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• The US will send an advanced anti-missile systemand US troops to operate it — to Israel to help bolster the country’s air defenses after Iran’s unprecedented attacks against it this year.

• A Hezbollah drone attack on an Israeli army base haskilled four soldiersand injured more than 60 people. Israel’s military said it would look into how the drone entered Israelwithout triggering an alert.

•The UN said peacekeepers remain in all positions in Lebanon despite recent attacks that injured peacekeeping forces. Concern is growing for the safety of UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, some of whom were wounded when their positions came under Israeli fire in recent days.

•In Gaza, at least 13 children are among 40 peoplekilledin Israeli strikes on Sunday. Over the past nine days, Israeli bombardment on Gaza’s biggest refugee camp has killed at least300 people. Israel has issued evacuation orders to hospitals and blocked food supplies as part of itsescalated offensive in northern Gaza.

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Fears of recurring conflict may hinder West from funding Gaza’s rebuilding, human rights expert warns

From CNN’s Chris Lau

Western states may hesitate to fund Gaza’s reconstruction without a peace settlement agreed by Israel, an international human rights consultant has warned.

Christopher Sidoti is part of a UN independent commission that issued a report last week accusing Israel of war crimes.

He said that Western states,particularly European nations, had donated large amounts of money to reconstruct Gaza after bouts of conflict.

Sidoti also said both the Israelis and Hamas militantsresponsible for the war that caused “tens of thousands of innocent victims” to suffer should face trial.

“They should be held accountable by bringing abroad before the International Criminal Court, charged and prosecuted,” he said.

US anti-missile system will “add a layer” to Israel’s defenses, military analyst says

From CNN’s Chris Lau
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A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo.

The advanced anti-missile system that the US is sending to Israelwill augment its air defenses by targeting the type of missiles that Iran typically uses, a CNN military analyst said.

The Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system,or THAAD,can strike down ballistic missiles from short to intermediate range.

“These are the classes of missiles that the Iranians use for many of their attacks against Israel or any of the other areas they are targeting,” retired Air Force col. Cedric Leighton told CNN’s Michael Holmes.

Some context: THAAD is the only US missile defense system that can engage and destroy short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles both inside or outside the atmosphere during their terminal phase of flight, or dive on their target.

The US Army will dispatch about 100 troops to Israel to operate the battery, according to the Pentagon. Iran hasinformed the USit would retaliate against any new attack by Israel, a source in Tehran told CNN on Saturday.

Leightonwarned that US boots on the ground raises the risk of dragging the US into a war.

UN says peacekeepers remain in Lebanon despite attacks that "may constitute a war crime"

From CNN’s Richard Roth and Nadeen Ebrahim

United Nations peacekeepers “remain in all positions” in Lebanon despite recent attacks that injured peacekeeping forces, Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said Sunday.

“Despite attacks that have hit United Nations positions, injuring a number of peacekeepers in the past several days, UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) peacekeepers remain in all positions and the UN flag continues to fly,” Dujarric said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that UN peacekeeping forces in Lebanon are in “harm’s way,” calling on Guterres to get them out. “It should be done right now, immediately,” he said.

Concern is growing for the safety of UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, some of whom were injured when their positions came under Israeli fire in recent days. Israel’s military has accused Hezbollah of operating in areas near UNIFIL posts.

On Sunday, UN peacekeepers in Lebanon said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) breached one of its positions in southern Lebanon in violation of international law.The IDF latersaid one of its tanks backed into a post belonging to UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon as it was evacuating soldiers wounded by an anti-tank missile.

The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday said the EU “condemns all attacks against UN missions,” and “expresses particularly grave concern regarding the attacks by the Israeli Defense Forces” against UNIFIL.

The attacks “constitute a grave violation of international law and are totally unacceptable,” Borrell said, adding that they “must stop immediately.”

What is THAAD, the powerful US anti-missile defense system being sent to Israel?

From CNN's Brad Lendon
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This image provided by the US Air Force shows the US Army Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) launching station preparing to load at Fort Bliss, Texas, on February 23, 2019.

The THAAD defense system is one of the US military’s most powerful anti-missile weapons, capable of intercepting ballistic missiles at ranges of 150 to 200 kilometers(93 to 124 miles) and with anear-perfectsuccess rate in testing.

