Israel-Gaza updates: Netanyahu considering plan to force civilians out of northern Gaza
The plan does not say if Palestinians could eventually return to northern Gaza.
Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in the wake of the shocking explosions of wireless devices across Lebanon.
Latest headlines:
- Netanyahu considering plan to force civilians out of northern Gaza
- UAV from Iraq intercepted over Golan Heights, IDF says
- IDF strikes 2nd Gaza school in 2 days
- Israel 'can't accept' Hezbollah attacks, Netanyahu says
- Israel striking Lebanon, upping defense readiness in north: Israeli official
- IDF says it struck 180 targets in Lebanon
- 37 dead in Israel’s Beirut strike, Lebanon ministry says
- 22 dead in Israeli strike on Gaza school, Gaza Health Ministry says
- Israel strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, IDF says
IDF says it struck 180 targets in Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces said it struck 180 targets in Lebanon on Saturday, targeting "launcher barrels" that were ready for launching weapons toward Israel.
Four people have been injured in the Israeli strikes Saturday, one critically, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said.
The IDF said 90 launches were identified coming from Lebanon today but no casualties or damage were reported.
Hezbollah said they have launched nine aerial attacks toward Israel on Saturday.
The IDF said it “will continue operating to dismantle and degrade Hezbollah's capabilities and terror infrastructure.”
- ABC News’ Ghazi Balkiz and Anna Burd.
37 dead in Israel’s Beirut strike, Lebanon ministry says
The Lebanese health ministry issued another update Saturday, bringing the total number of dead in Friday's Beirut strike to 37. It says first responders are continuing to search the rubble.
The dead include at least three children – ages 4, 6 and 10 – and seven women, the ministry said during a press conference earlier. Dozens more people have been wounded.
The Israel Defense Forces described the strike on Friday as a "targeted" assault.
22 dead in Israeli strike on Gaza school, Gaza Health Ministry says
Twenty-two people were killed and 30 more were injured in an Israeli strike on a school in Gaza City, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Ministry of Health.
Civil Defense, the local first responders, said they recovered the bodies of 13 children.
The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement a military strike targeted terrorists who were operational in a "Hamas command and control center."
Video shows rubble strewn in hallways and classrooms turned shelters. A witness told Reuters that women and children were gathered in the yard when two missiles hit the school.
Additional verified video shows first responders gathering body parts from under rubble, along with toddlers with severed limbs being tended to.
-ABC News' Victoria Beaule
Israel strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, IDF says
The Israeli military on Saturday began strikes within Lebanon that were aimed at targets belonging to the Hezbollah militant group, the Israel Defense Forces said.