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 23, 2024, 11:15 AM EDT

Over 150 patients in northern Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital in critical condition

More than 150 people in northern Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital are in critical condition and are facing increasingly dire conditions, according to the hospital director.

Health services cannot be provided to the sick and injured due to the depletion of medical supplies, according to the director.

Palestinians injured in Israeli bombardment of the Beit Lahia Project area receive treatment at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Oct. 23, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
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"Kamal Adwan Hospital remains partially functional but is struggling to meet growing needs due to intensified hostilities in the north and a shortage of medical supplies and fuel. A strike near the hospital causing damages to the gate was reported earlier today, 22 October," the World Health Organization said in a statement Wednesday.

A Palestinian woman wounded in Israeli fire lies on the floor as she receives treatment at Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, Oct. 21, 2024.
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"As hostilities intensify in North Gaza, WHO is deeply concerned about the last two functional hospitals – Kamal Adwan and Al-Awda – which must be protected. A complete lack of health care in North Gaza would make an already catastrophic situation worse, and lead to more lives being lost," the WHO said.

Oct 23, 2024, 8:13 AM EDT

Gaza polio vaccine campaign postponed due to 'intense' attacks, UN says

The World Health Organization announced Wednesday that it has been forced to postpone the third phase of the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza.

The WHO blamed "escalating violence, intense bombardment, mass displacement orders and lack of assured humanitarian pauses across most of northern Gaza."

The third and final round of the vaccination push was due to start on Wednesday, the WHO said, and aimed to vaccinate 119,279 children across northern Gaza.

People ride on a truck moving past destroyed buildings in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 23, 2024.
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"The current conditions, including ongoing attacks on civilian infrastructure continue to jeopardize people's safety and movement in northern Gaza, making it impossible for families to safely bring their children for vaccination, and health workers to operate," the organization wrote in a statement published on its website.

-ABC News' Morgan Winsor

Oct 23, 2024, 7:31 AM EDT

Blinken to travel to Qatar, UK after Saudi visit

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Qatar and the U.K. after his Wednesday stop in Saudi Arabia, the State Department announced.

Blinken left Israel early Wednesday following meetings with officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on ahead of a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 23, 2024.
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The visit was the first on a Middle East tour intended to kickstart stalled cease-fire negotiations in Gaza and encourage a diplomatic resolution to the ongoing fighting between the Israel Defense Forces and Iran-backed Hezbollah forces in Lebanon.

Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday morning ahead of a planned meeting with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman.

-ABC News' Cindy Smith

Oct 23, 2024, 7:20 AM EDT

US has 'not seen evidence' of bunker under Beirut hospital: Austin

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters Wednesday that U.S. officials have "not seen evidence" to support Israel's claim of a Hezbollah bunker located under Al-Sahel hospital in southern Beirut.

This photo shows the entrance of Al-Sahel Hospital in southern Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 22, 2024.
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"We'll continue to collaborate with our Israeli counterparts to gain better fidelity on exactly what they're looking at," Austin added.

Israel claims Hezbollah is using the purported bunker to store hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold under the city's southern Dahiya suburb. Hospital officials have denied the allegation.

The area -- known as a Hezbollah stronghold -- has been the focus of its intense airstrikes on the Lebanese capital over the past month.

-ABC News' Chris Boccia

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