Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today's headlines
Trending Middle East
Lebanon death toll rises and leaders call for de-escalation
This is Trending, your daily rundown of news from the Middle East and around the world brought to you by the National. From Abu Dhabi, I'm Yesmin Al-Taji, here are today's headlines. The death toll in Lebanon continues to climb amid ongoing Israeli attacks. At least 569 have been killed and 1,835 wounded in Israeli strikes. New attacks were reported on at least 17 towns and villages in southern Lebanon overnight. World leaders at the UN General Assembly have addressed escalation between Israel and Lebanon. Jordan's King Abdullah told the UN that Israel's military campaign in Gaza amounts to an attack on the UN and called for a humanitarian gateway. The attacks of October 7 on Israeli civilians last year were condemned by countries all over the world, including Jordan. But the unprecedented scale of terror unleashed on Razzah since that day is beyond any justification. U.S. President Joe Biden used his final speech to the UN before the end of his term to criticize Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank since October 7. In the U.S., Marcellus Williams was executed in Missouri on Tuesday despite a social media campaign to get him off death row. Williams' murder conviction was questioned by prosecutors. While in prison, he had written a poem about the war in Gaza that circulated online. That's all for this morning's headlines. You can get these stories at our site and visit the National News dot com slash podcasts for more like this. This means Al-Taji, the National. (music) (upbeat music)