Israel, at war against Hamas and Hezbollah, carried out strikes on Sunday in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. These left dozens dead, including many children, according to Palestinian and Lebanese sources.
On Sunday, the Palestinian Civil Defense reported “at least” 25 dead, “including 13 children”, in a strike which targeted a family home in Jabalia, in the north of the Gaza Strip. The building was completely razed and transformed into a pile of stones, noted an AFP correspondent. The Israeli army said it had targeted a site in Jabalia “where terrorists were operating”.
Another Israeli strike targeted a house in Gaza City, also in the north, killing five people, according to Civil Defense.
Heavy toll in Lebanon too
In Lebanon, on Israel’s northern border, the Israeli army continued its strikes on the south and east of the country where Hezbollah has a strong presence.
In the east, at least 12 people were killed in strikes on the Baalbeck region, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. And in the south, three Hezbollah-affiliated rescue workers were killed in a strike against their center in Adloun, according to the ministry.
An Israeli strike also hit a region north of Beirut on Sunday, killing at least 23 people including seven children in the town of Aalmat, about forty kilometers from the capital, the Health Ministry said. The strike targeted a house shortly after the arrival of a Hezbollah member who came to visit displaced people there, a security source told AFP.
More than 3,180 people have been killed in Lebanon, the majority civilians, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
