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- Israel brushes aside global calls for a ceasefire with Hezbollah and continues a fierce bombing campaign that’s killed hundreds in Lebanon and raised fears of a full-blown Middle East war.
- At least 36 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes over the past 24 hours, including 15 in the latest attack on a school sheltering war-displaced civilians in northern Jabalia.
- US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the United States will continue to back Israel as Tel Aviv secures a new $8.7bn military assistance package from Washington, dismissing “red lines” for its assaults on Gaza and Lebanon.
- Gaza authorities are trying to deal with a truck container carrying 88 unidentifiable bodies returned by Israel, denouncing the “inhumane and immoral way” it treats dead Palestinians.
- At least 41,534 people have been killed and 96,092 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. In Israel, the number killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is at least 1,139, while more than 200 people were taken captive.