At least 60 people were killed in Israeli raids in the Palestinian enclave, which has been bombarded relentlessly for a year, this Sunday, November 17, according to Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal.
Several dozen people were killed this Sunday, November 17, by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, ravaged by more than a year of war between Hamas and Israel, which carried out new deadly air raids in Lebanon, particularly on the center of Beirut.
The deadliest strike took place overnight from Saturday to Sunday in Beit Lahia, in the north, on a five-story building: at least 34 bodies, including women and children, were removed from the rubble and dozens people are still missing, Mahmoud Bassal told AFP.
“The chances of rescuing more injured people (trapped under the rubble) are decreasing,” the spokesperson said.
Women and children killed by Israel
“They (Israel) bombed us heavily last night, they (…) completely destroyed Beit Lahia,” said Omar Abdel Aal, a Palestinian displaced from the town.
The Israeli army launched a major ground operation in northern Gaza on October 6 to, it said, prevent Hamas fighters from reconstituting their forces. It announced on Sunday the death of two of its soldiers in the sector.
Twenty-six other people, including women and children, died in bombings in the south, in Rafah and Khan Younes, and in the center, in Nousseirat and Al-Bureij, added Mahmoud Bassal.
Alongside its offensive in Gaza, the Israeli army is fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon. On Sunday, the pro-Iranian movement announced the death, in an airstrike in central Beirut, of its main spokesperson, Mohammad Atif.
His “elimination” was confirmed in the evening by the Israeli army, which described him as “head of propaganda” of the Shiite militia. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, at least six people were killed this Sunday in two strikes in the center of Beirut.
Schools in the capital and its surrounding areas will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, the Lebanese Ministry of Education announced.
