"Secretary of genocide"; Blinken's legacy at the US State Department US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, was protested in Washington DC during his address at Atlantic Council event on Middle East on Tuesday, called “bloody Blinken, Secretary of genocide” and “we will not forgive you” by a woman protester in solidarity with Gaza, Anadolu Agency reports. 
Calls to ban Israel basketball team from playing in Madrid The head of the Spanish opposition party Podemos, Ione Belarra, called for banning Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv team from entering the country. The team is due to face Real Madrid in a EuroLeague basketball match later today. 
Lebanon recognizes its new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), was nominated as Lebanon’s prime minister on Monday. 
68 Palestinian prisoners died in Israeli prisons The Current and Former Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Commission announced that the suffering of Palestinian prisoners in the Negev has worsened with the arrival of winter. 
Costs of Israel's war in Gaza surpass $67 billion According to a report by the Anadolu Agency, Israel's ongoing war on Gaza had cost the country's economy roughly 250 billion shekels ($67.57 billion) by the end of 2024. 
Gaza; Home to the largest group of child amputees An official in the Gaza Ministry of Health announced on Friday that 4,500 amputations of the upper and lower limbs had been recorded since the start of the genocide committed by Israel for the 16th consecutive month. 
Another Palestinian journalist killed by Israel army Saed Abu Nabhan, a freelance Anadolu cameraman in Gaza, was killed by an Israeli army long-range rifle attack on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. 
Gaza's death toll 41% higher than official figures According to a new study, the number of Palestinians killed in the first eight months of the Israeli war on Gaza is estimated to exceed 64,000, nearly 40 percent higher than the official death toll. 
Revealing of secret trips of Senior UK military figures to Israel Senior figures within the United Kingdom’s defence establishment have made numerous unpublicised and secret visits to Israel since 7 October 2023, British government data has revealed. 
Lebanon gets a new president after two years Two years after failing to elect a president, the Lebanese parliament finally succeeded in achieving its goal today. 