By Abdul Adil
(AA, Al Jazeera, Wafa, NNA): At least 55 more Palestinians were killed and 186 others injured in Israeli attacks in last 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since last year to 43,259, and 101,827 injured, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Friday.
Israeli indiscriminate air strikes killed at least 45 people across Lebanon in the past 24 hours according to Lebanese Health Ministry. At least 2,897 people have been killed and 13,157 wounded in Israeli attacks since the war on Gaza began.
“Many people are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.
A hospital in the central Gaza Strip received on Friday bodies of 14 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in the northern area of the Nuseirat refugee camp.
“Since early morning, we have received 14 Palestinian martyrs and 69 others injured, including 21 in serious condition, from Israeli airstrikes on the Nuseirat camp,” Al-Awda Hospital said in a statement.
Witnesses told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli warplanes launched at least 10 airstrikes on the camp, which is crowded with displaced people.
At least nine Palestinians, including a child, were killed on Friday when Israeli airstrikes targeted two vehicles, a residential home, and a gathering of civilians, medical sources reported.
At least 47 Palestinians were killed and dozens others were injured on Friday in Israeli airstrikes on the central Gaza Strip areas of Deir al-Balah, Nuseirat, and Zawayda, according to the Palestinian official news agency.
The strikes targeted several neighborhoods overnight and into Friday morning, hitting residential areas and multiple family homes, the agency reported.
Israeli air strikes on the northern Gaza city of Beit Lahiya have killed at least five Palestinians and wounded several, according to Wafa news agency.
The report added that the raids targeted a group of people in the Mashrou neighbourhood.
In southern Gaza, Israeli bombing targeted a group of people north of Rafah, near Hamza Mosque in the Khirbet al-Adas area, causing a number of casualties, the agency said.
Medical officials told Anadolu that four Palestinians, including a child, were killed, and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a home north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, with the casualties transported to Al-Awda Hospital.
Additionally, Gaza’s Baptist Hospital received the bodies of two Palestinians killed in an airstrike targeting a group of civilians in the Shujaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, the sources added.
In a separate statement, Gaza’s Civil Defense agency reported that “three Palestinians were killed when an Israeli strike targeted two civilian vehicles in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.”
The official said the Israeli army “is preventing the entry of medical supplies into northern Gaza and imposing a blockade on the Kamal Adwan, Al-Awda, and Indonesian hospitals in the northern enclave.”
Medical sources told Anadolu that an Israeli bombardment targeted a house in the Sabra neighborhood in southern Gaza City, killing two Palestinians and injuring four.
Another strike targeted a gathering in the town of Al-Zawayda in central Gaza, killing two Palestinians and injuring three others, sources also noted.
The Israeli army has killed over 1,200 Palestinians in its siege of northern Gaza that started nearly four weeks ago, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said on Thursday.
Four Palestinians were killed and 10 others, including children, were injured in a bombardment that targeted a house in northwest Gaza City, medical sources reported.
Nine Palestinians were killed and several others injured this evening in airstrikes carried out by Israeli warplanes targeting Gaza City and the town of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza.
According to WAFA correspondent, four individuals were killed and others injured when Israeli warplanes struck a group of people near the Feras Market in Gaza City. Additionally, five more Palestinians were brutally murdered, and others were injured in an Israeli attack on a gathering of citizens in the town of Beit Lahiya.
In southern Gaza, several Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces targeted a group near Hamza Mosque in the Khirbat Al-Adas area north of Rafah.
In the central part of the Gaza Strip, Israeli aircraft bombed agricultural land northeast of the Nuseirat refugee camp, coinciding with ongoing artillery shelling on the camp’s outskirts.
Moreover, several citizens were injured after being targeted by Israeli drones near the entrance to the Al-Bureij and Nuseirat refugee camps.
In a recent update, the Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat reported the arrival of the bodies of 26 victims along with dozens of injuries due to the continuous Israeli airstrikes that have persisted since this morning.
LEBANON
Israeli indiscriminate air strikes killed at least 45 people across Lebanon in the past 24 hours according to Lebanese Health Ministry. At least 2,897 people have been killed and 13,157 wounded in Israeli attacks since the war on Gaza began.
According to the Lebanese agency, the Israeli strikes on a home in the village of Buday, killed a man, his wife, and their two children.
Israeli forces launched further airstrikes on residential areas, particularly impacting the town of Makneh, where six members of a single family were killed and six others were wounded.
Three people were killed and five others injured early this morning in an Israeli airstrike in the town of Qmatiyeh in Mount Lebanon.
