At least 15 people were killed today in an Israeli attack on a residential building south of Beirut, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced.
"In an attack by the Israeli enemy in Barja, according to the initial report, 15 people were killed," the ministry said, adding that cleaning and rescue operations are underway at this coastal site, which is located about 20 kilometers from the capital of Lebanon.
Today, it is the second Israeli attack on this region, which is outside the stronghold of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement, against which Israel entered the war on September 23.
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At least seven people were killed today in an Israeli military operation and airstrikes in the West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced.
Five people were killed in two separate Israeli attacks in the city of Kabati and nearby, and two more people were killed in the Tamun area, according to the statement.
The Israeli army announced that a fighter jet targeted a group of armed men and that its forces arrested 60 terrorists, according to Israeli media.
Islamic Jihad's military wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, claims its members clashed with Israeli forces in the Kabatieh and Tamun areas.
Israeli forces carry out almost daily operations in the West Bank, following last year's attack by Hamas on southern Israeli territory, which sparked the war.
The Health Ministry says at least 767 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since then, the Associated Press reports. Most of the extremists were killed in clashes with Israeli forces, but many civilians were also killed.
Israel claims that the aim of these actions is to destroy Hamas in the West Bank and prevent attacks on Israel.
The West Bank was occupied by Israel in the 1967 war, and the Palestinians want it to be the main part of their future state.
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An unnamed Israeli official said today that Palestinian Hamas rejected a proposal for an agreement on a short-term ceasefire in the war in Gaza and the release of hostages.
"Nothing happens on the ground until we know the results of the US elections," the official said, according to Israeli media.
Considering how the electoral system works in the USA and the close race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, it seems that it will take some time, agencies comment.
The same official confirmed an earlier report in the Israeli media that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is offering the hostage takers money and safe passage in exchange for their release.
Despite mediation efforts by Egypt, Qatar and the US, no one has been able to get Hamas and Israel to agree to a ceasefire and the release of hostages since the collapse of the last ceasefire late last year.
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In a daily report, Gaza's health ministry said at least 43.391 people had died since the start of the war.
The death toll includes 17 deaths in the previous 24 hours, the ministry said, adding that approximately 102.347 people were wounded in the Gaza Strip.
More than 100 patients, including children suffering from trauma injuries and chronic illnesses, will be evacuated from Gaza on Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing a World Health Organization (WHO) official.
The WHO representative for the occupied Palestinian territory, Rick Pepperkorn, said 12.000 people were waiting to be transferred.
Evacuated patients will leave Gaza for Israel via the Kerem Shalom crossing and then travel to the UAE and Romania.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aghashi said today, speaking about a possible response to the Israeli strikes in Iran, carried out on October 26, that his country does not seek escalation, but has the right to legitimate defense.
"Unlike Israel, the Islamic Republic of Iran is not seeking escalation, but we reserve the inalienable right to legitimate defense," Aragshi said in Islamabad, Pakistan at a joint press conference with his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar.
"We will respond, that's for sure, to Israeli aggression in a timely and adequate manner, very measured, but well calculated," he said.
The Pakistani minister said he condemned Israel's unlimited military aggression in the Middle East and what he called its genocidal action against civilians.
Pakistan, the only Muslim country with nuclear weapons, does not recognize Israel.
Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 30 Palestinians since Monday evening, Palestinian media and medical sources said Tuesday, as the Israeli military issued further evacuation orders from the besieged Palestinian territory.
Reuters reports that an airstrike damaged two houses in the northern Gaza city of Beit Lahiya, killing at least 20 people late on Monday, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa and Hamas media.
Palestinian health officials said six people were also killed in two separate Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City and Deir Al Balah, while another four were killed in the central city of Al Zawaida around midnight. Among the dead were at least two children.
Israeli planes dropped leaflets over Beit Lahia in the far north of the territory, ordering residents who had not yet left their homes and shelters housing displaced families to leave the city.
