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Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: 15 dead, dozens injured in central Beirut strikes

The powerful strikes occurred at around 4 a.m. local time.

Last Updated: November 24, 2024, 5:40 AM EST

The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza -- particularly in the north of the strip -- and in Lebanon, with Israeli attacks on targets nationwide including in the capital Beirut. The strikes form the backdrop for a fresh diplomatic push by the White House ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's return to the Oval Office in January.

Tensions also remain high between Israel and Iran after the former launched what it called "precise strikes on military targets" in several locations in Iran following Tehran's Oct. 1 missile barrage.

Nov 22, 2024, 11:16 AM EST

Hungary prime minister says Netanyahu won't be arrested in his county

Hungarian Prime Viktor Orban said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would face no risk of arrest if he visited Hungary, after the International Criminal Court issued arrest a warrant for the Israeli official.

Orban branded the arrest warrants a "brazen, cynical and completely unacceptable decision."

Orban, who is often at odds with his European Union peers, has forged close ties with Netanyahu.

"Today I will invite Israel's prime minister, Mr. Netanyahu, for a visit to Hungary and in that invite I will guarantee him that if he comes, the ICC ruling will have no effect in Hungary, and we will not follow its contents," Orban said in a statement Friday.

Multiple countries and blocs, including Ireland, Norway, the EU, the Netherlands and Canada, said they would carry out the ICC arrest warrant commitment issued on Thursday.

The U.S., which is not a party to the court, said the ICC does not have jurisdiction to issue the warrants. Netanyahu called the arrest warrants "absurd" and "anti-semitic."

Nov 22, 2024, 5:28 AM EST

More health workers, patients killed proportionally in Lebanon than anywhere

More health workers, patients killed proportionally in Lebanon than anywhere else

The World Health Organization said Friday that more health workers and patients have been killed proportionally in Lebanon than anywhere else in the world over the past year, including Gaza and Ukraine.

Data shows that 47% of attacks on health care have proven fatal to at least one health worker or patient in Lebanon since Oct. 7, 2023. This is a higher percentage than in any active conflict today across the globe, with nearly half of all attacks on health causing the death of a health worker, according to the WHO.

Nov 21, 2024, 3:29 PM EST

White House rejects ICC warrants for Israeli officials

The White House said it rejects the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials, saying the U.S. is working with its partners on steps that could include possible sanctions against the court.

"Let me just say more broadly that we fundamentally reject the court's decision to issue arrest warrants for senior Israel officials. We remain deeply concerned by the prosecutors’ rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors that led to this decision," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Thursday.

"The United States has been clear that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over this matter," Jean-Pierre said.

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow

Nov 21, 2024, 3:29 PM EST

At least 66 killed in massive strike in northern Gaza

At least 66 people were killed and dozens more suffered serious injuries in a strike on Northern Gaza near the Kamal Adwan Hospital. Rescue operations are continuing with some people still missing.

Kamal Adwan Hospital has been under siege for nearly a month.

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