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

Israel Defense Forces attacked military targets in Iran Saturday.

ByDavid Brennan, Meredith Deliso, Nadine El-Bawab, and Bill Hutchinson
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.

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Here's how the news is developing.
Oct 25, 2024, 9:48 AM EDT

WHO loses touch with personnel in Kamal Adwan Hospital

The World Health Organization said it has lost touch with personnel in the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza after reports of an early morning raid there.

"This development is deeply disturbing given the number of patients being served and people sheltering there," the WHO said in a statement.

People walk and injured lie down on mats at the trauma ward in the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia the northern Gaza Strip on Oct. 24, 2024, amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas.
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"Kamal Adwan Hospital has been overflowing with close to 200 patients -- a constant stream of horrific trauma cases. It is also full of hundreds of people seeking shelter. Accessing hospitals across Gaza is getting unbelievably harder and exposes our staff to unnecessary danger," the WHO said.

Oct 25, 2024, 9:47 AM EDT

9 hospitalized after Hezbollah fires 30 projectiles into Galilee

Nine people have been hospitalized in northern Israel as Hezbollah continues to fire rockets into Israel on a daily basis.

The IDF said around 30 projectiles were identified, some of which were intercepted.

-ABC News' Dana Savir

Oct 25, 2024, 4:32 AM EDT

IDF announce deaths of 10 soldiers in Lebanon fighting

The Israel Defense Forces have announced the deaths of 10 soldiers fighting in Lebanon in the past 24 hours.

The IDF says the soldiers have not been killed in the past 24 hours but their deaths have been confirmed after a process of notifying their families.

The casualties speak to the intensity of the fighting in southern Lebanon, amid reports that Hezbollah appears to have regrouped after the assassination of leader Hassan Nasrallah and the pager attack in September.

Oct 25, 2024, 4:02 AM EDT

Israeli strike kills 3 journalists in Lebanon

Three journalists have been killed in a strike on the accommodation they were staying in in Hasbaya, southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese officials.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health said three people were killed and three others injured in the strike.

This picture shows a car marked "Press" at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area where a number of journalists were located in the southern Lebanese village of Hasbaya on Oct. 25, 2024.
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Lebanese Minister of Information said in a post on X that this attack is “a war crime” and described the killings as a “premeditated and planned assassination.” He said that there were 18 journalists at the location representing 7 media outlets.

Local media are saying there was no prior warning to the strike. The IDF has not yet responded to an ABC News request for comment.

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