Israel’s air force launches dozens of airstrikes on southern Lebanon

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*******’s air force launches dozens of airstrikes on southern Lebanon

*******’s air force carried out dozens of airstrikes early Monday on southern Lebanon, state media and the ******** military said.

Separately, ******** airstrikes on the Gaza Strip ******* eight Palestinians, including five children, on Monday morning, according to ************ medical officials.

Residents of different villages in southern Lebanon posted photos on social media that they said showed their towns being struck. The state-run National News Agency also reported airstrikes in different areas.

The ******** military’s *****-language spokesperson said *******’s air force was attacking targets related to Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group. The spokesman said more details would be released later.

The wave of airstrikes came after

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in which Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets into northern *******, with some landing near the city of Haifa. ******* launched hundreds of airstrikes as well.

Hezbollah’s rocket ******* came after an ******** airstrike on a Beirut suburb

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******* a

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and more than a dozen Hezbollah members, along with dozens of civilians including women and children.

Last week, thousands of

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, used mainly by Hezbollah members, exploded in different parts of Lebanon, ******** 39 people and wounding nearly 3,000. Lebanon blamed the attacks on *******, but ******* did not confirm or deny its responsibility.

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******** airstrikes on Gaza Strip ***** 8 Palestinians, including 5 children

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — ************ medical officials say ******** airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have ******* eight Palestinians, including five children.

A girl and her parents were ******* in a strike on a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza early Monday. The girl’s two siblings were wounded.

******* has struck several such schools-turned-shelters, saying militants hide out in them.

Another strike hit a home near the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central town of Deir al-Balah, ******** a mother and her four children, aged 4 to 8.

The casualties from both strikes were described in hospital records, and an Associated Press reporter saw the bodies.

******* says it tries to avoid harming civilians but rarely comments on individual strikes.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says over 41,000 Palestinians have been ******* since the start of the war. It does not say how many were fighters. It says a little over half were women and children.

The war began when ******-led militants stormed into southern ******* on Oct. 7, ******** some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting around 250. Around 100 of the captives are still being held in Gaza, and a third of them are believed to be *****.

Australia announces more aid for Gaza

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia has announced it will provide an additional 10 million *********** dollars ($6.8 million) in aid to Gaza, bringing the total since the *******-****** war began on Oct. 7 last year to AU$82.5 million ($56.2 million).

A government statement said on Monday the new money would focus on women and children. It would be provided through the ******* Nations Population Fund, a ******* and reproductive health agency, and the U.N. agency responsible for aiding children, UNICEF.

“Australia continues to push for safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian assistance to people in desperate need, and for all aid workers to be protected,” the statement said.

A new crisis for displaced Palestinians: flooding

MUWASI, Gaza Strip — As the first rain of the cool season starts to fall in the Gaza Strip, displaced Palestinians living in the sprawling Muwasi tent camp are struggling to cope with flooding that is exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.

Some children are entertained by the novelty of walking barefoot in the ankle-deep water, but their parents are less amused. The adults try to save what they can from their family’s tents. One mother tries to dry her temporary home with a mop.

“We woke up in the morning to find the tents with rainwater pouring on us, and water from the streets entering on us,” said Rana Goza’t, a displaced person from Gaza City. “This is the beginning of winter. What will happen in the coming days?”

Suhail Al-Barawi, a displaced person from Beit Lahiya, was helping to build sand barriers to prevent more flooding in the camp.

“People wish for rain,” he said, “and we say, ‘Oh ****, do not give us rain.’”

The nearly yearlong war between ******* and ****** has displaced 90% of Palestinians in Gaza, according to the ******* Nations.

******* defense minister praises air strikes in Beirut

*******’s defense minister says recent attacks on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon are a step toward facilitating the return of displaced Israelis to their homes in the north of the country.

Speaking Sunday evening after visiting the military’s Northern Command headquarters, Yoav Gallant described the recent air strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut as “significant, important and powerful.”

He says ******* will take all necessary measures to ensure “the safe return of *******’s northern communities to their homes.”

******** attacks since Friday have ******* dozens in Lebanon, including a veteran Hezbollah commander. Hezbollah responded with more than 100 missile attacks in northern ******* early Sunday, sending hundreds of thousands of Israelis into air raid shelters.

Gallant says: “The past week has been the most difficult in the history of Hezbollah’s existence —especially over the past day.”

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