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The Israeli subject said Sunday it has carried retired a crushed ambush into Syria, seizing a Syrian national progressive successful Iranian networks. It was nan first clip successful nan current war that Israel announced its troops operated successful Syrian territory.

Israel has carried retired airstrikes successful Syria multiple times complete nan past year, targeting members of Lebanon's Hezbollah and officials from Iran, nan adjacent state of some Hezbollah and Syria. But it has not antecedently made nationalist immoderate crushed forays into Syria.

The Israeli subject said nan seizure was portion of a typical cognition "that took spot successful caller months," though it did not opportunity precisely erstwhile it occurred. Syria did not instantly corroborate nan announcement, but a pro-government Syrian power station, Sham FM, reported Sunday that Israeli forces carried retired a "kidnapping operation" complete nan summertime targeting a man successful nan southbound of nan country.

Israel has waged an escalating run of bombardment successful Lebanon for nan past six weeks, arsenic good arsenic a crushed penetration on nan countries' shared border, vowing to cripple Hezbollah. On Saturday, an Israeli subject charismatic said naval forces carried retired a ambush successful a bluish Lebanese town, seizing a man they called a elder Hezbollah operative.

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The service identified nan man arsenic Ali Soleiman al-Assi, saying he lives successful nan confederate Syrian region of Saida. It said nan man had been nether subject surveillance for galore months and was progressive successful Iranian initiatives targeting areas of nan Israeli-annexed Golan Heights adjacent nan separator pinch Syria.

Body camera video of nan ambush released by nan service showed soldiers seizing a man successful a achromatic vessel apical wrong a building. The man was brought to Israel for interrogation, nan subject said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited nan separator pinch Lebanon connected Sunday, saying his attraction was trying to support Hezbollah from rearming itself done nan "oxygen lifeline" of Iranian weapons transferred to Lebanon via Syria. Israel says its run successful Lebanon intends to push Hezbollah distant from nan separator and put an extremity to much than a twelvemonth of occurrence by nan group into bluish Israel.

Israel's strikes successful Lebanon person killed much than 2,500 group complete nan past year. In Israel, 69 group person been killed by Hezbollah projectiles.

On nan U.S. statesmanlike run way this weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged progressives and members of nan state's important organization of Arab Americans who are angry astatine nan Biden management for its continuation of nan U.S. confederation pinch Israel arsenic nan Netanyahu authorities presses its warfare against Hamas successful Gaza.

"I person been very clear that nan level of decease of guiltless Palestinians is unconscionable," Harris told reporters.

In East Lansing, Michigan, she addressed nan rumor soon aft opening her remarks. "As president I will do everything successful my powerfulness to extremity nan warfare successful Gaza, to bring location nan hostages, extremity nan suffering successful Gaza, guarantee Israel is unafraid and guarantee nan Palestinian group tin recognize their correct to freedom, dignity and self-determination," she said.

Some students successful East Lansing voiced their guidance Sunday pinch audible calls for a cease-fire successful nan Israel-Hamas war. At slightest 1 attendee was escorted retired aft nan cease-fire calls.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces continued an violative successful nan bluish Gaza Strip, wherever nan subject has said it is battling Hamas fighters who regrouped there.

Shell occurrence deed Kamal Adwan Hospital successful bluish Gaza, injuring patients, including children, infirmary head Hossam Abu Safiya said successful a connection to nan media. He said nan shells deed nan hospital's nursery, dormitory and h2o tanks conscionable aft a delegation from nan World Health Organization ended a visit.

Kamal Adwan and 2 different adjacent hospitals person been deed by Israel respective times during nan fighting. Earlier this month, Israeli troops stormed Kamal Adwan, detaining a ample number of people, including overmuch of nan staff, Abu Safiya said astatine nan clip of nan raid. The subject said those detained included members of Hamas, without providing evidence, and said weapons were recovered successful nan facility.

But nan Israel Defense Forces successful a connection denied striking Kamal Adwan connected Sunday, blaming "an explosive instrumentality planted by nan violent organizations successful Gaza" for nan attack.

"Attacks connected civilians, including humanitarian workers, and what remains of Gaza's civilian accommodation and infrastructure must stop," UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said successful a connection Saturday. "The full Palestinian organization successful North Gaza, particularly children, is astatine imminent consequence of dying from disease, famine, and nan ongoing bombardments."

In confederate Gaza, an Israeli onslaught deed a group of group gathered extracurricular successful an eastbound territory of Khan Younis, sidesplitting astatine slightest 8 Palestinians, including 4 children and a woman, nan territory's Health Ministry's emergency services said. The city's Nasser Hospital, which received astir of nan bodies, confirmed nan figures.

Palestinian officials said an Israeli drone onslaught connected Saturday deed a session successful bluish Gaza wherever children were being vaccinated for polio, wounding six group including 4 children. The Israeli subject denied responsibility.

Dr. Munir al-Boursh, head wide of nan Gaza Health Ministry, told The Associated Press that a quadcopter struck nan Sheikh Radwan session successful Gaza City early Saturday afternoon, conscionable a fewer minutes aft a United Nations delegation near nan facility.

UNICEF and WHO, which are jointly carrying retired nan polio vaccination campaign, expressed interest complete nan reported strike. Rosalia Bollen, a spokesperson for UNICEF, said nan onslaught occurred erstwhile a "humanitarian pause" agreed to by Israel to let vaccinations was successful effect.

Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, an Israeli subject spokesperson, said that "contrary to nan claims, an first reappraisal wished that nan (Israeli military) did not onslaught successful nan area astatine nan specified time."

It was not imaginable to resoluteness nan conflicting accounts. Israeli forces person many times raided hospitals successful Gaza complete nan people of nan war, saying Hamas uses them for militant purposes, allegations denied by Palestinian wellness officials. Hamas fighters are besides operating successful nan north, battling Israeli forces.

Northern Gaza has been encircled by Israeli forces and mostly isolated for nan past year. Israel has been carrying retired different violative location successful caller weeks that has killed hundreds of group and displaced tens of thousands.

A scaled-down run to administer a 2nd dose of nan polio vaccine began Saturday successful parts of bluish Gaza. It had been postponed from Oct. 23 owed to deficiency of access, Israeli bombings and wide removal orders, and nan deficiency of assurances for humanitarian pauses, a U.N. connection said.

Administration of nan first doses was carried retired successful September crossed nan Gaza Strip, including nan north.

At slightest 100,000 group person been forced to evacuate from areas of northbound Gaza toward Gaza City successful nan past fewer weeks, but astir 15,000 children nether nan property of 10 stay successful bluish towns, including Jabaliya, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun, which are inaccessible, according to nan U.N.

The last shape of nan polio vaccination run had aimed to scope an estimated 119,000 children successful nan northbound pinch a 2nd dose of nan oral polio vaccine, nan agencies said, but "achieving this target is now improbable owed to entree constraints."

They opportunity 90% of children successful each organization must beryllium vaccinated to forestall nan dispersed of nan disease.

The run was launched aft nan first polio lawsuit was reported successful Gaza successful 25 years — a 10-month-old boy, now paralyzed successful nan leg. The World Health Organization said nan beingness of a paralysis lawsuit indicates location could beryllium hundreds much who person been infected but aren't showing symptoms.

The warfare began connected Oct. 7, 2023, erstwhile Hamas-led militants stormed into confederate Israel, sidesplitting immoderate 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting different 250. Israel's violative has killed complete 43,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza wellness authorities, who do not opportunity really galore were combatants but opportunity much than half were women and children.