Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the militant group's heaviest barrages in months, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut. This comes as the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called for an "immediate ceasefire" in the Israel-Hezbollah war while on a visit to the Lebanese capital for talks. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Sunday it launched missiles at an Israeli army intelligence base in the Tel Aviv suburbs in the second such attack on and near the city.
The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called for an "immediate ceasefire" in the Israel-Hezbollah war while on a visit to the Lebanese capital for talks.
The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders to residents in areas of an eastern Gaza City suburb.
Israel 'moving towards' ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, Axios reports
Israel is moving towards a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon with the Hezbollah militant group, Axios reporter Barak Ravid posted on X on Sunday, citing a senior Israeli official.
A separate report from Israel's public broadcaster Kan, citing an Israeli official, said there was no green light given on an agreement in Lebanon, with issues still yet to be resolved.
White House says US working with UAE, Israel after killing of rabbi
The White House said on Sunday it was working in close coordination with Israel and the United Arab Emirates after what it described as the murder of rabbi Zvi Kogan in the Gulf country.
"We condemn in the strongest terms the murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the UAE and our prayers are with his family," White House National Security Council spokesperson Sean Savett said.
Iran says will hold nuclear talks with France, Germany, UK on Friday
Iran said on Sunday that it would hold nuclear talks in the coming days with the three European countries that initiated a censure resolution against it adopted by the UN's atomic watchdog.
Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Iran, France, Germany and the United Kingdom would take place on Friday, without specifying a venue.
"A range of regional and international issues and topics, including the issues of Palestine and Lebanon, as well as the nuclear issue, will be discussed," the spokesman said in a foreign ministry statement.
Baghaei described the upcoming meeting as a continuation of talks held with the countries in September on the sidelines of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
On Thursday, the 35-nation board of governors of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a resolution denouncing Iran for what it called a lack of cooperation.
The move came as tensions ran high over Iran's atomic programme, which critics fear is aimed at developing a nuclear weapon -- something Tehran has repeatedly denied.
War-hit Lebanon suspends in-person classes in Beirut area til end of December
Lebanon has suspended in-person classes in the Beirut area until the end of December, the education ministry announced Sunday, citing safety concerns after a series of Israeli air strikes this week.
Education Minister Abbas Halabi announced in a statement "the suspension of in-person teaching" in schools, technical institutes and private higher education institutions in Beirut and parts of the neighbouring Metn, Baabda and Shouf districts starting Monday "for the safety of students, educational institutions and parents, in light of the current dangerous conditions".
Iran denies involvement in murder of Israeli rabbi in UAE
Iran rejects allegations that it was involved in the murder of Israeli rabbi Zvi Kogan in the United Arab Emirates, Iran's embassy in Abu Dhabi said in a statement to Reuters on Sunday.
Hezbollah fires about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in heaviest barrage in weeks
Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the militant group's heaviest barrages in months, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut while negotiators pressed on with cease-fire efforts to halt the all-out war.
Some of the rockets reached the Tel Aviv area in the heart of Israel.
UAE arrests three suspects in killing of Israeli-Moldovan rabbi, state news agency says
The United Arab Emirates said Sunday it arrested three people for the murder of an Israeli rabbi, which Israel has condemned as an anti-Semitic "terrorist attack".
"The Ministry of Interior announced that the UAE authorities have arrested in record time the three perpetrators involved in the murder" of Tzvi Kogan, a statement carried by the official WAM news agency said.
Israeli attacks kill 84 in Lebanon on Saturday, health ministry says
Israeli attacks killed 84 in Lebanon on Saturday, taking the death toll to 3,754 and 15,626 injured since October 2023, the Lebanese health ministry reported on Sunday.
Lebanon raises toll to 29 killed in central Beirut Israeli strike
Lebanon's health ministry said on Sunday that the Israeli strike on central Beirut's working-class Basta district a day earlier killed at least 29 people, updating an earlier toll.
"The Israeli enemy strike on Basta al-Fawqa in Beirut killed, in an updated but still not final toll, 29 people and wounded 67 others," the ministry said in a statement.
"Rubble is still being removed" from the strike site, it added.
Hezbollah fires more than 180 rockets and other projectiles into Israel, wounding at least 7
Hezbollah fired at least 185 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in the militant group's heaviest barrage in several days, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut while negotiators pressed on with ceasefire efforts to halt the all-out war.
Meanwhile, an Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center killed one soldier and wounded 18 others on the southwestern coastal road between Tyre and Naqoura, Lebanon's military said. Israel's military expressed regret and said the strike occurred in an area of combat against Hezbollah, adding that its operations are directed solely against the militants. The strike was under review.
Israeli strikes have killed over 40 Lebanese troops since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah, even as Lebanon's military has largely kept to the sidelines.
