Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: 20 dead in Israeli strike on school, ministry says

The school was being used as a shelter for displaced people.

Last Updated: October 14, 2024, 11:59 AM EDT

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

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

5:23 AM EDT

Israel to probe deadly drone attack on troops, Gallant says

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visited the scene of a deadly Hezbollah drone strike in northern Israel on Monday, telling soldiers there the incident "was a difficult event with painful results."

Four troops were killed and 55 wounded in Sunday's attack on the Golani Training Base close to the town of Binyamina, some 20 miles south of Haifa.

A man looks on from inside an Israeli military ambulance at the site of a drone strike near the northern Israeli town of Binyamina, on Oct. 13, 2024.
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"We must investigate it, study the details and implement lessons in a swift and professional manner," Gallant said, according to a Defense Ministry readout.

"We are concentrating significant efforts in developing solutions to address the threat of UAV attacks," he added

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

4:59 AM EDT

IDF claims 200 strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

The Israel Defense Forces said Monday its warplanes targeted around 200 "Hezbollah terror targets" in its continuing operation against the Iranian-backed group in southern Lebanon.

The targets included "launchers, anti-tank missile launch posts, terrorist infrastructure and weapons storage facilities containing launchers, anti-tank missiles, RPG launchers and munitions," the IDF wrote on X.

An Israeli Apache helicopter fires a missile towards southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel on Oct. 13, 2024.
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Ground forces, meanwhile, "eliminated dozens of terrorists in close-quarters encounters and aerial strikes" in their ongoing cross-border incursion, the force reported.

The IDF is still describing its ground operation as consisting of "limited, localized, targeted raids" in southern areas close to the border.

Airstrikes, though, continue across southern Lebanon. Around a quarter of all Lebanese territory is under IDF evacuation orders and some 1.2 million civilians are displaced, according to the government in Beirut.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

4:01 AM EDT

Hezbollah drone attack on IDF base 'painful,' commander says

The Israel Defense Forces identified the four soldiers killed in a Hezbollah drone attack on a training base in the north of the country on Sunday.

An Israeli soldier stands by after a military helicopter dropped off patients injured in a drone attack from Lebanon at the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, on Oct. 13, 2024.
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Sgt. Omri Tamari, Sgt. Yosef Hieb, Sgt. Yoav Agmon and Sgt. Amitay Alon were killed, an IDF press release said. The strike occurred at the Golani Training Base close to the town of Binyamina, some 20 miles south of Haifa.

Around 55 more are reported to have been injured.

IDF Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi addressed Golani Brigade troops on Sunday night following the attack.

"We are at war, and an attack on a training base in the rear is difficult and the results are painful," the commander said according to a post on the IDF's official Telegram channel.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

3:59 AM EDT

Israel strike on Gaza hospital kills 4, wounds dozens

At least four people were killed and 40 others wounded Monday in an Israeli airstrike on tents housing displaced Palestinians inside the Al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gaza's city of Deir al-Balah, health officials said.

Palestinians react to a fire after an Israeli strike hit a tent area in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.
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The Israeli military said it targeted militants operating from a command center inside the compound. Israel accuses Hamas of routine use of civilian facilities such as hospitals for military purposes -- a charge Hamas denies.

-ABC News' Will Gretsky

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