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Lebanese Al-Mayadeen television said two of its employees were killed today in an Israeli attack in the south of the country. They are correspondent Farah Omar and cameraman Rabih Maamari.

The Lebanese National News Agency also reported “the death of three citizens – two journalists and another civilian – in enemy shelling”, which it said occurred in the Tayr Harfa region, close to the blue line drawn by the UN. marks the border between Israel and Lebanon.

Earlier in the day, the IDF said it had exchanged fire with anti-Israel forces in Lebanon.

Tareq Abu Azzoum, a reporter for Al Jazeera from Khan Younis in Gaza, told the network: “Over the past hour, new airstrikes targeted a residential building in the Nuseirat refugee camp, where several Palestinians were injured . The same camp was targeted this morning in an attack that killed 20 Palestinians. In the north, attacks continued near the Indonesian Hospital and Kamal Adwan Hospital.

Israel is once again asking residents of northern Gaza to move to the south of the territory, saying it is opening a corridor via the Salah Al-Din road until 4 p.m. local time (2 p.m. GMT).

The Israeli military’s Arab spokesperson also said “a temporary tactical suspension of military activities” would be in effect until 2 p.m. local time (noon GMT) in the western Tal al-Sultan neighborhood. from Rafah.

United Nations agencies estimate that 1.7 million Palestinians have fled their homes since Israel launched its campaign against Hamas on October 7. A small number of foreign nationals have been able to leave Gaza via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, but the vast majority remain internally displaced while the entire Gaza Strip is bombarded by the air force Israeli and resources are blocked.

German authorities on Tuesday searched the homes of 17 people in the state of Bavaria, accused of spreading anti-Semitic hate speech and threats against Jews online.

According to Bavarian criminal police, the suspects were 15 men and two women, aged between 18 and 62, German news agency dpa reported. Police questioned the suspects and confiscated evidence from their homes, including cell phones and laptops, the agency said.

The suspects allegedly celebrated Hamas’ attacks on Israel on October 7 and spread hate speech against Jewish people on social media, using the symbols of banned terrorist organizations, AP reports.

The police operation focused on the Bavarian capital, Munich.

“Unfortunately, anti-Semitism has an impact on the daily lives of many Jews in Germany,” said Michael Weinzierl, Bavarian police commissioner against hate crimes, “the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel also has an impact on their life in Germany.

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Reuters quickly reported that Lebanese state media was reporting that two journalists and another person had been killed in southern Lebanon, near the UN-drawn border between Israel and Lebanon.

The Israeli military offensive in Gaza has already produced the deadliest month for journalists since statistics began more than thirty years ago.

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Interfax reports that the RussiaEgypt’s Ministry of Emergency Situations said it had delivered more humanitarian aid to Egypt for Gaza, with a plane taking off for El-Arish airport at 6:20 a.m. Moscow time.

The ministry said it has already sent seven shipments, including “mattress, pillows, personal hygiene products, food and baby food.”

Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesperson for the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, spoke to Al Jazeera. He reports that he told them:

Israeli airstrikes this morning targeted the house of the deputy undersecretary of the Ministry of Health. There were 56 members of his family in the house who had been displaced from different areas of Gaza. Rescue teams managed to find 17 bodies while the others are still under the rubble.

The claims have not been independently verified.

The Israeli army issued a statement indicating that exchanges of fire took place above the blue line drawn by the UN between Israel and Lebanon.

On the Telegram messaging application, it was written:

Recently, IDF planes identified and struck three armed terrorist cells in the border area with Lebanon. Additionally, IDF warplanes struck a number of Hezbollah terrorist targets, including military infrastructure and structures used to direct terrorist activities. Recently, terrorists fired mortar shells at an IDF post in northern Israel. No injuries were reported. IDF artillery is currently striking the source of the fire.

Toby Fricker UNICEF spoke to the BBC, saying the agency would act to provide aid to Gaza if there was an agreement on a truce. He told Amman TV:

If there is an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, as Unicef ​​and many others have called for, then yes, then we need to get supplies out as quickly as possible and get them to shelters, to get them to people wherever they are inside Gaza. Getting naked, wherever they need to, which is pretty much everywhere.

A newly formed group of senior officials from several Muslim countries will visit the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and others to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Reuters told Tuesday a source from the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

The group will meet British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday during visits to Britain and France, the source said.

The group includes foreign ministers and representatives from Turkey, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and the Palestinian Authority, as well as the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

“The main objective of the contact group is for a ceasefire to be announced as quickly as possible and for humanitarian aid to be sent to Gaza,” the source told Reuters.