Death toll from Israeli strikes in central Gaza rises to 25 as 13 people are killed in Lebanon

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- The decease toll from Israeli strikes successful nan cardinal Gaza Strip roseate to 25, including 5 children, arsenic much bodies were recovered, while officials said that 13 group were killed successful airstrikes successful Lebanon connected Friday.

Sixteen group had initially been reported killed successful 2 strikes connected Thursday connected nan Gaza Strip's cardinal Nuseirat exile camp, but officials from nan Al-Aqsa infirmary said bodies continued to beryllium brought in.

Overall, nan infirmary said they had received 21 dormant from nan strikes, including immoderate transferred from nan Awda hospital, wherever they had been brought nan time before.

One of nan strikes killed an 18-month-old and his 10-year-old sister — nan children’s mother was missing arsenic of Friday while nan begetter was killed by an Israeli airstrike 4 months ago, nan family told The Associated Press astatine Aqsa hospital.

Strikes connected a motorcycle successful Zuwaida and connected a location successful Deir al-Balah connected Friday killed 4 much people, nan infirmary officials said, bringing nan wide toll to 25.

The Israeli subject told nan AP that it had deed a Hamas infrastructure tract and a militant who was operating successful nan area of Nuseirat, but did not remark connected nan different strikes.

It said it was alert of reports of civilian casualties and was investigating.

Israel’s blistering violative connected nan Gaza Strip has killed much than 43,000 Palestinians since October 7, 2023, opportunity wellness officials wrong Gaza who do not separate betwixt civilians and combatants. They opportunity much than half of nan dormant are women and children.

The Health Ministry successful Hamas-run Gaza said Friday that a full of 55 group had been killed successful nan past 24 hours and that different 196 had been wounded.

Israel began bombarding Gaza aft nan Hamas onslaught connected Israel Oct. 7, erstwhile nan militants killed astir 1,200 group and took immoderate 250 hostages backmost to Gaza.

Despite increasing unit from nan United States and others successful nan world organization for a cease-fire some successful Gaza and Lebanon, Israel’s aerial unit launched aggregate attacks successful Lebanon Friday.

In an onslaught successful nan northeastern Baalbek-Hermel region, 8 group were killed erstwhile a location was deed successful nan colony of Amhaz and 2 much were killed successful nan colony of Taraya, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported.

In caller days, Israel has intensified its airstrikes connected nan northeastern metropolis of Baalbek and adjacent villages, arsenic good arsenic different parts of confederate Lebanon.

Three much group were killed and 5 wounded successful an airstrike connected nan separator of Qamatiyeh, southeast of Beirut, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.

An AP journalist who visited nan segment said nan onslaught was person to nan adjacent colony of Ein al-Rummaneh, adding that it caused insignificant harm to a first-floor apartment.

Israel’s subject said successful a connection that attacks “in nan area of Beirut” had targeted Hezbollah weapons manufacturing sites, bid centers and different infrastructure.

Israeli planes besides pounded Beirut’s confederate suburb of Dahiyeh overnight, destroying dozens of buildings successful respective neighborhoods, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency.

The early Friday airstrikes connected Dahiyeh came aft a four-day lull during which nary airstrikes were reported successful nan suburb. There were nary contiguous reports of casualties.

Lebanon’s Heath Ministry said much than 2,800 group person been killed and 13,000 wounded since Oct. 8, 2023, erstwhile Hezbollah began firing rockets almost regular into Israel, drafting retaliation.

Jens Laerke of nan United Nations’ Office for nan Coordination of Humanitarian Aid, said location has besides been a “wave of displacement” successful caller days arsenic tens of thousands of group person fled pursuing warnings from Israel’s subject that attacks were imminent.

Hezbollah has been firing thousands of rockets, drones and missiles into Israel — and drafting fierce Israeli retaliatory strikes — since Hamas’ onslaught connected Israel past year. Both Hezbollah and Hamas are backed by Iran, Israel’s location adversary.

On Thursday, 4 Thai workers and an Israeli husbandman were killed successful an cultivation area successful Metula, Israel's northernmost town. The 4 were among 7 group killed Thursday successful a bid of barrages fired astatine Israel from Lebanon.

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Friday his “personal and heartfelt condolences” went retired to nan authorities of Thailand, nan Thai group and nan families of those killed.

“Hezbollah-Iranian coercion knows nary limits and harms Israelis and civilians from each complete nan world alike,” he said successful a statement.

Cross-border attacks from Hezbollah person killed 41 civilians and 30 soldiers successful Israel truthful far, according to authorities figures.

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Frankel reported from Jerusalem. Bassem Mroue successful Beirut, David Rising successful Bangkok and Jamey Keaten successful Geneva contributed to this story.