Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at the very least 20 individuals.

One of many strikes in a single day and into Monday hit a tent camp within the Muwasi space, an Israel-declared humanitarian zone, killing eight individuals, together with two youngsters. That’s based on the Nasser Hospital within the southern metropolis of Khan Younis, which obtained the our bodies.

Hospital information present one other six killed in a strike on individuals securing an help convoy and one other two killed in a strike on a automobile in Muwasi. One individual was killed in a separate strike within the space.

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital within the central metropolis of Deir al-Balah stated three our bodies arrived after an airstrike on a school-turned-shelter within the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp.

The Israeli army says it solely strikes militants, accusing them of hiding amongst civilians. It stated late Sunday that it had focused a Hamas militant within the humanitarian zone.

The conflict started when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 individuals, largely civilians, and taking round 250 hostage. Round 100 captives are nonetheless inside Gaza, at the very least a 3rd of whom are believed to be lifeless.

Israel’s air and floor offensive has killed over 45,200 Palestinians, based on Gaza’s Well being Ministry. The ministry says girls and youngsters make up greater than half the lifeless however doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants in its tally. The army says it has killed over 17,000 militants, with out offering proof.

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Lebanon‘s caretaker prime minister visits army positions within the nation’s south

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has begun a tour of army positions within the nation’s south, nearly a month after a ceasefire deal that ended the conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah group that battered the nation.

Najib Mikati on Monday was on his first go to to the southern frontlines, the place Lebanese troopers beneath the U.S.-brokered deal are anticipated to step by step deploy, with Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops each anticipated to withdraw by the tip of subsequent month.

Mikati’s tour comes after the Lebanese authorities expressed its frustration over ongoing Israeli strikes and overflights within the nation.

“We’ve many duties forward of us, crucial being the enemy’s (Israel’s) withdrawal from all of the lands it encroached on throughout its latest aggression,” he stated after assembly with military chief Joseph Aoun in a Lebanese army barracks within the southeastern city of Marjayoun. “Then the military can perform its duties in full.”

The Lebanese army for years has relied on monetary help to remain useful, primarily from the USA and different Western nations. Lebanon’s cash-strapped authorities is hoping that the conflict’s finish and ceasefire deal will result in extra funding to extend the army’s capability to deploy within the south, the place Hezbollah’s armed items had been notably current.

Although they weren’t energetic combatants, the Lebanese army stated that dozens of its troopers had been killed in Israeli strikes on their premises or patrolling convoys within the south. The Israeli military acknowledged a few of these assaults.