New analysis by Oxfam reveals that more women and children have been killed in Gaza by the Israeli military in the past year than in any recent conflict over a single year.

Oxfam’s study looked at conflict deaths data over nearly two decades from the UN and Small Arms Survey, with data from AOAV, which shows that Israeli explosive weapons struck civilian infrastructure in Gaza once every three hours on average since the war began.

Conservative data shows that over the past year, more than 6,000 women and 11,000 children were killed in Gaza by the Israeli military. By comparison, the Small Arms Survey estimates that previously the highest number of women killed in a single year was over 2,600 in Iraq in 2016.

A report from Every Casualty Counts revealed that over the first 2.5 years of the Syrian conflict, an average of 4,700 children were killed annually.

UN reports on Children and Armed Conflict over the last 18 years indicate that no other conflict has resulted in a higher number of child deaths in a single year.

• Homes were hit every four hours, on avergae
• Temporary shelters every 17 hours, on average
• Schools and hospitals every four days, on average
• Aid distribution points and warehouses every 15 days, on average.

By Suadad al-Salhy in Baghdad. Published date: 3 October 2024 16:10 BST

By MEE staff Published date: 3 October 2024 17:32 BST

Middle East: "Raging fires are fast becoming an inferno" - UN Chief's Briefing | United Nations
(YouTube, 2024-10-02)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pIHOXNrU4w

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Family: Dearborn man trying to help others is killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon
（Detroit News, 2024-10-02）

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2024/10/02/family-dearborn-man-helping-others-is-killed-in-israeli-strike-in-lebanon/75489098007/

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"Hajj Kamel Ahmad Jawad died in his hometown of Nabatieh, Lebanon, while trying to save and comfort others, according to an Instagram post from Jawad's daughter, Nadine Jawad."

https://aje.io/l9o832?update=3218560 (Al Jazeera Live Update)

"When asked about reports of an American killed in Lebanon, a State Department spokesperson said: 'It’s our understanding that it was a legal permanent resident, not an American citizen [who was killed in Lebanon] but we obviously offer our sincerest condolences to the family.'”

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30176253

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Hezbollah leader Syyed Hassan Nasrallah to flee Lebanon days before he was killed in an Israeli strike and is now deeply worried about Israeli infiltration of senior government ranks in Tehran, three Iranian sources said.

In the immediate aftermath of the attack on Hezbollah's booby-trapped pagers on Sept. 17, Khamenei sent a message with an envoy to beseech the Hezbollah secretary general to leave for Iran, citing intelligence reports that suggested Israel had operatives within Hezbollah and was planning to kill him, one of the sources, a senior Iranian official, told Reuters.

The messenger, the official said, was a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan, who was with Nasrallah in his bunker when it was hit by Israeli bombs and was also killed.

By MEE staff. Published date: 2 October 2024 11:34 BST

According to a senior Teledyne manager, contamination of their clean rooms could stop production for up to 12 months.

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Israel's foreign minister announced Wednesday that U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has been declared "persona non grata" and barred from entering Israel.

Foreign Minister Israel Katz accused Guterres of bias, citing his failure to condemn Iran's recent attack on Israel.

"Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran's heinous attack on Israel does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil."

"This is an Israel-hating Secretary-General, who gives support to terrorists," he said.

By Yasmine El-Sabawi in Washington
Published date: 19 September 2024 20:48 BST

Two injured in Jordan by shrapnel during Iran's attack on Israel
(Middle East Eye, 2024-10-01)

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/two-injured-jordan-shrapnel-during-iran-attack-israel
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"Missile interceptions were reported over Jordan's skies during the attack.

"The interior ministry said shrapnel fell in the capital Amman, and the cities of Balqa, Zarqa, Madaba, and Karak."

I've been wondering what happens to the rest of "succesfully" intercepted missiles... 🤔

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By John McAulay September 29, 2024

Israeli strikes kill three civilians in Syria’s Damascus, state TV says
(Al Jazeera, 2024-10-01)

https://aje.io/cwoxdo
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Damascus??

"Three civilians have been killed and nine others wounded in Israeli strikes on Syria’s capital Damascus, state-run media has reported.

"The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) earlier reported that its television anchor Safaa Ahmad was killed on Tuesday in “treacherous Israeli aggression” targeting the Syrian capital."

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By Umar A Farooq in Washington
Published date: 30 September 2024 11:01 BST

Juan Cole 09/29/2024
[contains a lot of information on recent history of Lebanon]

Trita Parsi
Sep 29, 2024

Trita Parsi is the Executive VP of the Quincy Institute and an award-winning author. Washingtonian Magazine has named him one of the 25 most influential voices on foreign policy. Noam Chomsky calls him "one of the most distinguished scholars on Iran"