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The Israel Defense Forces said it struck a Hezbollah weapons cache on Wednesday.

Last Updated: October 16, 2024, 3:20 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.

Oct 15, 2024, 4:06 PM EDT

Gazan soccer player killed alongside 9 family members

Emad Abu Tai'ma, a 20-year-old Gazan soccer player, was killed alongside nine members of his family, after a strike hit a house in Bani Sahalia where the family was sheltering early Tuesday morning, according to local health officials.

It took rescuers over two hours to free Abu Tai'ma's body from the rubble, a Gaza Ministry of Health spokesperson told ABC News.

Emad Abu Tai'ma, a 20-year-old soccer player for Khan Yunis-Tokyo Union, a fourth division team, died when a strike hit a house in Bani Sahalia early Tuesday. He and nine members of his family died in the airstrike.
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Abu Tai'ma was a soccer player for the Khan Yunis-Tokyo Union for about a year before he was killed, his friend, 19-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Muzain, told ABC News.

"We studied together in one of the Bani Suhaila schools east of Khan Younis. Imad was a smart student, and he was a famous player even in school. I have not seen him for eight months due to the repeated and continuous displacement. I feel very sad for his loss. He was displaced in a house belonging to the Baraka family, and he is a civilian," Al-Muzain said.

The Palestinian Football Association confirmed Emad's death and reflected on his soccer career playing for Ittihad Khan Yunis Club and the Palestinian national soccer team.

"With the passing of Abu Taima, the number of martyrs of the Palestinian sports and scouting movement, as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression since October 7, has risen to 455 martyrs, including 314 in football (87 children, 227 young men), in addition to 90 martyrs from the Olympic sports federations, and 50 martyrs from the scouting movement. The occupation forces also destroyed 57 sports facilities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip," the association said in a statement.

-ABC News' Dia Ostaaz

Oct 15, 2024, 3:26 PM EDT

At least 29 killed in northern Israel amid fighting with Hezbollah

At least 29 civilians were killed in northern Israel amid fighting with Hezbollah, according to the Israeli prime minister's office.

Twenty-nine Israeli soldiers were also killed in the north, according to the prime minister's office.

The mother of Israeli soldier Sergeant Yoav Agmon, who was killed in a drone attack from Lebanon is comforted as she mourns during his funeral, in Binyamina-Givat Ada, Israel, Oct. 15, 2024.
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Oct 15, 2024, 3:12 PM EDT

Attacks on hospitals, health workers jeopardize health care in Lebanon, WHO warns

Nearly half of the health care centers and dispensaries in conflict-affected areas in Lebanon are now closed, jeopardizing access to health care, according to the World Health Organization

"Increasing conflict, intense bombardment and insecurity are forcing a growing number of health facilities to shut down, particularly in the south," the WHO said in a statement Tuesday. "Hospitals have had to close or evacuate due to structural damage or their proximity to areas of intense bombardment."

The World Health Organization said it has verified 23 attacks on health care in Lebanon, killing 72 and injuring 43 health workers and patients since the escalation of hostilities on Sept. 17.

Fifteen incidents impacted health facilities and 14 impacted health transport, according to WHO.

"Hospitals in Lebanon are already under massive strain as they strive to sustain essential health services while dealing with an unprecedented influx of injured people. Understaffed and under-resourced, the health system has been struggling to maintain uninterrupted services to all those in need with supplies being depleted and health workers exhausted," WHO said.

-ABC News' Guy Davies

Oct 15, 2024, 3:12 PM EDT

Northern Gaza cut off from food aid, health systems have 'all but collapsed,' aid groups warn

Escalating violence in northern Gaza is having "a disastrous impact on food security for thousands of Palestinian families," the United Nations World Food Programme warned on Tuesday as aid groups issue sharp warnings.

“The north is basically cut off and we’re not able to operate there,” Antoine Renard, WFP country director for Palestine, said in the release. “WFP has been on the ground since the onset of the crisis. We are committed to delivering life-saving food every day despite the mounting challenges, but without safe and sustained access, it is virtually impossible to reach the people in need."

Palestinians look at the damage after an Israeli strike hit a tent area in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Oct. 14, 2024.
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The health systems in northern Gaza have "all but collapsed," United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said.

Lazzarini said they are "unable to reach" UNRWA teams in northern Gaza "due to telecommunications cuts."

Fire and smoke billows at the site of an Israeli air strike around tents for displaced people inside the walls of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip early, Oct. 14, 2024.
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The Israel Defense Forces said they are assisting patients, personnel and hospital staff from Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza "to other functioning hospitals in Gaza," in a statement Tuesday. An Israeli agency that manages logistics inside of Gaza, including the flow of aid into Gaza, is leading the transfer of patients and staff, the IDF said.

Three hospitals in northern Gaza are inside of the zone where Israeli forces have asked people to evacuate.

The IDF also acknowledged they have been operating "in the Jabalia area" in northern Gaza for "over a week," in a statement Tuesday. The IDF claims they conducted "targeted raids on dozens of terrorist infrastructure sites in the area, eliminated dozens of terrorists, and confiscated numerous weapons," in the Jabaliya area during operations there, the statement said.

-ABC News' Sami Zyara, Diaa Ostaz and Jordana Miller

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