Palestinian officials said an Israeli strike early Tuesday killed at least seven people in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis. At least 15 others, including women and children, were injured in the attack, he said.
Israel’s military says it will do “whatever it takes” to push Hezbollah away from Lebanon’s border with Israel.
The two countries have been trading fire since the Israel-Hamas war began.
On Monday, Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes in southern and eastern Lebanon, killing nearly 500 people and wounding more than 1,600 others.
Thousands of people fled southern Lebanon, jamming the highway to Beirut in the biggest exodus since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.
It was a staggering one-day toll on a country still reeling from a deadly attack on communications equipment the previous week.
Lebanon blamed the attack on Israel, but Israel neither confirmed nor denied responsibility.
Hezbollah launched more than 100 projectiles into Israel on Friday, the military said, reaching deep into Israel, including around the northern city of Haifa and part of the occupied West Bank.
Most of the missiles were intercepted but two people were lightly injured when they exploded in northern Israel.
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Israeli attack kills at least 7 in Khan Younis
DEIR-Al-BALAH, Gaza Strip – Palestinian officials said an Israeli strike on Tuesday killed at least seven people in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis.
At least 15 others, including women and children, were injured in the attack, he said.
The civil defense said the dead were among five people killed in an attack on the Abu Harb family home in the Qizan al-Najjar area.
The attack also injured at least 10 others, he said.
Another attack hit a house in the Tahlia area of ​​Khan Younis, killing at least two people and wounding five others, according to rescue services.
The victims of both attacks were confirmed in hospital records in Khan Younis.
Israel says it tries to avoid harming civilians but rarely comments on individual attacks.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war began.
It does not say how many were fighters, but it says a little over half of women and children.
The war began when Hamas-led terrorists stormed southern Israel on October 7, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping around 250.
About 100 prisoners are still being held in Gaza, and a third of them are believed to be dead.
United Arab Emirates airlines cancel flights to Lebanon
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Airlines in the United Arab Emirates, a major East-West travel hub, canceled flights Tuesday to Lebanon because of cross-border fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Long-haul carriers Emirates and Etihad canceled flights, as did low-cost carrier FlyDubai.
The United Arab Emirates, which reached a diplomatic recognition deal with Israel in 2020, is home to a large Lebanese population.
