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as many as 37,000 Palestinians as suspected militants
Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed 4,047 people and wounded 16,638 others, Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said in a televised address.
Argentina's foreign minister Santiago Cafiero said on Monday that seven Argentinians were killed during the attacks in Israel and 15 more remain missing.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)Israel's army has confirmed contacting the families of 120 civilian hostages so far.
"Fourteen thousand have been killed, combatants, and probably around 16,000 civilians have been killed," he said.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)Palestinian armed group's apparent deliberate targeting of civilians, indiscriminate attacks, and taking of civilians as hostages amount to war crimes under international humanitarian law. Israeli authorities' cutting off electricity to Gaza and other punitive measures against Gaza's civilian population would amount to unlawful collective punishment, which is a war crime. The laws of war apply to all parties to a conflict, irrespective of the lawfulness of their going to war or imbalances of power between the parties.
Some observers have referred to the latest escalation as the beginning of the "Third Intifada".
The "Lavender" system is designed to identify individuals suspected of being part of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), even targeting those with lower ranks for potential aerial bombardments. In the initial stages of the conflict, the military heavily relied on Lavender, leading to the system labeling up to 37,000 Palestinians as militants, along with their residences, for potential airstrikes.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |DUPLICATE_date= ignored (help)In Israel, there is already talk about this being the beginning of a protracted 'Sukkot War.'
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)Israel's military said earlier this morning that it has confirmed that more than 120 civilians are being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas.
In January, the military said 20,000 terror operatives had been killed, and yesterday it updated that number to over 22,000. In May, IDF officials said that the combatant-to-civilian deaths ratio has remained relatively the same throughout the war, with two to three civilians killed for every dead Hamas terror operative.
ISF had likely applied the Hannibal Directive, resulting in the killing of up to 14 Israeli civilians.
The ratio of people killed in war to those dying indirectly because of a conflict is explored in the chapter on indirect deaths (INDIRECT CONFLICT DEATHS). Studies show that between three and 15 times as many people die indirectly for every person who dies violently.
According to OCHA, between 7 October 2023 and 3 November 2025, 1,012 Palestinians – among them at least 215 children – were killed in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Of those, 206 Palestinians, including at least 42 children, were killed since the beginning of this year alone.
Some observers have referred to the latest escalation as the beginning of the "Third Intifada".
In Israel, there is already talk about this being the beginning of a protracted 'Sukkot War.'
Israel's military said earlier this morning that it has confirmed that more than 120 civilians are being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas.
Israel's army has confirmed contacting the families of 120 civilian hostages so far.