 GMT — ICC urged to issue arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has urged the court's Pre-Trial Chamber to issue arrest warrants "with utmost urgency" for hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.

The arrest warrants are "necessary to ensure that they do not obstruct or endanger the investigation or court proceedings, prevent the continuing commission of the crimes alleged and/or the commission of other Rome Statute crimes," Karim Khan wrote.

2017 GMT — Aid convoy held at gunpoint by Israel in Gaza

A UN convoy carrying workers for a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza was held at gunpoint at an Israeli military checkpoint, a UN spokesman said, adding that shots were fired and its vehicles were rammed by a bulldozer.

Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, called the incident, which occurred on Monday, "the latest example of the unacceptable dangers and impediment that humanitarian personnel in Gaza are experiencing" by Israeli forces.

He said the convoy was carrying 12 staff members on their way to support the polio campaign in the northern part of Gaza.

2017 GMT — French prosecutors reject torture complaint against soldier

French prosecutors have rejected a criminal complaint that accused a French Israeli soldier of participating in torture and genocide against Palestinians.

French media, citing judicial sources, reported that the French National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) reviewed the case on September 2 and dismissed the complaint because there was insufficient evidence.

The soldier, who holds dual citizenship, was serving in besieged Gaza.

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