Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and northern Gaza

FRANCE 24

10 November 2024 at 1:34 am·1-min read

A person looks at a destroyed vehicle, at a site of an Israeli strike, in the town of Almat in Jbeil district, Lebanon November 10, 2024.

Israeli strikes killed dozens of people including children on Sunday in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, as the world watched for signs of how the US election might affect the wars between Israel and Iranian-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog.

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Yesterday's key developments:

Israeli air strikes early on Saturday hit a school and tents housing displaced people in Gaza, killing at least 14 people, including women and children, Gaza's civil defence agency said.
Qatar's foreign ministry said its efforts in mediating a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas were "currently stalled".
Several Syrian soldiers were injured in an Israeli air "aggression" in the vicinity of the city of Al-Safira near Aleppo and Idlib, state media reported.
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says at least 43,603 people have been killed in more than 13 months of war in the devastated enclave.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)

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