Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza while Netanyahu and Trump speak

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed dozens of individuals together with youngsters on Sunday in Lebanon and remoted northern Gaza, because the world watched for indicators of how the U.S. election would possibly have an effect on the wars between Israel and Iranian-backed militant teams Hamas and Hezbollah.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that he has spoken thrice with Donald Trump since Tuesday’s election they usually “see eye-to-eye concerning the Iranian risk and all of its elements.” Israeli President Isaac Herzog is scheduled to satisfy with U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday.

The Israeli airstrike in Lebanon killed at the very least 23 folks, together with seven youngsters, in Aalmat village north of Beirut, removed from the areas within the east and south the place Hezbollah has a serious presence. There was no Israeli evacuation warning. Israel’s navy stated that it hit a Hezbollah web site used to retailer weapons, and the strike was underneath evaluation.

Hezbollah started firing rockets, drones and missiles into Israel after warfare broke out in Gaza, in solidarity with the Palestinians and Hamas. Israel retaliated, and a sequence of escalations have led to all-out warfare.

In northern Gaza, an Israeli strike on a house sheltering displaced folks within the city refugee camp of Jabaliya killed at the very least 17 folks, together with 9 ladies, in accordance with Dr. Fadel Naim, director of Al-Ahly Hospital in Gaza Metropolis.

Israel’s navy stated that it focused a web site the place militants had been working, with out offering proof. It stated the main points of the strike had been underneath evaluation.

A separate strike hit a home in Gaza Metropolis, killing Wael al-Khour, a minister within the Hamas-run authorities, in addition to his spouse and three youngsters, in accordance with the Civil Protection first responders who function underneath the federal government.

Israel strikes deeper into Lebanon

Israel has struck deeper inside Lebanon since September, when it killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and most of his prime commanders. Hezbollah has expanded its rocket fireplace from northern to central Israel. The combating has killed greater than 3,100 folks in Lebanon, in accordance with the Well being Ministry, and greater than 70 folks in Israel.

After Israel’s strike in Aalmat, round 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Beirut, legislator Raed Berro denied that any Hezbollah personnel or property had been within the constructing hit.

“Everybody can see, in entrance of cameras, that what’s being pulled from underneath the rubble are ladies, youngsters and aged individuals who don’t have anything to do with weapons or rocket warehouses,” Berro stated.

Hassan Ghaddaf, who lived subsequent door and was barely wounded whereas heading to his balcony with morning espresso, stated displaced folks had been within the constructing.

“I had seen them and received to know them the opposite day,” Ghaddaf stated. “They had been peaceable. Quite the opposite, that they had somebody from the Lebanese Inside Safety Forces that works for the state, and we noticed their garb and garments within the rubble.”

In Syria, an Israeli airstrike hit a residential constructing within the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, and the Protection Ministry stated that seven civilians had been killed, state information company SANA reported. Britain-based opposition warfare monitor The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights prompt that Hezbollah was focused. Israel didn’t instantly remark.

Fears of famine in northern Gaza

The mid-month deadline is approaching for the Biden administration’s ultimatum for Israel: Permit extra help into Gaza or threat potential restrictions on U.S. navy funding.

Israeli forces have encircled and largely remoted Jabaliya and the close by northern Gaza cities of Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun for the previous month, permitting solely a trickle of humanitarian help. Consultants from a panel that screens meals safety say famine is imminent or might already be occurring.

The northern third of Gaza, together with Gaza Metropolis, has suffered the heaviest destruction of the 13-month warfare. Israel has despatched forces again in, saying Hamas has regrouped.

Israeli strikes usually kill ladies and youngsters. The navy says it solely targets militants, whom it accuses of hiding amongst civilians.

Additionally on Sunday, Israel’s navy launched what it known as footage of Hamas abusing detainees. The soundless footage, dated from 2018 to 2020, seems to point out hooded detainees chained in stress positions. In some clips, males beat or poke them with batons. It wasn’t potential to independently confirm the movies, which the navy stated that it recovered throughout operations in Gaza.

Rights teams have lengthy accused the Hamas-run authorities in Gaza and the Western-backed Palestinian Authority within the occupied West Financial institution of abusing detainees and violently quashing dissent. Israel has been accused of comparable abuses, particularly because the begin of the warfare. Israeli jail authorities say they comply with related legal guidelines and examine allegations of wrongdoing.

The toll of warfare

The warfare in Gaza started when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 and killed round 1,200 folks, largely civilians, and kidnapped about 250. Round 100 hostages are nonetheless inside Gaza, a couple of third believed to be useless.

Israel’s offensive has killed greater than 43,000 Palestinians, in accordance with native well being authorities who don’t distinguish between civilians and militants of their rely, however say greater than half the useless had been ladies and youngsters.

Israeli bombardment and floor invasions have left huge areas of Gaza in ruins and displaced round 90% of the inhabitants of two.3 million folks, usually a number of occasions. Lots of of 1000’s reside in tent camps with few if any companies.

Stop-fire talks mediated by the US, Qatar and Egypt have repeatedly stalled, as have parallel efforts by the U.S. and others to halt the combating between Israel and Hezbollah.

Qatar, a key mediator with Hamas, stated Saturday that it had suspended its efforts and would resume them when “the events present their willingness and seriousness to finish the brutal warfare.”

Some Palestinians in Gaza responded with frustration.

“The Arab silence that controls the Arab capitals, that’s due to the worry of the American administration and Israel,” stated Akram Jarada, displaced from Gaza Metropolis.

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Samy Magdy reported from Cairo and Chehayeb from Beirut. Lujain Jo in Aalmat, Lebanon, and Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel, contributed to this report.

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Comply with AP’s warfare protection at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war

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