Lebanon | Israeli strikes left 60 dead in the last 24 hours
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*Israeli shelling puts 200,000 civilians at risk of death.
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00:00In Lebanon, the health ministry confirmed the killing of at least 60 people during the
00:04last 24 hours amid ongoing Israeli shelling in the south.
00:08The crisis response unit also reported 168 people injured in the Syrian regime's onslaught.
00:13Although it is detailed that more than 57 airstrikes were recorded against different
00:17areas south of Beirut and the Bekaa Valley.
00:20To date, the Lebanese government reports 1.2 million people displaced due to the Tel Aviv
00:25regime's aggressions.
00:31On Saturday, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baghdad Khalibaf expressed his solidarity
00:36with the people of Lebanon.
00:37Following continuous Israeli aggressions against their territory, Iranian lawmakers arrived
00:42in the city of Beirut on a plane that he flew himself amid threats and constant shelling
00:47from Israel.
00:48Barakir Khalibaf visited the houses, buildings and streets destroyed in southern Beirut resulting
00:54from the escalation by Israel.
00:56The Iranian lawmaker also met with Lebanese Interim Prime Minister Najib Moukkadi to discuss
01:01issues of mutual interest including rising tensions in the Middle East.
01:06I have come to deliver a message from the leader of the Islamic Revolution and from
01:14the President of the Republic of Iran to the Lebanese people and to the resistance as it's
01:19always been the case.
01:20We stand with the Lebanese people and with the Lebanese government.
01:25The United Nations reported on Friday that the World Food Programme has been unable to
01:29get food in Lebanon for more than seven days.
01:33The international organization pointed out that vital aid lines in Palestine have been
01:38cut off in the north of the Strip, preventing access to food and affecting more than one
01:42million people in the region.
01:43The United Nations warned that the distribution of the last food reserved to displaced families
01:48will barely last two weeks.
01:50It also reported that due to the limitation, distribution points and bakeries in northern
01:54Gaza have been forced to close and others are at risk of doing so.
02:04And in Palestine, Israeli bombardments and the humanitarian crisis put more than 200,000
02:08civilians at risk of death in Jabalia.
02:11Palestinian civil defense reported that Israeli occupation forces prohibited the entry of
02:14food, fuel and medical supplies, aggravating the situation for refugees in the area.
02:20It also denounced the new evacuation orders for Palestinian residents in the area as they
02:24consider that there are no safe places left in Gaza and that the occupation is carrying
02:29out attacks against residential areas, medical centers and mosques, which represents a clear
02:34violation of international humanitarian law.
02:37In this regard, the civil defense urged the international community to fulfill its humanitarian
02:41obligations and take immediate measures to stop the Israeli aggression against Palestinian
02:46citizens.
02:51And in Italy, on Saturday, social movements and human rights defenders spoke out against
02:58the Israeli genocide endured by the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
03:02Italians took part in a mobilization to defend the Palestinian cause and demand an end to
03:07the war in Gaza.
03:09Demonstrators gathered at squares in Rome carrying Palestinian and Lebanese flags, chanted
03:14patriotic songs and delivered speeches in remembrance of the Palestinians killed by
03:18Israel.
03:20Others denounced the many civilian fatalities in this conflict, with most of them being
03:24women and children.