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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- An Israeli onslaught connected a mosque successful the Gaza Strip aboriginal Sunday killed astatine slightest 19 people, Palestinian officials said, arsenic Israel intensified its bombardment of bluish Gaza and confederate Lebanon successful a widening warfare with Iran-allied militant groups crossed the region.
Israel inactive battles Hamas a twelvemonth aft the group's Oct. 7 onslaught connected Israel, and has opened a caller beforehand successful Lebanon against Hezbollah, which has traded occurrence with Israel on the borderline since the warfare successful Gaza began. Israel has vowed to onslaught Iran itself aft Tehran launched a ballistic rocket onslaught connected Israel past week.
The widening struggle risks further drafting successful the United States, which has provided important subject and diplomatic enactment to Israel. Iran-allied militant groups successful Syria, Iraq and Yemen person joined successful with long-distance strikes connected Israel.
A stabbing and shooting onslaught astatine the cardinal autobus presumption successful the confederate Israeli metropolis of Beersheba near 1 idiosyncratic dormant and 10 wounded, according to archetypal responders. Police said the pistillate killed was a borderline constabulary officer. They did not place the assailant but said they were treating it arsenic a panic attack.
Israel is connected precocious alert up of memorial events for the Oct. 7 attack, portion rallies proceed astir the satellite marking the anniversary.
Israeli issues caller evacuation orders successful bluish Gaza
The Israeli onslaught deed a mosque wherever displaced radical sheltered adjacent the main infirmary successful the cardinal Gaza municipality of Deir al-Balah. Another 4 were killed successful a onslaught connected a school-turned-shelter adjacent the town. The Israeli subject said some strikes targeted militants, without providing evidence.
An Associated Press writer counted the bodies astatine the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital morgue. Hospital records showed that those killed astatine the mosque were each men.
The Israeli subject announced a caller aerial and crushed violative successful Jabaliya, successful bluish Gaza, location to a exile campy dating backmost to the 1948 warfare surrounding Israel's creation. Israel has carried retired respective ample operations determination during the past year, lone to spot militants regroup.
The subject said 3 soldiers were severely wounded successful Sunday's warring successful bluish Gaza.
Israel reiterated its call, from the aboriginal weeks of the war, for the implicit evacuation of bluish Gaza. Up to 300,000 radical are estimated to person remained successful the heavy destroyed northbound portion astir a cardinal fled to the south.
"We are successful a caller signifier of the war," the subject said successful leaflets dropped implicit the area. "These areas are considered unsafe combat zones." A aboriginal connection said 3 projectiles were identified crossing from bluish Gaza into Israeli territory, with nary injuries reported.
Palestinians reported dense Israeli strikes. The Civil Defense - archetypal responders operating nether the Hamas-run authorities - said it recovered 3 bodies, including a pistillate and a child, aft a onslaught deed a location successful the Shati exile camp.
Residents mourned relatives. Imad Alarabid said connected Facebook an airstrike connected his Jabaliya location killed a twelve household members, including his parents. Saeed Abu Elaish, a Health Ministry medic, said helium was wounded.
"Pray for us," helium wrote connected Facebook.
Hassan Hamd, a freelance TV writer whose footage had aired connected Al Jazeera, was killed successful shelling connected his location successful Jabaliya. Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera newsman successful bluish Gaza, confirmed his death.
Israel's subject says it has expanded the alleged humanitarian portion successful confederate Gaza. Hundreds of thousands of radical person sought refuge successful sprawling structure camps determination with small food, h2o oregon toilets. Israel has carried retired strikes successful the portion against what it says are militants hiding among civilians.
Nearly 42,000 Palestinians person been killed successful Gaza since the commencement of the war, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. It does not accidental however galore were fighters, but says a small implicit fractional were women and children.
Hamas-led militants killed immoderate 1,200 radical successful the Oct. 7 onslaught and took different 250 hostage. They inactive clasp astir 100 captives, a 3rd of whom are believed to beryllium dead.
Israel bombards confederate Beirut
In Beirut, airstrikes lit up the skyline and explosions echoed crossed the confederate suburbs, known arsenic the Dahiyeh, overnight arsenic Israel struck what it said were Hezbollah militant sites.
It was the heaviest bombardment since Sept. 23, erstwhile Israel escalated its aerial campaign. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said the country was deed by much than 30 strikes.
"Yesterday was a tragic night; it was precise difficult. All of america successful Beirut could perceive everything," nonmigratory Haytham Al-Darazi said. Another resident, Maxime Jawad, called it "a nighttime of terror."
Targets included a state presumption connected the main road starring to the Beirut airdrome and a warehouse for aesculapian supplies, the quality bureau said. Some strikes acceptable disconnected a bid of explosions, suggesting that ammunition stores were hit.
Israel's subject confirmed it was striking targets adjacent Beirut and said astir 130 projectiles had crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory, with immoderate intercepted.
Hezbollah said it successfully targeted a radical of Israeli soldiers successful bluish Israel "with a ample rocket salvo, hitting them accurately."
It is not imaginable to verify battlefield reports from either side.
At slightest 1,400 Lebanese, including civilians, medics and Hezbollah fighters, person been killed and 1.2 cardinal driven from their homes successful little than 2 weeks. Israel says it aims to thrust the militant radical distant from its borderline truthful that tens of thousands of Israeli citizens tin instrumentality home.
Hezbollah, the strongest equipped unit successful Lebanon, began firing rockets into Israel astir instantly aft Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, calling it a amusement of enactment for the Palestinians. Hezbollah and Israel's subject person traded occurrence astir daily.
Last week, Israel launched what it said was a constricted crushed cognition into confederate Lebanon aft a bid of attacks killed longtime Hezbollah person Hassan Nasrallah and astir of his apical commanders. The warring is the worst since Israel and Hezbollah fought a month-long warfare successful 2006. Nine Israeli soldiers person been killed successful crushed clashes that Israel says person killed 440 Hezbollah fighters.
Macron seeks partial arms embargo connected Israel
French President Emmanuel Macron connected Sunday reiterated his telephone for a partial arms embargo connected Israel - a request that prompted an aggravated effect from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In a statement, Macron's bureau said helium favors a halt to arms exports for usage successful Gaza due to the fact that a cease-fire is needed to halt the mounting unit and "clear the mode to the governmental solutions needed for the information of Israel and the full Middle East."
Macron's earlier, akin remarks led Netanyahu to merchandise a connection successful which helium referred to specified calls arsenic a "disgrace."
Macron's bureau insisted that "France is Israel's unfailing friend" and called Netanyahu's remarks "excessive."
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Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writer Sylvie Corbet successful Paris contributed.
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