The WHO says it is deeply concerned about what it calls a shocking number of attacks on Lebanon’s healthcare services.
While 55 attacks have been verified, the actual number of incidents is likely to be significantly higher, WHO official Margaret Harris said at a UN briefing.
More than 100 health workers have been killed in those attacks since late September, the WHO said.
The Israeli army issued on Friday evacuation orders to residents of certain neighborhoods in Beirut’s southern suburbs as Israel continued its air and ground attacks on the country.
In a statement, the Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee claimed that residents “are located near facilities and interests belonging to Hezbollah, which the Israeli army will act against in the near future.”
The orders targeted neighborhoods such as Haret Hreik and Tahouitat al-Ghadir, which are home to thousands of Lebanese civilians.
“You must immediately evacuate these buildings and adjacent structures and distance yourselves by at least 500 meters (1,640 feet),” the spokesperson added.
A nearby strike in the village of Douris resulted in extensive damage to homes, businesses, and public infrastructure, with three people sustaining minor injuries.
The news agency highlighted the broader impact of Israeli airstrikes on Baalbek-Hermel and Central Bekaa, which have so far reached 1,035 individual strikes.
Roughly one-quarter of buildings in southern Lebanon have been damaged or destroyed due to intensified Israeli attacks, according to a Washington Post report based on satellite data.
An analysis by the paper, in collaboration with City University of New York Graduate Center and Oregon State University, used Sentinel-1 satellite images and verified videos from social media to examine the impact.
Findings revealed extensive destruction of homes and infrastructure due to ongoing airstrikes and increased ground attacks.
The analysis showed that nearly 25% of structures in 25 municipalities near the Israeli border sustained damage, with controlled demolitions destroyed at least nine religious sites.
In border villages Ayta ash-Shab and Kfar Kila, nearly half of all buildings were severely damaged and at least 5,868 buildings affected from Israeli attacks.
Although Israel has continued its attacks on Lebanon since October last year, 80% of the damage has occurred since Israel launched its ground offensive last month.
Nine Israelis were injured, including one critically, on Friday after rockets launched from Lebanon struck the town of Karmiel in Israel’s Upper Galilee, Israeli media reported.
Channel 13 reported that sirens sounded across Karmiel and nearby areas in northern Israel before the rockets impact, which injured multiple residents.
The Israeli army confirmed that it detected 30 rockets launched from Lebanese territory toward Upper Galilee, according to a statement.
The army noted that “several rockets were intercepted, while others struck within the region.”
Separately, Hezbollah announced on Friday targeting Karmiel in the Upper Galilee with a “rocket salvo.”
It added that its fighters targeted the settlements of Ma’alot-Tarshiha and Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel with rockets.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Friday that Israeli statements and diplomatic indicators received by Beirut confirm Tel Aviv’s stubbornness and refusal to accept proposed solutions, insisting instead on a path of violence and destruction.
Mikati made his comments during a meeting with the head of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Gen. Arnaldo Lazaro, held in Beirut.
According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s office, Mikati emphasized that “the recent escalation by Israel is a clear indication of its rejection of all efforts aimed at achieving a cease-fire and fully implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1701.”
The meeting took place amid US suggestions of a potentially positive atmosphere leading to an agreement to end hostilities in Lebanon.
Israeli warplanes killed seven people and injured 14 late Thursday in towns in the Baalbek district, located in the Baalbek-Hermel province in northeastern Lebanon.
Israeli platforms have published footage of the rigging and detonating of a mosque in the village of Dhahira, in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon.
The footage, verified by Al Jazeera, shows the moment the Israeli army blew up the mosque and surrounding houses.
Israeli air strikes pummelled the area around the southern port city of Tyre following an evacuation warning.
The death toll reached six from Israeli airstrike on the town of Makneh, with six injured, one of whom is in critical condition, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
Another airstrike destroyed a house in the town of Kayyal near Baalbek city, killing a woman and injuring five others, added the agency.
In Douris, three people sustained minor injuries from another strike near the Modern Science Castle building — an educational service institution.
Israel launched a massive air campaign last month in Lebanon against what it claims are Hezbollah targets in an escalation in a year of cross-border warfare between Israel and the group since the start of Israel’s brutal offensive on Gaza.
[Photo: Relatives of Palestinians, killed mourn at al-Awda Hospital following Israeli attacks on Nuseirat refugee camp, in Gaza City, Gaza on 1 11, 2024. Photojournalist: Moiz Salhi/AA]