"To all those who remained in homes and shelters, you are risking your lives. For your safety, you must head south," reads the leaflet written in Arabic.
UN agencies have stated that almost all of Gaza's 2,4 million residents have been displaced at least once during the war.
Al Jazeera, citing the Gaza Civil Defense, reports that Israeli forces have been disrupting humanitarian and medical services in northern Gaza for the 14th day in a row.
In an earlier statement, the Israeli military claimed that during its operations in northern Gaza, it "eliminated dozens of terrorists during close encounters and airstrikes and dismantled the infrastructure of terrorist facilities."
Reuters reports, citing Interfax, that Russia is evacuating around 100 of its citizens from Beirut to Moscow on a special flight.
The Israeli army and Shin Bet announced that they had arrested more than 60 members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in the occupied West Bank and Lebanon.
In the announcement, they stated that high officials were among those arrested.
Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that Israeli security forces arrested at least 15 people in the occupied West Bank this morning.
The agency states that the number of people detained by Israel in the 13 months since the October 7 attack has exceeded 11.600.
Al Jazeera reports that the death toll in an Israeli attack on tents housing displaced people in central Gaza has risen to six, including a six-year-old and a four-year-old child.
Lebanon's National News Agency reported that the Israeli army, which is carrying out incursions into the south of the country, "plants explosive devices and destroys entire neighborhoods in cities and towns, so that more than 37 settlements have been wiped out and their houses destroyed, and more than 40.000 residential units it is completely destroyed".
The report suggests that Israeli forces are clearing an area three kilometers deep stretching from Nakura on the coast to Hiyam in the east.
At least four people were killed during an Israeli military raid and airstrikes in the occupied West Bank today, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Reuters reports that the Palestinian ministry said two people were killed in the city of Kabati and two others in the Tamun area.
Palestinian media reported that Hezbollah claimed to have targeted Israeli forces in the country's north near Dovev, which is close to the UN-drawn blue line separating Lebanon and Israel.
Earlier, the Israeli army reported that warning sirens sounded in the Upper Galilee area.
Israeli media reports that the Islamic Resistance militia in Iraq, which is supported by Iran, claimed responsibility for launching three drones during the night, which were aimed at Haifa.
Lebanon's National News Agency reports fighting in the south of the country, near Halta, Kfarchuba and Sheba, which are close to the blue line separating Israel and Lebanon.
The agency's report stated that "some plateaus are witnessing the movement of enemy infantry and vehicles targeted by [Hezbollah's] rocket platoons, while forested areas are occasionally exposed to artillery shelling and airstrikes."
The Israeli military said yesterday that it was "carrying out limited, localized, targeted strikes based on precise intelligence in the wooded terrain along the border fence in southern Lebanon, where the terrorist organization Hezbollah has established a presence."
The death toll in Lebanon since Israel stepped up its campaign and began airstrikes has exceeded 3.000, according to Lebanese authorities.
Tens of thousands of Israelis have been forced to flee their homes in northern Israel due to almost continuous rocket fire from Lebanon, while Lebanon itself has seen over a million people displaced by Israeli attacks.
The Israeli military said that, following a warning of an "enemy infiltration aircraft" in Masada in southern Israel, near the Dead Sea, its air force intercepted a drone that crossed into Israel from the east.
It also claims to have intercepted a second drone that entered Israel from Lebanon this morning, the Guardian reports.
At least 29 Palestinians were killed early this morning in Israeli air strikes on Gaza, including attacks on tents housing displaced people. The casualties were recorded in Beit Lahia, Deir Al Balah and the city of Al Zawaida, Reuters reported, citing the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
According to Wafa information, 20 people were killed in a powerful attack on a house in Beit Lahia, which is located in the north of Gaza, two people were killed when a tent was hit in the central part of Deir Al Balah, and four people lost their lives, while others were injured in a similar attack on a tent in Al Zawajda.
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