October 17: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds

From the first of 3 Budget 2024 lump sums to be paid next month to a terror attack in Brussels, here's the October 17 news bulletin.

The Middle East has seen much bloody urban fighting in recent years, including in Lebanon, in Syria and in the West Bank and in Gaza. The death toll from the Hamas-Israel conflict that began nine days ago, already in the thousands, will inevitably climb much further if an expected ground offensive in Gaza by the Israeli army goes ahead. History recalls names such as the Russian city of Stalingrad and the Iraqi city of Fallujah where large militaries suffered devastating losses against defenders.

An internal row has erupted in government over the health service’s budget crisis, with Tánaiste Micheál Martin defending the health minister from a flurry of criticism by Fine Gael members. Stephen Donnelly has come under fire for his department’s management of its finances, with HSE boss Bernard Gloster saying that his allocation for next year will be below what is required.

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