Syria's Assad is now in Moscow, Russian state media says

The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday said security forces personnel faced "violent" scenes while evacuating an illegal Israeli settler outpost in the Palestinian West Bank town of Huwara, close to the city of Nablus.

Dozens of settlers rioted, setting fire to Palestinian buildings, vehicles and attacking Palestinian residents after Israeli security forces moved in to conduct the evacuation.

The IDF said several Israelis were arrested.

"The IDF views with great seriousness any violence against its servants and the security forces, who commit nights and days to the security of the citizens of the region," its statement read. "These events must be condemned and the violators of the law brought to justice."

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a post to X on Tuesday that much-needed humanitarian aid for Gaza is being "outrageously blocked."

Guterres said aid agencies are facing "gigantic humanitarian needs" in Gaza, where the Israel Defense Forces continue military operations -- particularly in the north of the devastated territory.

UN officials have repeatedly demanded that Israel do more to facilitate aid flows into Gaza.

"The nightmare is not a crisis of logistics," Guterres said. "It's a crisis of political will and of respect for fundamental principles of international humanitarian law."

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The Israel Defense Forces said it conducted a strike in Damascus on Tuesday, to target Salman Nemer Jamaa, Hezbollah's representative to the Syrian military.

"The Syrian regime has actively supported Hezbollah, enabling weapon smuggling to Lebanon and by that endangering Syrian and Lebanese civilians. Jamaa was a key Hezbollah figure supporting these operations," the IDF said in a statement.

This Israeli strike is separate from active ongoing fighting between Syrian rebel forces and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces.

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Doctors Without Borders on Tuesday reported a significant spread of respiratory diseases, pneumonia, skin diseases and diseases resulting from immunodeficiency among citizens in Gaza.

The organization's medical director, Fadi Al-Madhoun, warned of acute respiratory infection among children in the Gaza Strip due to the winter weather and their presence in tents that do not protect against the winter cold.

Last month, MSF described conditions in Gaza as "appalling" and said its teams treated more than 10,000 children under the age of 5 for upper respiratory tract infections like tonsillitis and the common cold.

-ABC News' Samy Zyara and Joe Simonetti