Israel-Palestine conflict: Israel’s military unleashed a new wave of attacks on the southern suburbs of Beirut, causing “massive explosions”, with “flames reaching up to the sky and the sound reverberating” around the Lebanese capital, according to our correspondent.
- A Lebanese security source told Al Jazeera that Hezbollah has lost contact with the chairman of its executive council, Hashem Safieddine, who is widely touted as the group’s potential next leader, since last Friday.
- Tens of thousands of people took to streets in cities across the globe – from Paris, to New York and Cape Town – calling for an end to Israel’s war on Gaza, as the one-year anniversary of the conflict nears.
- In Gaza, at least 41,825 people have been killed and 96,910 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 2023. In Israel, at least 1,139 people were killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 and more than 200 people were taken captive.
- Gold rate today jumps on safe-haven demand, Israel-Iran war in focus
