Karine Jean-Pierre, the press secretary, said that on Wednesday, US President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu "directly" over the phone for 30 minutes. This was their most memorable discussion in very nearly two months, and comes as Israel considers its reaction to Iran's rocket strikes on October 1.
The head of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has pledged that Israel will continue its war on Hezbollah "with intensity, without allowing them any respite or recovery." Additionally, Israel has announced that it has carried out more than 1,100 airstrikes on southern Lebanon since the beginning of its ground operations.
The most recent changes are as follows:
Israel's first civilian fatality since ground operations began: Two Israelis were killed by dozens of rockets fired by Hezbollah on Wednesday, marking the first civilian deaths in the region since Israel began its ground operations in Lebanon.
Invasion that is "limited" Matthew Miller, a spokesperson for the State Department, stated on Wednesday that the United States continues to assess that Israel's ground operations in Lebanon are "limited." Miller noted that the term "limited" refers to distance from the border rather than the number of Israeli troops on the ground. Increasing Israeli military operations have already resulted in the displacement of tens of thousands of people from southern Lebanon.
Gaza emergency clinics requested to clear: According to Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Ministry of Health in Gaza, the IDF instructed the evacuation of Kamal Adwan, Al-Awda, and the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza. MSF stated that these orders are making the region into an "unlivable wasteland." Hospital administrators have stated that an attack on a hospital in the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza has resulted in at least 16 deaths and 17 injuries. The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital told CNN that the bodies of at least 16 of the people who were killed in the strike had arrived at the only fully operational medical facility that was still in northern Gaza.
Israel dropped 2,000-pound bombs near practically all Gaza medical clinics: According to a peer-reviewed study that was released on Wednesday and cited an investigation by CNN, the Israeli military dropped highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs in "dangerous proximities" to nearly all of Gaza's hospitals during the initial weeks of its war in the enclave. According to an analysis of impact craters conducted by researchers from Harvard and other universities, Israel deployed 2,000-pound bombs within the "lethal range" of 25% of all Gaza hospitals from October 7 to November 17, 2023. According to CNN's data analysis, Israel's offensive in Gaza has produced enough rubble to fill New York City's Central Park up to 26 feet.
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