Using a combination of advanced radar systems and interceptors, THAAD, short for Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, is the only US missile defense system that can engage and destroy short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles both inside or outside the atmosphere during their terminal phase of flight – or dive on their target.

THAAD interceptors are kinetic, meaning they take out incoming targets by colliding with them rather than exploding near the incoming warhead.

The US military has seven THAAD batteries, each consisting of six truck-mounted launchers – with eight interceptors apiece – a powerful radar system and a fire control and communications component, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service.

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It’s morning in the Middle East. Here's what you need to know

From CNN's Chris Lau

Israel is looking into how a Hezbollah drone entered the country without triggering an alert, killing four soldiers and injuring more than 60 other people on Sunday.

The strike, whichhit an army base adjacent to Binyamina, a town north of Tel Aviv about 40 miles from the Lebanese border, is one of the bloodiest attacks on Israel since the war began last October.

Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said it “will learn from and investigate the incident,” vowing an “an improvement” to the country’sdefenses.

Eight soldiers suffered severe injuries, the military said. Dozens of the more than 60 people wounded remain hospitalized, according to medical officials.

Hezbollah said Sunday it had launched 38 attacks on Israeli soldiers, army bases and barracks in Israel and southern Lebanon — the most since the start of Israel’s war with the militant group.

Here are the latest developments:

  • US to deploy: The US will send an advanced anti-missile system — and US troops to operate it — to Israel “to help bolster Israel’s air defenses following Iran’s unprecedented attacks against Israel on April 13 and again on October 1,” the Pentagon said Sunday.
  • “No red lines”: Iran’s foreign minister has warned there are“no red lines”in defending the country’s interests. Irantold the USit would retaliate against any new attack by Israel, a source in Tehran said.
  • Israeli strikes kill at least 13 children in Gaza on Sunday: Israeli bombardments in Gaza killed at least 41 people on Sunday, including at least 13 children.
  • 300 killed in Gaza’s biggest refugee camp: Over the past nine days, Israeli bombardment of theJabalya refugee camp has killed at least300 people. Israel has issued evacuation orders to hospitals and blocked food supplies as part of itsescalated offensive in the area.
  • Aid reaches northern Gaza: After nine failures, an aid convoy successfully reached two hospitals in northern Gaza in a supply mission on Sunday. But WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned the replenishingis far from adequate.
  • UN peacekeeper post breached: UN peacekeepers said Israeli soldiers breached one of its posts in southern Lebanonin violation of international law. The Israeli military latersaidone of its tanks backed into the post as it was evacuating wounded soldiers. Astring of Israeli military actions have wounded peacekeepersin Lebanon in recent days, drawing globalcondemnation.
  • Hezbollah releases audio recording of late leader: As Israel’s offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon intensifies, the Iran-backed group released a recorded message from its late leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday. It is unclear when the message was recorded. But the release of it underscores the militant group’s determination to fight on in the face of Israel’s offensives.

This post has been updated with the latest figures.

Israel’s actions in Lebanon undermine UN’s mission, New Zealand foreign minister says

From CNN’s Lucas Lilieholm
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New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters takes part in a meeting with Vietnam's Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 5.

Israel’s military actions in Lebanon have undermined the United Nations’ peacekeeping and humanitarian mission in the country, New Zealand’s foreign minister Winston Peters said Monday.

Concern is growing for UN peacekeepers afterthe UN’s Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) saida number of its soldiers were injuredwhen their positions came under Israeli fire in recent days. Israel’s military has accused Hezbollah of operating in areas near UNIFIL posts.

UN troops in Lebanon “play a critical stabilising role in the region and must be part of efforts to reduce tensions,” Peterswrote in a post on X.

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the UN that UNIFIL peacekeeping forces in Lebanon are in “harm’s way,” and called on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to remove them.

UN to begin second round of polio vaccination campaign in Gaza

From CNN’s Lucas Lilieholm and Edward Szekeres

The second round of apolio vaccination drive is set to begin in Gaza on Monday in aUnited Nations-led effortto prevent the resurgence of the highly infectious disease following Israel’s destruction ofwaterand sanitation systemsin the besieged strip.

