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Israeli strikes targeted the southern suburb of Beirut early Sunday morning, Lebanon’s official National News Agency said, after the Israeli army issued evacuation calls. Follow our live blog on events in the Middle East.
Palestinian officials say Israeli strikes have killed 22 people in northern Gaza
Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 22 people, Palestinian medical officials said.
The Gaza Health Ministry’s emergency service said that 11 women and two children were among those killed in the strikes late Saturday on several homes and buildings in the northern town of Beit Lahiya. It said another 15 people were wounded and that the death toll could rise.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
Lebanon state news agency reports Israeli raid on southern Beirut
Lebanon’s state news agency on Sunday reported an Israeli raid on southern Beirut, after Israel’s army issued a fresh evacuation call.
The official National News Agency said shortly after midnight that Israel had “targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut”.
The Israeli army had earlier urged residents of two neighbourhoods in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital to evacuate their homes.
“You are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the IDF will operate in the near future,” military spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on social media platform X, using an acronym for the Israeli army.
The evacuation call included maps showing buildings that would be targeted in Burj al-Barajneh and Hadath.
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- The Israeli military said on Saturday it had completed an air attack on Iran. Iran’s military said that the Israeli strikes targeted military bases in Ilam, Khuzestan and Tehran provinces, causing “limited damage”.
- Two soldiers were killed by the Israeli airstrikes on Iran, the official news agency IRNA reported.
- The European Union echoed calls from the US, UK and France for all parties to exercise restraint to avoid “uncontrollable escalation” in the Middle East after the Israeli air strikes on Iran.
- Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Iran’s determination to defend itself “knows no limits,” as the Israeli military warned that the Islamic republic would “pay a heavy price” if it began a new round of escalation.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, and Reuters)
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