LIVE: Israel kills dozens of Palestinians as Gaza war draws global outcry
- At least 66 Palestinians have been killed in relentless Israeli attacks throughout the Gaza Strip, including a deadly strike that killed 11 family members.
- Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza’s largest city continues with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians trapped, starved, and under fire from all sides.
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Iranian security official calls for regional cooperation against ‘Israel’s conspiracies’
A leading Iranian security official has called on countries in the region to put aside their disagreements and cooperate closely in response to Israel’s activity against them.
Ali Larijani, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, made the comments in Lebanon’s capital during a visit to attend the anniversary of Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, The Associated Press reported.
“Today, amid Israel’s conspiracies, regional states should closely cooperate, and even if there were disagreements between them, they should put these disagreements aside,” Larijani said after a meeting with Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.
In a speech at the UN General Assembly on Friday, Netanyahu had detailed attacks his country had carried out against its enemies in the region, including in Iran and Lebanon, as well as in Gaza, Yemen, Syria and Iraq.
Ali Larijani, left, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, speaks with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon [Lebanese Government Press Office handout/AP] - 20m ago(13:30 GMT)
Who was Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s slain leader?
Today is the first anniversary of the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a huge Israeli bombing of southern Beirut.
Here’s a brief look at the life of the Lebanese group’s chief:
- Nasrallah became secretary-general of Hezbollah in 1992, aged just 35, after his predecessor, Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi, was killed in an Israeli helicopter attack.
- With his fiery speeches, he swiftly became the public face of a once-shadowy group founded by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in 1982 to fight Israeli occupation forces.
- He was at the helm when Hezbollah fighters drove Israeli forces from southern Lebanon in 2000, ending an 18-year occupation.
- As his group grew to become Lebanon’s most influential political and military force, it also developed a regional role as the spearhead of Iran’s “axis of resistance”.
- The day after the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Hezbollah entered the fray in solidarity with its Palestinian ally by firing on Israel from southern Lebanon.
A Lebanese man holds a portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah [File: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP]
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More details on recent Israeli attacks on Gaza
- Five people were killed and many wounded in an Israeli bombing in the west of Gaza City.
- Four Palestinians were killed when an Israeli drone struck an animal-drawn cart in the Asdaa area, northwest of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
- Also in the south, two aid seekers were killed by Israeli forces south of Khan Younis.
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Photos: South Africans march for Gaza in Cape Town
Protesters hold placards and Palestinian flags as they march through central Cape Town in a mass rally for Gaza [Rodger Bosch/AFP] 
A South African woman waves a Palestinian flag during the pro-Gaza rally in Cape Town [Rodger Bosch/AFP] 
Thousands of South Africans joined the march for Gaza in Cape Town [Rodger Bosch/AFP] - 50m ago(13:00 GMT)
If you’ve just joined us
Here’s are the latest developments:
- At least 58 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli army fire since dawn, medical sources say.
- A Palestinian journalist was killed when Israeli forces shelled his tent in central Gaza.
- US special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss a US peace proposal for Gaza ahead of a Monday meeting between Trump and the Israeli prime minister.
- The Global Sumud Flotilla has embarked on the final leg of its journey to break Israel’s naval blockade and deliver aid to people in war-battered Gaza.
- The Lebanese group Hezbollah commemorates one year since its then-chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed by Israel in a huge air raid.
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Death toll in Gaza since dawn rises to 66
At least 66 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since the morning, hospital sources have told Al Jazeera.
Among the victims were 36 people killed in besieged Gaza City, along with six aid seekers killed in central and southern Gaza.
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An update on the Global Sumud Flotilla
Just a reminder that the Global Sumud Flotilla is embarking on the final leg of its journey to bring aid to Gaza by breaking Israel’s naval blockade.
- Today, the flotilla – made up of 53 boats from at least 44 countries – set sail off the island of Crete, accompanied by Spanish and Italian navy vessels towards Gaza.
- Onwards, there are no scheduled stops until the Strip, which the crew expects to reach within four days.
- Despite suffering a major engine failure, members of the lead vessel, The Family, redistributed themselves across the remaining boats.
- The group of ships set out late last month from Barcelona, Genoa and Otranto. The journey included stops in Catania, Syros and Tunis.
- Activists have faced drone attacks near Malta and Crete, with explosions reported on several boats.
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