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The upcoming G7 summit in Italy will include in its agenda the International Criminal Court’s decision on Thursday to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday, saying the issue required further analysis. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.
War-hit Lebanon suspends in-person classes in Beirut area Monday
Lebanon has suspended in-person classes in the Beirut area for Monday, the education ministry announced on 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 on Monday “for the safety of students, educational institutions and parents, in light of the current dangerous conditions”. Private education insitutions must also provide online classes as an option until the end of December, it said.
G7 leaders to discuss Israeli leaders’ ICC warrants at summit, says Italy’s Meloni
G7 ministers meeting in Italy next week will discuss the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Friday, saying the issue required further analysis.
Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said Thursday that Italy would have to arrest Israel’s premier if he visited, only for Meloni’s deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, to say Netanyahu would be welcome in Italy.
“In the coming days I will delve deeper into the reasons that led to the ICC’s decision. Reasons that should always be objective and not political in nature,” Meloni said in a statement.
“One point remains clear from this government — there cannot be an equivalence between the responsibility of the state of Israel and the terrorist organisation Hamas,” Meloni said.
Welcome to our liveblog, where we post the latest developments on the Israel-Hamas war. To read all about yesterday’s key developments, click here.
- 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.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, and Reteurs)
About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
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