Alperen Aktas
30 September 2024•Update: 30 September 2024
ISTANBUL
Here is a rundown of all the news you need to start your Monday with, including Lebanon saying around 1 million people have been displaced due to Israeli attacks, 70 people being killed in an intense Israeli bombardment of Lebanon on Sunday, and the Kremlin saying that an updated version of Russia’s nuclear doctrine will be formalized.
TOP STORIES
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said that around one million people have been displaced due to Israeli attacks.
"Lebanon is experiencing the largest wave of displacement in its history,” he told a press conference following a meeting of the government’s emergency committee in Beirut.
“Our priority is to stop the ongoing Israeli aggression through continued diplomatic efforts. We have no other choice,” he noted.
- 70 killed in intense Israeli bombardment of Lebanon on Sunday
At least 70 people were killed and 80 others injured in Israeli air attacks Sunday on various areas of Lebanon, according to an Anadolu tally confirmed through official sources, including state media and the Health Ministry.
Israeli airstrikes on Baalbek-Hermel province resulted in an initial toll of 21 deaths and 47 injured.
In Sidon, 24 people were killed and 29 injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential building in the village of Ain El-Delb.
The Kremlin said an updated version of Russia’s nuclear doctrine has been prepared and will be formalized.
“The adjustments have been prepared. Now it will be formalized. The main principles, the main approaches have been outlined,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin, a part of which was shared on his Telegram channel.
Peskov said new international developments have “made it necessary” to make adjustments to the country’s nuclear doctrine.
NEWS IN BRIEF
- The Israeli army is preparing for a "limited” ground operation in Lebanon, public broadcaster KAN said, as the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has further inflamed tensions in the Middle East.
- At least four people were killed and 49 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on the western Yemeni city of Al Hudaydah, the Houthi group said.
- As many as 14 paramedics were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon in the past two days, the Health Ministry said.
- Pope Francis said Israel's attacks in Gaza and Lebanon are "immoral" and "disproportionate."
- Russia claimed it downed 125 Ukrainian drones over seven regions that were launched overnight.
- The Lebanese group Hezbollah confirmed that its military commander Nabil Qaouk was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut.
- The Israeli army said it carried out a “precise” strike in the southern suburb of Beirut, marking a 7th day of military escalation against Lebanon.
- At least 816 people, including women and children, have been killed and 2,507 others injured in ongoing Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon since Sept. 23, according to an Anadolu tally based on figures released by the Lebanese Health Ministry.
- Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's newly elected ruling party leader and soon-to-be prime minister, has decided to hold a general election on Oct. 27.
- Egypt has lost $6 billion in Suez Canal revenue due to escalating geopolitical tensions in the region, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said.
- Three Palestinians were wounded by the Israeli army during a military raid in the West Bank city of Tubas, according to the Red Crescent Society.
- The US State Department announced Saturday that the highest Level 4 travel warning for Lebanon remains in effect due to a "volatile and unpredictable security situation," directing family members of embassy staff and non-essential personnel to leave the country.
- Azerbaijan said its military positions in the country’s autonomous Nakhchivan exclave were fired upon by Armenia.
- Six Palestinians were killed and several others injured as Israeli airstrikes hit residential homes in multiple areas across the Gaza Strip.
- Unidentified gunmen killed seven laborers and injured another in a terrorist attack in southwest Pakistan.
SPORTS
Tottenham Hotspur shocked Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford in an English Premier League week 6 game.
Brennan Johnson's goal from very close range brought an early lead to the visitors in the third minute at Old Trafford.
United's Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes was sent off with a red card in the 42nd minute, and the first half ended 1-0.
