Israeli Strikes Kill 46 People in Gaza and 18 in Lebanon, Health Officials Say

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): Israeli airstrikes killed at least 46 people in Gaza Strip in past 24 hours, including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said. In Leban, warplanes struck Beirut's sourn suburbs and killed 18 people elsewhere in country on Tuesday.

latest bombardment came as United States said it would t reduce its military support for Israel after a deline passed for allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza. State Department cited some progress, even as international aid groups said Israel h failed to meet US demands.

In Leban, large explosions shook Beirut's sourn suburbs — an area kwn as Dahiyeh, where Hezbollah has a significant presence — soon after Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for 11 houses re.

re was immediate word on casualties. Israeli military said it targeted Hezbollah infrastructure, including command centres and weapons production sites, without providing evidence.

Ar Israeli strike on an apartment building east of Beirut killed at least six people. Wael Murta said destroyed home belonged to his uncle and that those inside h fled from Dahiyeh last month. He said three children were among de and or people were missing.

An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Leban killed 12 people and wounded eight, Leban's Health Ministry said. strike came without warning. and state media said building was sheltering displaced families.

Israel has been carrying out intensified bombardment of Leban since late September, vowing to cripple Hezbollah and put a stop to more than a year of cross-border fire by Lebanese militant group.

A rocket smashed into a stor building in rrn Israeli town of Nahariya on Tuesday, killing two people, first responders said. Ar two people were wounded by shrapnel in a separate impact outside town.

A Hezbollah drone smashed into a nursery school near rrn Israeli city of Haifa on Tuesday morning, but children were inside a bomb shelter and re were injuries. impact scattered debris across playground.

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 46 At same time, Israel has continued its campaign in Gaza, w more than 13 months old, triggered by Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack into sourn Israel.

An Israeli strike late Monday hit a makeshift cafeteria used by displaced people in Muwasi, center of a “humanitarian zone” that Israel's military declared earlier in war.

At least 11 people were killed, including two children, according to officials at Nasser Hospital, where casualties were taken. Video from scene showed men pulling bloodied wounded from among tables and chairs set up in sand in an enclosure me of corrugated metal sheets.

A strike on a house in rrn town of Beit Haun killed 15 people on Tuesday, including relatives of Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat, who has been reporting from rth.

Mohamed Shabat and his wife Dima, both volunteer doctors at Kamal wan Hospital, were killed along with ir daughter Eliaa, according to hospital director Hossam Abu Safiya.

Strikes in central and sourn Gaza killed ar 20 people, according to Palestinian medical officials.

Israeli military h immediate comment on strikes.

Under US pressure, Israel allows more aid into Gaza Hours earlier, Israeli military anunced a small expansion of humanitarian zone, where it has told Palestinians evacuating from or parts of Gaza to take refuge. Hundreds of thousands are sheltering in sprawling tent camps in and around Muwasi, a desolate area with few public services.

Israeli forces have also been besieging rrnmost part of Gaza since beginning of October, battling Hamas fighters it says regrouped re.

With virtually food or aid allowed in for more than a month, siege has raised fears of famine among tens of thousands of Palestinians believed to still be sheltering re.

United States gave Israel a 30-day deline — that expired this week — to improve humanitarian situation in Gaza, calling on it to allow at least 350 trucklos to enter each day, among or things.

So far, Israel has fallen short. In October, 57 trucks a day entered Gaza on aver, and 75 a day so far in vember, according to Israel's official figures. United Nations puts number lower, at 39 trucks daily since beginning of October.

Israel has anunced a flurry of measures in recent days to increase aid, including opening a new crossing into central Gaza and some small deliveries of food and water to rth. But so far impact is unclear.

More forced evacuations in isolated rrn Gaza military anunced Tuesday that four soldiers were killed in Jabaliya, bringing to 24 number of soldiers killed in assault re since it began.

Palestinian health officials say hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, though true numbers are unkwn as rescue workers are unable to reach buildings destroyed in strikes. Israel has ordered residents in area to evacuate. But U.N. has estimated some 70,000 people remain.

Many Palestinians re fear Israel aims to permanently depopulate area to more easily keep control of it. On Tuesday, witnesses told Associated Press that Israeli troops h encircled at least three schools in Beit Haun, forcing hundreds of displaced people sheltering inside to leave.

Drones blared anuncements demanding people move south to Gaza City, said Mahmoud al-Kafarnah, speaking from one of schools as sounds of gunfire could be heard. “ tanks are outside,” he said. “We don't kw where to go.” Hashim Afanah, sheltering with at least 20 or people in his family home, said forces were evicting people from houses and shelters.

Israel's campaign in Gaza has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities that do t distinguish between civilians and militants in ir count but say more than half de are women and children. Israel says it targets Hamas militants who hide among civilians.

war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants stormed into sourn Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted about 250 as hosts. Around 100 hosts are still inside Gaza, about a third of m believed to be de.