Relief workers had described repeated challenges to the campaign rollout – especially in northern Gaza – citing Israeli evacuation orders, roads damaged by bombardment, increased hostilities and scant fuel supplies.

The campaign, led by the UN’s agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) together with UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to reach around 590,000 children under the age of 10 in less than two weeks, the UN said on its official X account.

The first round of the campaign vaccinated more than 560,000 children under age 10 in Gaza last month, according to WHO. Aid workers reached more than 90% of the targeted vaccine coverage in the first phase of the campaign, UNRWA said.

Before the war, Gaza had near-universal polio vaccine coverage, but it has since dropped below 90%. Polio mostly affects children under 5 years old and can cause irreversible paralysis and even death. It’s highly infectious and there is no cure. It can only be prevented by immunization, according to WHO.

Israeli airstrike kills 4 and injures 40 at hospital courtyard in Gaza

From CNN’s Ruba Alhenawi and Lucas Lilieholm
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A screen grab from a video shows the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza on October 14.

Four people were killed Sunday by an Israeli airstrike on a hospital courtyard in central Gaza where displaced Palestinians were sheltering, according to Al Aqsa hospital and civil defense officials.

Another 40 people were injured in the attack, the Gaza Government Media Office said.

About 5,000 people have been sheltering on the grounds, according to hospital officials.

The office said it was the seventh time that the camp inside the grounds of the Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balahhad been struck since January and called on the international community to pressure Israel to stop attacks against civilians.

The Israeli military said it conducted a precise strike on a Hamas command center “embedded inside a compound that previously served as the ‘Shuhadah Al-Aqsa’ hospital.” The military also said it took steps to limit harming civilians and blamed Hamas for using civilian infrastructure.

Israeli strikes in Gazakilledat least 40 people on Sunday, including at least 13 children. Many of the dead and wounded had been brought to the Al-Aqsa hospital on Sunday.

Aid convoy reaches two hospitals in northern Gaza after nine previous attempts

From CNN’s Ruba Alhenawi and Lucas Lilieholm
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An aid convoyreached two hospitals yesterday, Kamal Adwan and Al-Sahaba, in northern Gaza.

An aid convoy hasreached two hospitals in northern Gaza following nine previous attempts, according to the World Health Organization.

The mission reached the Kamal Adwan and Al-Sahaba hospitals,WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Sunday, but warned that one-off missions to resupply the struggling health facilities were inadequate.

The mission delivered blood, medical supplies and medicine to Al-Sahaba Hospital as well as much-needed fuel to both facilities. Patients in critical condition were also transferred from Kamal Adwan to Al-Shifa hospital.

In recent days the Kamal Adwan Hospital had issued multiple warnings that it was in danger of losing power to run life-saving medical equipment.

“The hospital is overwhelmed and still serving around 60 in-patients and receiving at least 50-70 injured daily,” Tedros said.

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An aid convoyreached two hospitals yesterday, Kamal Adwan and Al-Sahaba, in northern Gaza.

Some context:Israel hasescalatedits offensive in northern Gaza in recent days and issued multiple evacuation orders for residents and hospitals. About 300 people were killed in theJabalya refugee campalone over the past nine days, according to the Gaza Government Media Office.

The WHO said that mission staff had been harassed by military forces on their route.

“The missions were completed amid ongoing hostilities.@WHOand@PalestineRCSdrivers were subjected to humiliating security screening and temporary detention at a checkpoint — which is unacceptable,” Tedros said.

Tedros reiterated his agency’s call for a ceasefire in Gaza and a “sustained facilitation of humanitarian missions.”

Children among more than 40 killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza on Sunday

From CNN's Abeer Salman

Israeli strikes in Gazakilled at least 41people, including at least 13 children, on Sunday, according to hospitals.

At least 22 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Al Mufti school in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, officials from Al Awda and Al Aqsa hospitals said. More than 5,000 displaced people are sheltering in the United Nations Relief and Works Agencyfor Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) school, according to Gaza’s civil defense.

