Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: IDF orders evacuations in Beirut as huge blast hits city

Over 1,000 people in Lebanon have been killed in the last two weeks.

ByNadine El-Bawab, Emily Shapiro, David Brennan, Julia Reinstein, and Meredith Deliso
Last Updated: October 6, 2024, 7:29 PM EDT

Israel's Lebanon operation continues as leaders consider their response to Iran's long-range attack on Tuesday, in which hundreds of missiles were fired into the country, according to Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations.

Iran said the unprecedented attack was retaliation for a wave of assassinations carried out by Israel over the last several weeks targeting Hezbollah, including leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Most of the missiles were intercepted, but "several hits were identified, and the damage is being assessed," an Israeli security official said.

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Oct 05, 2024, 2:10 PM EDT

Israel carries out fresh strikes on Beirut

Israel carried out more than a dozen strikes Saturday on Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold and densely populated area, following another night of explosions and strikes near Beirut’s international airport.

Over 1,000 people in Lebanon have been killed by Israeli forces in the last two weeks, while thousands more have been injured and over 1 million are displaced, according to figures released by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. Many families with young children have been forced to camp out on the streets of Beirut, in cars, on the beach or alongside roads.

A man picks up a Lebanese flag from the rubble after an Israeli airstrike on an apartment block, Oct. 3, 2024, in Beirut, Lebanon.
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As the Israeli military carried out fresh strikes on the Lebanese capital, fighting raged on between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon, where Israel has launched a ground offensive. The region is also bracing for Israel’s response to Iran’s missile barrage earlier this week.

Oct 05, 2024, 1:38 PM EDT

25 killed, 127 injured in Lebanon on Friday

Twenty-five people were killed and 127 others were injured in Lebanon on Friday as a result of Israeli strikes, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

This is the lowest daily death toll this week, with the death toll trending down in recent days. Even so, in the last seven days, at least 409 people were killed, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

Oct 05, 2024, 9:29 AM EDT

Hezbollah strikes northern Israel

Hezbollah is continuing to fire rockets into Israel; the terror group declared at least seven attacks on Saturday.

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire after a rocket, fired from Lebanon, hit an area next to a road near Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, on Oct. 5, 2024.
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Some rockets or interceptors hit residential houses in Karmiel in northern Israel and in the neighboring Arab village of Deir al-Assad, according to Israeli fire and rescue services.

The Israeli military said two projectiles were identified in the area: one intercepted and one falling "in an open area.”

Oct 05, 2024, 8:01 AM EDT

IDF preparing 'significant' response to Iran attack

The Israel Defense Forces is preparing for a "significant" response to the unprecedented Iranian attack earlier this week, an Israeli military official told ABC News.

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