A heavy rocket barrage was launched from the Gaza Strip toward central Israel late Saturday as sirens sounded across cities including Rishon LeZion and other communities in the area. According to the Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service, no injuries were reported following interceptions by the Iron Dome missile defense system in the attack.
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Hamas on Saturday claimed to have fired Ayyash 250 long-rage rockets toward Eilat after sirens blared across Israeli communities in the country's southern Arava region. Hamas in a statement said the launch was a response to "the slaughter of Palestinian civilians."
According to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit, at least one rocket was intercepted by the Arrow long-range missile interception system in the barrage, and no reports of damages or injuries were received following the incident.
Israeli fighter jets, accompanied by artillery and tank fire, struck Hezbollah targets once again Staruday in response to earlier attacks from Lebanese territory. Rocket depots, military compounds and other infrastructure used by the terror organization were among the targets hit.
Meanwhile, Lebanese media reported that Israel bombed a vehicle in the village of Khila in the south of the country. The reports indicate that the bombing occurred in an area with a clear view of Metula, an Israeli border town, and was carried out as a message to Lebanese journalists not to stand at that point.
Border exchanges have been ongoing since the early morning. Earlier, IDF forces eliminated two terrorist cells that intended to fire into Israel. In another incident, mortar shells fired from Lebanon targeted IDF outposts near Dvoranit and Yakinton. This was followed by sirens in the Upper Galilee, where several rockets crashed in unpopulated areas near Dishon. The IDF responded with strikes in Lebanon.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo on Saturday. Earlier, Mikati met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Amman, Jordan. During the meeting, Mikati emphasized Lebanon's commitment to implementing UN Resolution 1701, which was passed following the 2006 Lebanon War and led to the distancing of Hezbollah from the Israeli border.
Meanwhile, the IDF Arabic spokesperson called for the residents of Gaza City to evacuate once again, announcing that Israel will allow movement on Salah al-Din Road going south from 1:00pm to 4:00pm Saturday.
"For your safety, use this time to move beyond Wadi Gaza (Gaza Stream). If you care for yourselves and your loved ones, head south following our instructions. Rest assured that Hamas leaders are already seeing to their own protection," the IDF spokesperson's statement read.
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Graphic in Arabic showing evacuation path for Gaza civilians
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U.S. Special Envoy David Satterfield said on Saturday that “there is an agreed mechanism to bring fuel” into the Gaza Strip when it runs out.
Talking to reporters in the Jordanian capital Amman, he said that there were no recorded instances of Hamas interdicting or seizing aid.
"Fuel in depots in Gaza has been accessed by UNRWA for aid trucks, de-salinization and hospitals in the south of Gaza," he noted.
He also said that between 800,000 to a million people have moved to the south of the Gaza Strip, while 350,000-400,000 remain in the north of the enclave.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not someone Turkey can engage with any longer, stating that Ankara has "erased him and tossed him aside," Turkish news agency Anadolu reported Saturday.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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Erdoğan told reporters that his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi would visit Turkey at the end of November to hold talks on Gaza, and that he would also attend a summit of Muslim countries in Riyadh later this month.
Speaking to reporters on his return flight from Kazakhstan on Friday, Erdogan said there would no longer be any trust in the global system if Israel was not stopped and held accountable for what he described as "its war crimes and human rights violations", broadcaster Haberturk and others reported.
He also said the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) would push for a cease-fire and discuss the parameters of such a move during its summit in Riyadh later this month.