Hezbollah in Lebanon launches rocket attacks on Israel, IDF says.
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind behind the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, was killed this week in a firefight with Israeli forces, officials said.
The development comes as Israel continues intense air and ground campaigns against Hezbollah in Lebanon and against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The uptick in offensive operations came as Israeli leaders planned their response to Iran's latest ballistic missile attack.
At least 2,448 people have been killed and 11,471 were injured in Lebanon since Israel began its increased attacks on Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.
Of those dead, at least 36 people were killed in the last two days alone, the ministry said.
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At least one person was killed and 14 others were injured in rocket attacks launched from Lebanon toward northern Israel on Saturday, according to Israeli national emergency service MDA.
Some 180 projectiles fired by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory so far on Saturday, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
The rocket barrages targeted the Haifa area and the Western Galilee region. A 50-year-old man died after being struck by shrapnel while in his car in the port city of Acre, the MDA said.
Meanwhile, the IDF on Saturday afternoon issued new evacuation orders to residents of Dahiyeh, the densely populated southern suburb of Lebanon’s capital Beirut and a Hezbollah stronghold.
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At least 33 people were killed and dozens of others were wounded in Israeli airstrikes that hit several homes in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza overnight Saturday, according to Gaza Civil Defense and Gaza’s Hamas-run Media Office. Three of the four functioning hospitals in North Gaza were targeted by Israeli tanks and troops, according to medical staff and the Gaza ministry of health.
IDF vehicles surrounded the Indonesian Hospital, firing at the main entrance as well as the upper floors of the hospital, resulting in a complete power outage and the failure of its generator, according to the director of the hospital. The hospital is treating about 40 patients and the health ministry said the patients and medical staff are trapped in the hospital.
The entrance to Kamal Adwan Hospital's medical lab was hit with an airstrike -- killing one person and injuring several others. Al Awda Hospital was shelled with artillery, according to the ministry of health.
The IDF said its "troops eliminated several terrorists in close-quarters encounters and IAF strikes" in the Jabalia area. ABC News has asked for comment about the attacks on hospitals but the IDF has not commented so far.
The fourth hospital in Jabalia, Al Yemen Al Saeed, was bombed on Oct. 9.
The Israeli siege on the Jabalia refugee camp has entered its fifteenth day, with over 400 people killed -- including women, children and the elderly -- and hundreds more wounded, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense.
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Three drones launched from Lebanon crossed into Israeli territory early Saturday, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Two of the drones were intercepted while the third hit a structure in the area of Caesarea, a coastal town in northwestern Israel. No injuries were reported, the IDF said.
A spokesperson for the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed in a statement that Netanyahu’s private residence was the target of a drone attack, but that the prime minister and his wife were not home at the time and there were no casualties.
No group has claimed responsibility. Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has not commented.
