In the past 24 hours, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, according to the media reports. On Tuesday, in Lebanon, warplanes struck Beirut’s southern suburbs and killed 18 people elsewhere in the country.
The latest bombardment came as the United States stated it would not reduce its military support for Israel after a deadline passed for allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza. The State Department cited some progress, even as international aid groups said Israel had failed to meet the US demands.
In Lebanon, large explosions shook Beirut’s southern suburbs an area known as Dahiyeh, where Hezbollah has a significant presence soon after the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for 11 houses there. There was no immediate word on casualties. The Israeli military said it targeted Hezbollah infrastructure, including command centres and weapons production sites, without providing evidence.
Another Israeli strike on an apartment building east of Beirut killed at least six people. Wael Murtada said the destroyed home belonged to his uncle and that those inside had fled from the Dahiyeh last month. He said three children were among the dead and other people were missing.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said, “An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Lebanon killed 12 people and wounded eight”. The strike came without warning and state media said the building was sheltering displaced families. Israel has been carrying out intensified bombardment of Lebanon since late September, promising to cripple Hezbollah and put a stop to more than a year of cross-border fire by the Lebanese militant group.
A rocket smashed into a storage building in the northern Israeli town of Nahariya on Tuesday, killing two people, according to the media reports. Another two people were wounded by shrapnel in a separate impact outside the town.
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