Lebanon and Gaza hit by deadly Israeli strikes, reports say
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More than 80 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon and northern Gaza since late Saturday, according to reports.
More than 80 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon and northern Gaza since late Saturday, according to reports. The National News Agency (NNA) reported airstrikes on the town of Almat in central Lebanon on Sunday. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 20 people were killed there, including three children. Video from the scene shows that at least one building was reduced to rubble, with heavy machinery trying to remove the debris. The local member of parliament, Simon Abi Ramia, said: “The targeted house belongs to one of the well-known residents of the area, and it is possible that it received displaced people.” Three people were killed in a strike on Mashghara, a town in south-central Lebanon, and an air raid was carried out on the town of Debaal in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon, the agency added, while “intermittent Israeli artillery shelling continues on the town of Khiam.” At least 2,513 people have been killed and 11,719 injured in Lebanon since September 16, when Israel stepped up its campaign against Hezbollah, according to a CNN tally of Lebanese health ministry statements. The latest strikes follow attacks on more than a dozen separate locations in Lebanon since late Saturday.
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