The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza -- particularly in the north of the strip -- and in Lebanon, with Israeli attacks on targets nationwide including in the capital Beirut. The strikes form the backdrop for a fresh diplomatic push by the White House ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's return to the Oval Office in January.
Tensions also remain high between Israel and Iran after the former launched what it called "precise strikes on military targets" in several locations in Iran following Tehran's Oct. 1 missile barrage.
Ten people were killed and 20 others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a school in Al Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City Saturday afternoon, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA.
The IDF said a strike was carried out against the school because it was being used "by the terrorists to plan imminent attacks against IDF troops," according to a statement.
A video reviewed by ABC News appears to show injured people in the courtyard of the school, the middle floor burned and the walls blown out. As people move debris on the ground, a woman looks on holding a toddler in a Mickey Mouse patterned coat, according to Reuters.
Nov 16, 2024, 8:59 AM EST
Israel strikes Beirut's southern suburbs for 5th straight day, while offensive continues across Gaza
Israel launched airstrikes on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Saturday morning in a fifth consecutive day of intense attacks.
Several strikes reportedly hit the Haret Hreik area. The Israel Defense Forces warned residents of the Haret Hreik, Al-Ghobeiry and Burj Al-Barajneh that it will attack “in the near future.”
The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said Saturday morning that Israeli attacks have killed at least 59 people and wounded another 182 across the country in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, approximately 35 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israel’s western Galilee area on Saturday morning, all of them falling into open areas, according to the IDF, which said there were no reported injuries.
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, Nov. 16, 2024.
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The IDF said Saturday morning that its ground troops are continuing “their limited, localized, and targeted operational activity in southern Lebanon.” Simultaneously, ground troops are continuing “their operational activity” in parts of the Gaza Strip, including Jabalia and Beit Lahia in the north as well as Rafah in the south, according to the IDF.
Over the past day, Israeli warplanes have struck more than “160 terror targets belonging to Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip,” according to the IDF.
Israeli attacks have killed at least 35 people and wounded 111 others across the territory during the past 24 hours, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run Ministry of Health. This brings the toll to 43,799 dead and 103,601 injured since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023.
Nov 14, 2024, 3:16 PM EST
Israel has caused 'massive, deliberate forced displacement' of Palestinians in Gaza: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch released a report documenting evidence of Israeli authorities causing "massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in Gaza" since October 2023, the organization said Thursday. The group also accused Israeli officials of "war crimes and crimes against humanity."
"Israeli forces have carried out deliberate, controlled demolitions of homes and civilian infrastructure, including in areas where they have apparent aims of creating 'buffer zones' and security 'corridors,' from which Palestinians are likely to be permanently displaced. Contrary to claims by Israeli officials, their actions do not comply with the laws of war," Human Rights Watch said, in a statement about the report.
Palestinians inspect the damage at a school sheltering displaced people, after it was hit by an Israeli strike, in Gaza City, Nov. 14, 2024.
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Human Rights Watch interviewed displaced Palestinians in Gaza and analyzed Israel's evacuation system, "including 184 evacuation orders and satellite imagery confirming the widespread destruction," the organization said.
"There is no plausible imperative military reason to justify Israel’s mass displacement of nearly all of Gaza’s population, often multiple times. Rather than ensuring civilians’ security, military 'evacuation orders' have caused grave harm," the group said.
The Israel Defense Forces have not commented on the report.
-ABC News' Ellie Kaufman
Nov 14, 2024, 7:34 AM EST
IDF bombs Beirut 30 times in 2 days
Two waves of Israeli strikes hit the Hezbollah-controlled Dahiya neighborhood of Beirut overnight into Thursday, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least six people killed and 15 others wounded in the attacks.
The Israel Defense Forces had called for residents to evacuate hours before the strikes.
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike targeting the Al Ghobeir neighborhood in southern Beirut on Nov. 14, 2024.
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The IDF said Thursday it was targeting a variety of Hezbollah targets in the area, and hit "approximately 30 terror targets" over the past two days.
"These strikes were a part of the IDF's ongoing efforts to dismantle and degrade Hezbollah's military capabilities and the IDF is continuing to strike Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure sites in the Dahiya area," the force wrote on X.
Lebanese authorities say more than 3,200 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since Oct. 8, 2023.
-ABC News' Bruno Nota, Jordana Miller and Joe Simonetti
