IDF claims it captured terror operative in Syria

The IDF said it detained a Syrian citizen it alleged was working for Iran.

ByDavid Brennan and Nadine El-Bawab
Last Updated: November 4, 2024, 3:02 AM EST

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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Oct 29, 2024, 12:03 PM EDT

90% of Gaza residents face food insecurity, WFP warns

The United Nations World Food Program issued a warning that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza could soon become a famine unless action is taken.

"Restrictions on humanitarian aid coming into Gaza are severe. During the month of October, only 5,000 metric tons of food have been delivered into Gaza, amounting to just 20 percent of basic food assistance for the 1.1 million people who depend on WFP’s lifesaving support," the WFP said in a statement.

"Meanwhile, Gaza’s food systems have largely collapsed due to the destruction of factories, croplands and shops. Markets are nearly empty as most commercial channels are no longer functioning," WFP said.

The WFP warned that a large group of Gazans could soon be in an "emergency phase" of need, while others would face "catastrophic" levels of food insecurity.

Oct 29, 2024, 7:33 AM EDT

1 killed in Israel as 200 rockets fired from Lebanon

One person was killed by a rocket in the northern Israeli town of Maalot on Tuesday, Israel's Magen David Adom emergency services said.

Israeli police and rescue teams cordon off the site of a rocket attack in the northern Israeli city of Maalot-Tarshiha on Oct. 29, 2024.
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The Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday that at least 200 projectiles were fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon into Israel since Monday night.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Joe Simonetti

Oct 29, 2024, 7:21 AM EDT

60 people killed in Israeli strikes in eastern Lebanon

Israeli warplanes killed at least 60 people and wounded 58 others in successive airstrikes on the Baalbek-Hermel governorate and the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon on Monday night, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.

Rescuers work at a site damaged by Israeli strikes in Yohmor, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, on Oct. 29, 2024.
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-ABC News' Ghazi Balkiz and Joe Simonetti

Oct 29, 2024, 4:44 AM EDT

Hezbollah confirms new leader

Hezbollah said in a Tuesday morning statement posted to social media that Naim Qassem was elected as the group's new secretary general in a vote by its decision-making Shura Council.

Qassem, 71, was born in the Lebanese capital Beirut. He was previously Hezbollah's deputy secretary general, serving in the role since 1991. Qassem has long been a prominent spokesperson for the Iran-backed militant organization.

An image grab taken from Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV shows the group's then-Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem delivering a speech from an undisclosed location on Oct. 15, 2024.
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His election followed Israel's assassination of former Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah in September and his presumed successor Hashem Safieddine in October.

Following Nasrallah's killing in Beirut, Qassem gave a video address in which he vowed that Hezbollah would continue its fight against Israel despite its significant military setbacks.

-ABC News' Ghazi Balkiz

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