Qatari Al Jazeera TV’s bureau in Ramallah was stormed by Israeli forces with a military order to close it for 45 days. This move was condemned by the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate as a violation of media freedom. In the past, an Israeli raid on Al Jazeera’s office in Jerusalem resulted in the closure of the TV station’s local operations for national security reasons. Tensions in the region are high, with the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel approaching.
In more recent developments, Palestinians reported that an Israeli strike killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children, in a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City. The Israeli military claimed the attack targeted a Hamas command center. In Lebanon, an Israeli airstrike targeting Hezbollah commanders resulted in the deaths of at least 37 people, including senior leader Ibrahim Aqil and another commander. This incident was described as the deadliest strike in nearly a year of conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.
Overall, the situation in the Middle East remains volatile, with ongoing violence and conflict posing a threat to civilians and exacerbating tensions between different factions in the region.
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