Witnesses said a series of large-scale airstrikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs from late Saturday to Sunday, and the Gaza Civil Defense Agency said 24 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a mosque in central Gaza early Sunday. It was announced that dozens of people were injured.
The attack on the mosque near Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah took place as the war between Israel and Hamas in the Palestinian Territories marks its first anniversary on October 7. Witnesses said the number of casualties could be higher because the mosque was being used as a detention center for displaced people, while the Israeli military said it was being used as a command center for Hamas. said.
The Israeli attack sent shockwaves through the Lebanese capital, causing flashes of red and white light that could be seen from miles away and lasted for nearly half an hour.
The airstrikes came after days of Israeli bombing on the outskirts of Beirut, believed to be a stronghold of the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, killing its leader Syed Hassan Nasrallah and his likely successor. Lebanese security officials said on Saturday that they had not been in touch with potential successor Hashem Saffieddin since Friday after an airstrike near Israel's international airport that allegedly targeted him.
Lebanese security officials said Israeli military attacks since Friday on residential areas south of central Beirut and on Hezbollah's stronghold Dahiyeh have prevented rescue workers from searching the scene of Thursday night's attack. Ta.
Mr. Saffieddin's loss will be a further blow to Hezbollah and its backer Iran. Israeli attacks across the region over the past year have accelerated sharply in recent weeks and shattered Hezbollah's leadership.
Israel is expanding its actions in Lebanon. Israeli forces have launched raids in the south, with the first attack in the northern city of Tripoli on Saturday, Lebanese security officials said.
At least eight airstrikes occurred late Saturday on the southern outskirts of Beirut, including near the airport, after the Israeli military warned some residents to evacuate, according to a Reuters witness. Before the recent violence, gunfights between Israel and Hezbollah were largely confined to the Israeli-Lebanese border area, paralleling Israel's year-long war in Gaza against the Palestinian organization Hamas.
Israeli military spokesman Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Saturday that Israel had killed 440 Hezbollah fighters and destroyed 2,000 Hezbollah targets in ground operations in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah has not released the death toll.
Israel says it is stepping up attacks on Hezbollah in a bid to safely return tens of thousands of its citizens to their homes in northern Israel, which has been under shelling by the Lebanon-based group since October 8 last year. . Israeli authorities said Saturday that nine Israeli soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon since the operation began.
Lebanese officials say the Israeli attack has killed hundreds of Lebanese civilians and forced 1.2 million people, nearly a quarter of the population, from their homes.
Lebanese security officials told Reuters that a Hamas member, his wife and two children were killed in an attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in Tripoli on Saturday. Media linked to Palestinian organizations reported that the attack killed the militant leader, whose name was Saeed Atallah.
Israel announced it had killed two Hamas members operating in Lebanon, but did not say whether they were in Tripoli. Hamas had no immediate comment.
Air raid sirens sounded in northern Israel on Saturday as people ran for shelter amid rocket fire from Lebanon. Hezbollah announced that it had fired a missile at what it called an ATA company for the military industry near the Saknin base near Haifa.
The Israeli military said two projectiles had passed from Lebanon, one was intercepted and the other landed, but caused no damage.
As the first anniversary of the start of Israel's war in the Palestinian Territories approaches, thousands of protesters took to the streets in major cities around the world on Saturday to demand an end to bloodshed in Gaza and other parts of the Middle East. This act of violence occurred.
About 40,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London, and thousands gathered in Paris, Rome, Manila, Cape Town, New York City, Sydney and Melbourne. Demonstrations were also held near the White House in Washington to protest US support for ally Israel in military operations in Gaza and Lebanon.
The region's top U.S. military general, Gen. Michael “Eric” Kurilla, is traveling in the Middle East, U.S. defense officials said Saturday, but did not specify which country he arrived in for talks with Israel. He also refused to confirm Israeli media reports that he had done so. Military personnel.
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