TENS of thousands of people flee southern Lebanon with little idea where to find safety as intense Israeli bombardment across Lebanon kills at least 569 people, including 50 children, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
Hezbollah confirmed that senior leader Ibrahim Muhammad Qubaisi was killed on Tuesday, hours after Israel claimed it killed a top commander in a strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, which left six people dead.
The Israeli military has said it has conducted a series of air strikes on Lebanon in four waves, one of the largest campaigns in its history, with 250 fighter jets dropping 2,000 munitions.
An unprecedented number of rockets have also been launched from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, with initial estimates at 300, in the most intense day of cross-border fire since it began on October 8 last year.
Israeli military attacks have continued across Gaza, including in Hay al-Nasr, northeast of Rafah, where a woman and her five children have been killed in a strike on a house.
Israeli forces stormed the Fawwar refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, firing live bullets during clashes with Palestinian groups, wounding four men and killing one of them.
The latest conflict between Israel and Hezbollah started when hundreds of communication devices exploded across Lebanon. The attack a week ago drew widespread condemnation, with many experts saying it was a violation of international law.
Colin Clarke, an intelligence expert and director of research at the Soufan Center, joins Al Jazeera live from Pennsylvania to discuss Israel’s strategy and what kind of response we can expect from Hezbollah.
US Congressman Adam Smith has penned a letter, along with 102 other lawmakers, to President Joe Biden, urging him to launch an investigation into Israel’s killing of US-Turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the occupied West Bank.
This is as Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, as several world leaders condemn Israeli aggression in their UN General Assembly addresses.
At least 41,467 people have been killed and 95,921 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. In Israel, the number of those killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 was at least 1,139, while more than 200 people were taken captive.
