Occupied Al-Quds:Several people have been killed and wounded by Israeli air attacks across Lebanon, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
The attacks caused extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure, according to the agency, which reported deadly attacks in the town of Ansar in the south of the country.
The agency also reported air and artillery attacks in various towns including Hanine, al-Duwayr, Sajd, Khiam, Ramiyah, Barashit, Dabbal, Aita al-Shaab, al-Dhayra, Maroun al-Ras, Bint Jbeil, Majdal Selem, Hadatha, Yater, al-Bustan, Yaroun, Marouhin, Tarbikhah, Kfar Rumman, Dibel and Jabal al-Rafii.
Israel says its forces have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza. There has been no comment from Hamas on Sinwar, who succeeded Ismail Haniyeh after his assassination by Israel in July.
Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu says “this is not the end of the war in Gaza” despite killing of Sinwar.
On the other hand, Lebanese group Hezbollah says it is entering a “new phase” in its fight against invading Israeli troops, adding that it has introduced new weapons over the past days.
Five Israeli soldiers have been killed in fighting in southern Lebanon and nine “seriously injured” in combat in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.
Head of human rights organisation slams Israel for ‘war crimes’
Israel has not only violated the sovereignty of Lebanon but also that of Iraq and Syria, killing many innocent people, Muhammad Shahid Amin Khan, world chairman of the International Human Rights Commission, said.
“Netanyahu is a war criminal… the US is facilitating [those attacks],” Khan added.
He urged the International Criminal Court to “act according to its charter”.
Scenes of chaos at hospital in the aftermath of Israeli attack on school
The Israeli army bombed a school in the centre of the Jabalia refugee camp.
Reporting from the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya – close to the camp – as casualties arrived, he said the vast majority of the injured were children.
Ambulances were seen arriving at the scene as well as a horse cart, carrying a wounded person.
The school was full of displaced Palestinians, our correspondent said, reporting from the extremely crowded hospital as more casualties arrived.
In Gaza, at least 42,438 people have been killed and 99,246 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 7, 2023. At least 1,139 people were killed in Hamas’s attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.