Among the dead was at least one infant who was brought to the hospital with injuries, but died shortly after medical teams attempted to save him, according to Al Aqsa hospital. The baby’s body was later carried away in the arms of his sobbing uncle and taken to the morgue, CNN stringer video shows. Another video shows the deceased infant alongside another deceased baby at the hospital’s morgue.

In northern Gaza, five children were killed in an Israeli airstrike while playing marbles in Al Shati camp, according to Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City.

Footage seen by CNN shows children bleeding from their faces as they are transported to the hospital. One video shows the five deceased children wrapped in shrouds as heartbroken family members bid farewell.

Another video shows a child survivor named Rakan on a hospital bed.

At the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, eight members of a family — including six children —were killed when the Israeli military struck a house they were sheltering in, according to Al Aqsa hospital. Another six people were killed when an Israeli tank shelled the Bureij refugee camp, it said.

CNN has reached out to the Israeli military for comment on the strikes.

Israeli military says it will investigate how a drone entered Israel without triggering an alert

From Lauren Izso and Sarah El Sirgany

Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari says the Israel Defense Forces will look into how a Hezbollah-launched drone entered Israel on Sunday without triggering an alert.

In a video message from the military base near Binyamina that was attacked, Hagari said, “We will learn from and investigate the incident, how a UAV entered without an alert at the base.”

The Hezbollah drone was launched from Lebanon close to 7 p.m. local time, Hagari said, adding that Israel needs “an improvement” to its defenses.

Hezbollah said it had launched dozens of rockets towards Nahariya and Acre with the aim of engaging Israel’s air defense systems, while it also launched a swarm of drones – some used for the first time – toward areas of Acre and Haifa.

The Israeli military said four soldiers were killed in the attack. Emergency services have said more than 60 people were injured.

Hezbollah warned Israel that Sunday’s attack was the “easy part of what awaits if (Israel) continues its attack on our defiant people.”

On Sunday, the Iran-backed group said it had launched 38 attacks on Israeli soldiers, army bases and barracks in Israel and southern Lebanon — the most since the start of Israel’s war with Hezbollah.

"We are trapped in a box, not knowing what will happen next,” displaced Gaza teacher tells CNN

From CNN’s Abeer Salman

A history teacher who has fledJabalya refugee campin northern Gaza after Israel launched its third invasion of the area said the last nine days were worse than “a year’s worth of suffering.”

“The scale of hardship and exhaustion has multiplied many times over,” Mohammad Ibrahim told CNN on Sunday, a day after he was forced to leave Jabalya for Gaza City.

Ibrahim told CNN most of the houses in Gaza City, where many people have fled from Jabalya, are destroyed, adding that the situation is much harder than he expected. He said military planes and drones keep flying overhead and tanks and artillery strikes are a “constant presence” in the area. He also said that the only bakery in northern Gaza burnt down after it was bombed.

Ibrahim said the Israeli army was advancing “from all directions, making it impossible to know where to go or how to escape.”

At least 300 people have been killed in theJabalya refugee campin northern Gaza since the beginning of the latest Israeli ground offensive in the area nine days ago.

US to deploy about 100 troops to operate advanced anti-missile system in Israel

From CNN’s Natasha Bertrand
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This US military file photo shows a US Army Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) launching station in Israel on March 4, 2019.

The US will send an advanced anti-missile system — and US troops to operate it — to Israel “to help bolster Israel’s air defenses following Iran’s unprecedented attacks against Israel on April 13 and again on October 1,” the Pentagon said Sunday.

It is not the first time the US has deployed the system, the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery, to the Middle East, and the system was also deployed to Israel in 2019 for an exercise.

About 100 US troops are deploying to Israel to operate the THAAD battery, according to a US defense official. It is rare for US troops to deploy inside Israel, but this is a typical number of troops to operate the anti-missile defense system.

The THAAD system is specifically meant for anti-ballistic missile defense and could help Israel better defend itself against a future Iranian attack if Iran decides to respond to any Israeli strike.

The US military has significantly increased its presence in the Middle East since October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel. The US has bolstered its air defenses across the region, deployed additional warships and aircraft carriers to the eastern Mediterranean, Red Sea and Arabian Sea, and recently sent additional troops to Cyprus to help with possible evacuation planning, CNN previously reported.

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