Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: Netanyahu calls UN troops Hezbollah 'human shields'

U.N. peacekeepers claim IDF tanks breached their base in southern Lebanon.

ByLeah Sarnoff, David Brennan, Meredith Deliso, and Ivan Pereira
Last Updated: October 13, 2024, 5:51 PM EDT

The Israel Defense Forces continued intense air and ground campaigns against Hezbollah in Lebanon and against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The uptick in offensive operations came days after Israel marked the anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7 assault and as Israeli leaders planned their response to last week's Iranian ballistic missile attack.

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Oct 09, 2024, 7:36 AM EDT

Stabbing attack wounds several in Israel

Six people were injured -- two seriously -- in a stabbing attack in the Israeli city of Hadera on Wednesday, Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service said.

Israeli police stand around a motorbike following a stabbing attack in Hadera, Israel on Oct. 9, 2024.
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Police described the incident as a terrorist attack and said one attacker was "neutralized" while trying to flee the scene. The suspect is 36 years old and is an Israeli national, police said.

Hadera is a coastal city located between Haifa and Tel Aviv.

-ABC News’ Jordana Miller and Joe Simonetti

Oct 09, 2024, 7:24 AM EDT

Israel continues Beirut airstrikes

The Israel Defense Forces continued its bombardment of Beirut's southern suburbs overnight into Wednesday, with a focus on the Hezbollah-controlled Dahiya area.

A view shows damaged buildings in Beirut's southern suburbs following Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on Oct. 9, 2024.
Abdel Hadi Ramahi/Reuters

Lebanon's health ministry also said 36 people were killed and 150 wounded in Israeli attacks on Monday.

The total number of people killed by Israel in Lebanon rose to 2,119 and the number of wounded to 1,019, health officials said.

-ABC News' Ghazi Balkiz and Joe Simonetti

Oct 09, 2024, 7:10 AM EDT

Gaza death toll passes 42,000, health officials say

The Hamas-controlled Health Ministry in Gaza announced Wednesday that the Palestinian death toll in the strip since Oct. 7, 2023 has now passed 42,000.

Displaced Palestinians walk on a dirt road lined with building rubble in the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, Oct. 7, 2024.
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Health authorities reported 42,010 Palestinians killed and 97,720 wounded since the start of the war. Thousands more bodies are believed to still be under rubble in the devastated territory.

-ABC News’ Lama Hasan and Joe Simonetti

Oct 09, 2024, 4:46 AM EDT

IDF claims strikes on 230 targets in 24 hours in Lebanon and Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday morning that it struck 185 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and 45 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip over the previous 24 hours.

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on Oct. 9, 2024.
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In southern Lebanon, the IDF said it "dismantled launch pads that posed a threat to communities in northern Israel, eliminated terrorists during close-quarter encounters and in aerial strikes, located and confiscated numerous weapons including anti-tank missiles."

In Gaza, the IDF said its troops "eliminated dozens of terrorists in close-quarter encounters and in aerial strikes, located weapons, including grenades, AK-47 rifles, and more, and dismantled numerous terrorist infrastructure sites and rocket launchers that were ready to fire toward Israeli territory."

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

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