Latest developments in the Middle East: 6 people died in Israel’s attacks in Lebanon, while 3 young brothers were killed in Gaza

Palestinian medics said three siblings aged 6 and under were killed in an Israeli attack on a house in northern Gaza, including at least six people who died in air strikes on the war-torn region. In Lebanon, at least six people were killed and 15 injured in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in southern Beirut on Wednesday, the Health Ministry said.

The Biden administration said Tuesday it would not limit arms transfers to Israel as it has made limited progress in increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Eight international aid groups have previously said Israel has failed to meet US demands. greater humanitarian access To the Gaza Strip, which hunger experts say is in the north may already be experiencing famine.

Palestinian health officials say Israel’s war in Gaza has killed more than 43,000 people. Authorities do not distinguish between civilians and combatants but say more than half of those killed were women and children.

Israel-Hamas war It started after Palestinian militants attacked Israel The killing of approximately 1,200 people, mostly civilians, on October 7, 2023, and He kidnapped 250 more people.

The Hezbollah group in Lebanon began firing at Israel on October 8, 2023, in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza. Since then, More than 3,200 people were killed The country’s Ministry of Health reported that more than 14,200 people were injured in Lebanon. 76 people, including 31 soldiers, lost their lives in Israel.

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Here is the latest situation:

BEIRUT — At least six people were killed and 15 injured in an Israeli air strike on Wednesday on an apartment building in the town of Aramoun, just south of Beirut, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said.

The state-run National News Agency reported that children went missing after the strike and it was unclear whether they were buried under rubble or transported to hospital.

There was no warning before the attack and it was not clear what the target was. There has been no statement from the Israeli army yet.

Also on Wednesday morning, the Israeli army struck several locations in Beirut’s southern suburbs, known as Dahiyeh, after issuing evacuation warnings. It was stated that the attacks targeted “Hezbollah’s facilities and interests”. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Israeli forces and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been clashing since October 8, 2023, when Hezbollah began firing rockets across the border in support of its ally Hamas in Gaza. Clashes increased from mid-September. Israel has launched a large-scale aerial bombardment of Lebanon and a ground offensive it says is aimed at pushing Hezbollah back from the border.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Three siblings aged 6 and under were killed in an Israeli attack on a house in northern Gaza, Palestinian medics said.

They were among at least six people killed Tuesday in Israeli strikes on the war-torn region, where Israel has been at war with Hamas for more than 13 months.

Three children were killed in an attack on a house near a clinic in Israel’s Jabaliya refugee camp, the Gaza Health Ministry’s emergency service said. has been carrying out an attack for over a month.

In the central city of Deir Al Balah, at least two people, including a 15-year-old boy, were killed in an attack on a tent on the city’s western side, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said. A man was also killed in another attack on a tent in the Nuseyrat refugee camp, the hospital said. A journalist from the Associated Press counted three bodies at the hospital.

Israel says it targets only militants and tries to avoid harming civilians. He accuses Hamas militants of hiding among civilians in homes and shelters.

The military rarely comments on individual attacks that kill mostly women and children.

The war began when Hamas-led militants raided Israel on October 7, 2023, killing approximately 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 250 hostages. There are currently nearly 100 captives in Gaza, and one-third of them are believed to be dead.

More than 43,000 Palestinians were killed in Israel’s retaliatory attack, according to local health authorities. They do not distinguish between militants and civilians in their numbers, but they say that more than half of those killed are women and children.

WASHINGTON — U.S. forces launched strikes against Iran-allied militia groups in Syria for a second consecutive day in response to new attacks on U.S. personnel, U.S. Central Command said late Tuesday.

In the latest retaliatory strikes, US forces struck a weapons storage and logistics facility after militia groups launched a rocket attack on US personnel at Shaddadi Patrol Base in eastern Syria.

Earlier Tuesday, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said militias over the weekend also targeted U.S. troops with a drone strike and indirect fire at Green Village, another base where U.S. troops operate, prompting the United States to attack. Nine militia targets were targeted in self-defense on Monday.

There are approximately 900 US soldiers in Syria. No US soldiers were injured in either attack.

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