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Israel intensifies bombardment on Beirut as it launches incursion in northern Gaza

By CBS News

 

Heavy bombardment from Israeli airstrikes lit up the skyline in Beirut overnight into Sunday and loud explosions echoed across the southern suburbs. At the same time, a deadly attack in the Gaza Strip hit a mosque and a school sheltering displaced people, killing at least 26 people and wounding 93 others.

Displaced people were sheltering at the mosque that was struck near the main hospital in the central town of Deir al-Balah. A further four people were killed in a strike on a school sheltering displaced people near the town.

The Israeli military said both strikes targeted militants, but did not provide evidence.

Israel has been battling Hamas in Gaza a year after the group’s attack and has opened a new front in Lebanon against Hezbollah, which has been trading fire with Israel along the northern border since the war in Gaza began. Israel has also vowed to strike Iran itself after Tehran launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel last week.

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Smoke rise from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, early Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024.Hussein Malla / AP

Israel is on high alert ahead of memorial events for the Oct. 7 attack, while rallies continue around the world observing the year mark. Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people in the attack and took another 250 hostage. They still hold around 100 captives, a third of whom are believed to be dead.

Rocket sirens and blasts were heard in Haifa in northern Israel late Sunday, and Hezbollah claimed the attack. Israel’s military said at least five projectiles were identified coming from Lebanon and “fallen projectiles” were found in the area. The military showed what appeared to be rubble along a street. The Magen David Adom ambulance service said it was treating a teen with shrapnel injuries to the head and a man who fell from a window due to a blast.

In Beirut, Israel said the strikes overnight targeted a building near a road leading to Lebanon’s only international airport and another formerly used by the Hezbollah-run broadcaster Al-Manar.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported more than 30 strikes overnight into Sunday. Israel’s military confirmed it was striking targets near Beirut and said about 130 projectiles had crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory…

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