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Following several days of high-level meetings, there has been "significant progress" toward a cease-fire in Lebanon, a senior official with knowledge of the negotiations told ABC News.

Israeli "Prime Minister [Benjamin Netanyahu] made it clear that the main issue is not the paperwork of this or that agreement, but Israel's ability and determination to enforce the agreement and thwart any threat to its security from Lebanon, in a way that will return our residents safely to their homes," Netanyahu's office said in a statement.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

At least 19 people were killed and three were injured in Israeli strikes on Salibi and Badnayel in Baalbek on Wednesday, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.

The Israel Defense Forces issued another evacuation order on Thursday telling residents in Baalbek, Ain Bourday and Douris to "evacuate your homes immediately and move out of these areas."

Conditions are worsening for patients at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza as Israeli bombing continued to target the hospital's surroundings through the night, the hospital director said Thursday.

"We had to let sick and wounded die due to the cessation of surgical operations," the hospital director told ABC News.

Three members of the hospital's staff sustained burns due to bombing that targeted the third floor of the hospital, the director said.

"The bombing of the hospital caused fires in departments containing wounded people and medical supplies. We demanded that ambulances be brought to the hospital to transport the wounded, to no avail. The situation is catastrophic in the hospital, we live in a disaster area, and we provide minimal treatment," the hospital director said.

-ABC News' Samy Zyara

For the second consecutive day, the Israel Defense Forces ordered residents of the city of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon to flee their homes ahead of imminent airstrikes.

"You are in a combat zone where the IDF intends to attack and target Hezbollah infrastructure, interests, installations and combat means and does not intend to harm you," IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote on X.

"Staying in the red zone puts you and your family at risk," he added, alongside a map on which most of the city was marked red.

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said at least eight people were killed by Israeli strikes in Baalbek on Thursday.

-ABC News' Ghazi Balkiz and Joe Simonetti