Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: Iranian president responds to Israel's retaliation

Israel Defense Forces attacked military targets in Iran Saturday.

Last Updated: October 27, 2024, 10:37 PM EDT

The Israel Defense Forces conducted what it called "precise strikes on military targets" in Iran on Friday in response to the Iranian missile strikes earlier this month.

Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes and ground fighting continued in Gaza -- particularly in the north of the strip -- and in Lebanon, with renewed Israeli attacks on Beirut.

Oct 27, 2024, 6:07 AM EDT

Israel 'exaggerating' impact of attack on Iran, Khamenei claims

In a speech on Sunday morning, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei commented for the first time on Israel's attack on several areas of Iran.

"They are exaggerating," Khamenei said of the outcome of the long-awaited strikes, which were a retaliation for Tehran's Oct. 1 ballistic missile attack on Israel. "Exaggerating them is wrong, but you should note that downplaying them is also wrong," Khamenei said.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 27, 2024.
Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/via Reuters

The Iranian leader said Israel miscalculated in its showdown with Tehran.

"They don't know Iran, they don't know Iran's youth, they don't know the Iranian nation and they still haven't been able to properly understand the strength, ability, initiative and will of the Iranian nation," he said.

"We should make them understand all these," Khamenei added.

-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian

Oct 27, 2024, 7:30 AM EDT

'Dozens' of casualties in Israel after truck crashes into bus stop

Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service reported "dozens" of casualties early Sunday after a truck crashed into a bus stop in the northern suburbs of Tel Aviv.

Israeli police inspect a truck at the site of a ramming attack in Glilot, north of Tel Aviv, on Oct. 27, 2024.
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The MDA confirmed at least 33 people were injured, including six seriously.

The Israel Police Spokesperson's Unit said that a "significant deployment of police units" was dispatched to the scene to respond to what it called a "suspected terror attack."

A "preliminary investigation indicates that a bus stopped near a bus stop to drop off passengers," police said. "At the same time, a truck arrived and collided with the bus and passengers at the station."

The driver of the vehicle was "neutralized" by armed bystanders, police added.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller, Dana Savir and Somayeh Malekian

Oct 27, 2024, 4:13 AM EDT

Israel bombs Hezbollah targets in Beirut overnight

The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday its warplanes attacked Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs overnight.

The strikes again focused on Dahiya, a southern area of the capital known as a Hezbollah stronghold.

Flames and smoke rise from an Israeli airstrike on Dahiya in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 27, 2024.
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The strikes targeted "weapons manufacturing and maintenance facilities and a weapons storage facility," the IDF said in a post to X.

The IDF said it "eliminated" around 70 Hezollah fighters and struck more than 120 Hezbollah targets in the previous 24 hours, as its ground operation in the south of the country continued.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

Oct 27, 2024, 3:46 AM EDT

2 Israelis injured by Hezbollah drone attack

Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service said it treated two men injured by shrapnel after a Hezbollah drone attack in northern Israel on Sunday morning.

The MDA said its responders found a 61-year-old man "in moderate condition with an injury to his upper body" and a 31-year-old man in "mild condition with an injury to his hand." Both were taken to the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, the MDA said on X.

A firefighter stands at the site of a Hezbollah drone attack in Karmiel, northern Israel on Oct. 27, 2024.
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The Israel Defense Forces reported that an uncrewed aircraft crossed into northern Israel from Lebanon and "fell in the industrial area of ​​Bar Lev."

"The incident is being investigated," the IDF said in a statement posted to X.

Hezbollah said it used "a squadron of drones" to attack a military industrial company site southeast of Acre, a coastal city in northwestern Israel.

Israeli media reported that the drones targeted a factory producing military and civilian aviation components.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller, Ghazi Balkiz and Nasser Atta

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