Israel continues attacks on Hamas targets in Gaza, with 22 killed in strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza City
Israeli security forces at the site of a Hizbullah missile strike in Kiryat Bialik in the Haifa district of Israel on Sunday morning. Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP via Getty ImagesReeling from a wave of audacious Israeli attacks, Hizbullah on Sunday responded with a barrage of missiles that went deeper into Israeli territory than most previous salvos, reinforcing fears of a broader regional war.
The barrage came after dozens of Israeli warplanes pounded southern Lebanon a day earlier. The Israeli military cast the strikes, on Hizbullah targets, as a pre-emptive move against the militant group’s missile attacks. The situation was also tense in Lebanon, where the detonation of pagers and walkie-talkies — widely attributed to Israel — and an Israeli air strike have created chaos in recent days. The attacks killed dozens of people, including some of Hizbullah’s top commanders, and injured thousands. They also fuelled fears that Israel’s military was shifting its focus toward Hizbullah, and away from Hamas in the Gaza Strip, something it had been warning for months that it would do.
Lebanese authorities said the death toll in Friday’s Israeli air strikes had risen to at least 37, including three children. Hizbullah confirmed the death of a top commander, Ibrahim Akil, who oversaw its operations against Israel. He was wanted by the US for his role in two 1983 bombing attacks in Beirut that killed more than 350 people.
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