Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: 87 killed in Israeli strikes on Beit Lahia

Hezbollah in Lebanon launches rocket attacks on Israel, IDF says.

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Last Updated: October 20, 2024, 3:20 PM EDT

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind behind the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, was killed this week in a firefight with Israeli forces, officials said.

The development comes as Israel continues intense air and ground campaigns against Hezbollah in Lebanon and against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The uptick in offensive operations came as Israeli leaders planned their response to Iran's latest ballistic missile attack.

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Here's how the news is developing.
Oct 14, 2024, 7:47 AM EDT

Hezbollah launches dozens of cross-border attacks, marking daily record

Hezbollah issued 38 statements claiming cross-border attacks into Israel on Sunday -- the highest tally since renewed fighting began on Oct. 8, 2023, per ABC News' count.

Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system intercepts incoming rockets over Haifa in northern Israel on Oct. 14, 2024.
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The attacks included the drone strike on an Israel Defense Forces training base in northern Israel, which killed four soldiers and injured 55.

Hezbollah has expanded its attacks into Israel despite the IDF's monthslong campaign of targeted killings of top commanders and airstrikes on Hezbollah military facilities and weapons caches.

-ABC News' Ghazi Balkiz and Guy Davies

Oct 14, 2024, 7:31 AM EDT

IDF claims killing of Hezbollah anti-tank commander

The Israel Defense Forces said Monday it killed a Hezbollah commander responsible for anti-tank missile forces.

The IDF said in a statement posted to social media that Muhammad Kamal Naim was killed in an airstrike in the Nabatieh region of southern Lebanon.

Smoke billows over the Nabatieh area amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Marjayoun, Lebanon on Oct. 13, 2024.
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Naim, it said, was responsible for the elite Radwan Force's anti-tank weapons.

Naim "was responsible for planning and carrying out many terrorist plots, including firing anti-tank missiles at the Israeli rear," the IDF wrote.

Oct 14, 2024, 6:33 AM EDT

Israel kills 20 in strike on UNRWA school, health ministry says

At least 20 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East school-turned-shelter in central Gaza, the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza said.

Displaced families who fled northern Gaza arrive in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Oct. 5, 2024.
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The school was being used to shelter displaced people in Nuseirat camp, health authorities said. It was bombed on Sunday.

The school was earmarked for use in the planned second round of the Gaza polio vaccination campaign, which was due to begin on Monday.

-ABC News Diaa Ostaz and Guy Davies

Oct 14, 2024, 6:02 AM EDT

10 killed amid 'total siege' in northern Gaza

Ten people were killed in shelling at an aid distribution center in the Jabalia camp in northern Gaza on Monday morning, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in the strip.

The area has been the focus of intense recent Israeli military activity, with the Israel Defense Forces reporting fierce fighting with Hamas militants there.

Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee areas north of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on Oct. 12, 2024.
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The IDF has ordered residents of northern Gaza -- of whom there are an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 -- to leave the region, which it has classified as a military zone.

Hamas is urging residents to stay, suggesting Israel will not allow those who leave to return.

Gaza's Civil Defense said there was a "complete siege" of Jabalia. Aid agencies have said that no food has been allowed to enter the north of Gaza since Oct. 1.

-ABC News' Nasser Atta and Guy Davies

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