Iran is preparing to 'respond' to Israel, says adviser to Supreme Leader
Iran is preparing to "respond" to Israel, Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to the country's supreme leader, said in an interview published by Iran's Tasnim news agency on Sunday.
On October 26, Israeli fighter jets carried out three waves of attacks on Iranian military targets, a few weeks after Iran fired a barrage of about 200 ballistic missiles against Israel. Iran has previously vowed to respond to Israel's attacks.
EU urges immediate halt to Israel-Hezbollah war
Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell called for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war while on a visit to Lebanon on Sunday, as the militant group claimed a wave of cross-border attacks.
Earlier this week, US special envoy Amos Hochstein said in Lebanon that a truce deal was "within our grasp", and then headed to Israel for talks with officials there.
Israel records 160 launches from Lebanon as Hezbollah targets Tel Aviv, south
Israel's army said Hezbollah fired around 160 projectiles into its territory from Lebanon on Sunday, with the militant group saying its attacks had targeted the Tel Aviv area and Israel's south.
The Iran-backed group said in a statement that it had "launched, for the first time, an aerial attack using a swarm of attack drones on the Ashdod naval base" in southern Israel.
Later, it said it fired "a barrage of advanced missiles and a swarm of attack drones" at a "military target" in Tel Aviv, and had also launched a volley of missiles at the Glilot army intelligence base in the city's suburbs.
Netanyahu says Israel will 'use all means' to deal with killers of rabbi in UAE
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would “use all means” to deal with the murderers of an Israeli rabbi killed in an “abhorrent anti-Semitic” attack in the UAE.
“The murder of an Israeli citizen and a Chabad emissary is an abhorrent anti-Semitic terrorist attack,” Netanyahu said during a cabinet meeting, referring to Tzvi Kogan, who was living and working in the Gulf state on behalf of an international religious Jewish movement.
“The State of Israel will use all means, and will deal with these murderers, and those who dispatched them, to the fullest extent of the law.”
Police in Jordan kill a gunman in a shootout near the Israeli Embassy
Police in Jordan shot and killed a man after he opened fire near the Israeli Embassy early on Sunday, authorities said.
Three police officers were wounded in the shootout in the Rabiah neighborhood of the capital, Amman. Authorities did not identify the shooter or say what his motive was.
Jordan is a close Western ally that made peace with Israel in 1994. But Israel’s devastating offensive in the Gaza Strip, launched after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, has strained relations.
Jordan has a large Palestinian population and has seen repeated protests outside the Israeli Embassy, with demonstrators sometimes clashing with police.
Israel's Netanyahu condemns settler violence on IDF in West Bank
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu condemned on Sunday Jewish settlers who attacked senior Israeli military officers including Major General Avi Bluth, the head of the army’s Central Command in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli army said that a group of settlers trailed Bluth and other officers in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday, blocked their exit and hurled abuse at them. It added that five rioters had been arrested.
“All violence directed against IDF officers and soldiers must be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement.
Hezbollah says targeted Israeli intelligence base in Tel Aviv suburbs
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched missiles at an Israeli army intelligence base in the Tel Aviv suburbs in the second such attack on and near the city on Sunday.
Hezbollah fighters launched “a volley of qualitative missiles” at the “Glilot base (the headquarters of the 8200 Military Intelligence Unit) ... in the Tel Aviv suburbs", the group said in a statement.
Air raid sirens sound in central, northern Israel: army
Air raid sirens were activated in several areas of central and northern Israel on Sunday, the army said, after projectiles were fired from Lebanon.
The sirens sounded in “a number of areas in central Israel”, and in different parts of the country’s north, the military said.
It added in separate statements that 18 projectiles crossed from Lebanon towards central Israel, while around 30 projectiles were “identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory” in the north.
Some of the projectiles were intercepted, the army added.
Gaza civil defence says hospital chief injured by Israeli drone
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Sunday a drone strike overnight seriously injured a hospital chief in an attack on the healthcare facility, and 11 people were killed in Israeli raids on the Palestinian territory.
Hossam Abu Safiya heads the Kamal Adwan hospital, one of just two partly operating in northern Gaza, as the war-ravaged territory is in the grip of a dire humanitarian crisis.
Abu Safiya suffered an injury to his back and left thigh by metal fragments after an attack on the hospital complex, civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP.
UN envoy says 'extremely critical' to avoid Syria being dragged into war
The UN special envoy for Syria said on Sunday that it was “extremely critical” to end the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza to avoid the country being pulled into a regional war.
“We need now to make sure that we have immediately a ceasefire in Gaza, that we have a ceasefire in Lebanon, and that we avoid Syria being dragged even further into the conflict,” said Geir Pedersen ahead of a meeting with the Syrian foreign minister in Damascus.
“We agree that it is extremely critical that we de-escalate so that Syria is not further dragged into this,” he said.
Since Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in the country, mainly targeting the army and Iran-backed groups.
