At least 42 are the victims of Israeli shelling in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, Reuters reported, citing BTA, citing local authorities.
The Health Ministry of the radical Palestinian group Hamas, which has established control over the enclave since 2007, and the World Health Organization (WHO) said the strikes made it impossible to start scheduled vaccinations against polio (polio). The health campaign is hampered by the mass displacement of Palestinians and the lack of access to all those in need.
According to medics and local residents, Israeli forces are advancing heavily in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, besieging hospitals and refugee camps and ordering the evacuation of the population to the south.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began their operation in northern Gaza three weeks ago, with the aim of preventing "Hamas" to regroup, Reuters points out. The actions of the Israeli military intensified after the death of the leader of the radical Palestinian movement Yahya Sinwar, considered the strategist of the bloody attack on Israeli territory on October 7 last year, which started the war in Gaza.
On Friday, the Israeli army announced that it had transferred another unit to the area of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the enclave. The Health Ministry of "Hamas" reported that at least 650 people have been killed since the Israeli operation in northern Gaza began.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed to his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant Washington's deep concern about reports of Israeli strikes on the Lebanese army, Reuters reported, citing BTA, citing an official Pentagon statement.
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Furthermore, in their phone conversation, Austin called on Gallant to ensure that Israel will take action to ensure the safety and security of the Lebanese Armed Forces and the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the Pentagon said. about the conversation between the ministers.
Southern neighborhoods of the Lebanese capital Beirut were subjected to massive air attacks, DPA reported, quoted by BTA.
Thick orange balls of smoke rose in the sky over Beirut, the agency described. There were at least six raids by military aircraft, the AP reports. Powerful explosions echoed all over the city, as well as in Mount Lebanon.
An attack was made in the neighborhood of "Jnah", near the international airport of Beirut. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that at least five people died, including a child.
Agence France Presse informs that the Israeli army shelled Beirut at least ten times today.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese Shia group "Hezbollah" said that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are penetrating further into the territory of Lebanon, DPA also reported. The offensive is in the area of the Lebanese border village of Aitarun, the group said.
According to the statement, the movement's forces were trying to push the Israeli units back across the border, sustaining machine-gun fire and rocket fire.
Earlier today "Hezbollah" reported that an attempt by Israeli military personnel to infiltrate through Lebanon's southern border had been thwarted.
France hopes a conference with the presence of nearly 70 delegations in support of Lebanon will raise about half a billion euros for humanitarian aid for the Middle Eastern country, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA, referring to what was written in the program of the forum. issued by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"This conference aims to take specific initiatives for the country (Lebanon), especially in humanitarian terms, for which France has set itself the ambitious goal of international aid worth 500 million euros for Lebanon,", the program says.
It also notes that aid is mostly for displaced civilians in areas such as health, food, water supply, hygiene and education.
Lebanon says it needs $250 million a month to deal with the crisis, which has driven between 500,000 and 1 million people from their homes in southern Lebanon since Israel launched its large-scale operation in September this year against Lebanese territory targeting the local Shia group "Hezbollah".