Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut continued overnight as Lebanon’s Health Ministry says more than 2,000 people have been killed so far in Israel’s attacks across the country, including 127 children and 261 women.

Hamas says its commander in Tulkarem is among the dead from yesterday’s Israeli jet fighter attack on the occupied West Bank refugee camp that killed at least 18 people.

The US says it carried out air strikes on 15 targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Israel, during a visit to Beirut, that if it carries out an attack on Iran, Tehran’s “retaliation will be stronger than the previous one”.

In Gaza, at least 41,802 people have been killed and 96,844 injured in Israeli attacks since October 2023. In Israel, at least 1,139 people were killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 and more than 200 people were taken captive.

Source: Al Jazeera 

BDST: 1027 HRS, OCT 05, 2024
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