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Israel strikes central Beirut; Lebanon toll passes 1,300
Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut on 10 October killed at least 22 people and injured over 100 others, and two members of the the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) were injured when an Israeli tank opened fire at an observation tower at the mission’s headquarters in the city of Naqoura on the same day. The attack was one of several by the Israeli military on the UN mission in recent days and has drawn international condemnation. The overnight strikes in central Beirut were reportedly targeting a senior Hezbollah leader and hit densely populated residential areas that previously had not been bombed. A family of eight, including three children, who had fled Israel’s bombardment of southern Lebanon were among the dead. Hezbollah, meanwhile, continued to launch rockets into Israel, injuring several people and killing two – the first civilian fatalities inside Israel since the Israeli military escalated its attacks on Lebanon in mid-September. More than 1,300 people have been killed and nearly 4,000 wounded in Lebanon since 23 September, according to the country’s health ministry. Around 1.2 million people (about one fifth of Lebanon’s population) have been forcibly displaced from their homes. Several hundred thousand people – mostly Syrians who had sought refuge in Lebanon from their country’s civil war – have crossed the border into Syria in recent weeks. escalating war in Lebanon have gone
Israel renews assault on northern Gaza Strip
Israel launched a new offensive this week focusing on the three northernmost cities in the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to be trapped in Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun, and Jabalia Refugee Camp. The areas were hit hard early in Israel’s war last year and are once again under siege and heavy bombardment. On 6 October, the Israeli military ordered an estimated 400,000 people in the north to evacuate to the so-called humanitarian zone of al-Mawasi, further south along the coast. Many remaining residents in the north refused to leave, and some who have tried to escape reported being shot at by Israeli tanks and drones. Israel also ordered three hospitals in the area to evacuate patients and staff. The Israeli military says it is targeting Hamas members who have been regrouping in the northern areas. But in the weeks before the operation began, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu was reportedly reviewing proposals by Israeli ministers, generals, and academics calling for the north of Gaza to be completely emptied of people and turned into a closed military zone. Intensive bombing and shelling has also continued elsewhere in the enclave. At least 28 people in a school-turned-shelter in Deir al-Balah were killed in an Israeli airstrike on 10 October.
