{"id":110679,"date":"2024-10-05T12:55:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T05:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110679"},"modified":"2024-10-05T12:55:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T05:55:57","slug":"middle-east-crisis-live-israel-launches-fresh-strikes-on-beirut-amid-clashes-with-hezbollah-near-lebanese-border-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110679","title":{"rendered":"Middle East crisis live: Israel launches fresh strikes on Beirut amid clashes with Hezbollah near Lebanese border | Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"liveblog-body\"><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><gu-island name=\"KeyEventsCarousel\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;keyEvents&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;67009c0e8f0818b7c81ccf52&quot;,&quot;elements&quot;:[{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;Hello and welcome to our continuing live coverage of the conflict in the &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/middleeast\\&quot;&gt;Middle East&lt;\/a&gt;. Here\u2019s a recap of the latest developments.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;5d12ec2d-1384-409b-bd8c-bc254853339e&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/israel\\&quot;&gt;Israel&lt;\/a&gt; has launched fresh airstrikes on &lt;strong&gt;Beirut&lt;\/strong&gt; overnight, with a series of loud blasts and huge plumes of smoke reported in the south of the capital in the early hours of Saturday. The Israeli military had earlier demanded the evacuation parts of Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\\n  The attacks, part of a wider assault that has driven more than 1.2 million Lebanese from their homes, followed &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-hezbollah-strikes-lebanon-beirut-hashem-safieddine\\&quot;&gt;intense bombardment&lt;\/a&gt; on Thursday night that reportedly targeted &lt;strong&gt;Hashem Safieddine,&lt;\/strong&gt; the most likely candidate to replace &lt;strong&gt;Hassan Nasrallah&lt;\/strong&gt; as leader of &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/hezbollah\\&quot;&gt;Hezbollah&lt;\/a&gt;. His fate remains unclear.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;d8804089-c692-4e71-8682-5b838946e1a9&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;Separately, &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/hezbollah\\&quot; data-component=\\&quot;auto-linked-tag\\&quot;&gt;Hezbollah&lt;\/a&gt; said it was engaged in ongoing clashes with Israeli soldiers near to Lebanon\u2019s southern border, saying Israeli soldiers had renewed an attempt to advance towards &lt;strong&gt;the village of Adaysseh.&lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;05549282-0e42-4894-9dd4-a2f7303acb3f&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;In other 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href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-hezbollah-hamas-lebanon-gaza-israel\\&quot;&gt;rare public sermon&lt;\/a&gt; in front of tens of thousands in Tehran on Friday, Khamenei defended the \u201clegal and legitimate\u201d &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/02\/iranian-strikes-on-israel-what-happened-why-did-iran-attack-missiles-damage-what-next\\&quot;&gt;ballistic missile attack&lt;\/a&gt; on Israel this week that Iran has said was in retaliation for the deaths of the Hezbollah secretary general, &lt;strong&gt;Hassan Nasrallah,&lt;\/strong&gt; and the Hamas political leader, &lt;strong&gt;Ismail Haniyeh.&lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;\\n &lt;li&gt;\\n  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;US president Joe Biden said he didn\u2019t know whether the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was holding up a peace deal&lt;\/strong&gt; in the Middle East in order to influence the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election. He earlier urged Israel against striking Iran\u2019s oil facilities.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;\\n &lt;li&gt;\\n  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Israeli soldiers conducted widespread raids in the Hebron province in the occupied West Bank on Friday morning, &lt;\/strong&gt;resulting in the detention of more than 24 people, including \u201cminors\u201d, the Palestinian news agency reported. The majority of those detained were &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-war-live-updates-hashem-safieddine-beirut-west-bank-strikes?page=with:block-66ffd0e58f08ca4137e0a65e#block-66ffd0e58f08ca4137e0a65e\\&quot;&gt;reportedly taken&lt;\/a&gt; from the town of Beit Ummar. Human rights groups and international organisations have alleged widespread abuse of inmates detained by Israel in raids in the occupied West Bank.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;\\n &lt;li&gt;\\n  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Funerals were held on Friday for some of the 18 people killed in the occupied West Bank in an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in Tulkarm. &lt;\/strong&gt;Among the dead, according to Palestinan reports, was a family of four including two children. A spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority president,&lt;strong&gt; Mahmoud Abbas,&lt;\/strong&gt; described&lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-west-bank-refugee-camp-tulkarm-strike-death-toll\\&quot;&gt; the attack&lt;\/a&gt; as a \u201cheinous crime\u201d and a \u201cmassacre\u201d. The attack was condemned by the UN rights office. &lt;strong&gt;Hamas&lt;\/strong&gt;\u2019 armed wing, the &lt;strong&gt;al&lt;\/strong&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;Qassam Brigades, &lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-war-live-updates-hashem-safieddine-beirut-west-bank-strikes?page=with:block-67004dd38f0818b7c81ccde8#block-67004dd38f0818b7c81ccde8\\&quot;&gt;confirmed&lt;\/a&gt; that one of its commanders, &lt;strong&gt;Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi, &lt;\/strong&gt;and seven other fighters were killed in the Israeli strike.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;\\n &lt;li&gt;\\n  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;US forces carried out strikes on 15 targets in areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthi rebels on Friday,&lt;\/strong&gt; the &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-war-live-updates-hashem-safieddine-beirut-west-bank-strikes?page=with:block-670037c58f0818b7c81cccfe#block-670037c58f0818b7c81cccfe\\&quot;&gt;US military confirmed.&lt;\/a&gt; The media in Yemen reported a new round of airstrikes, including on the capital, Sana\u2019a, and near the airport at the port of Hodeidah, and Israeli strikes continued in Gaza and Lebanon. The &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-war-live-updates-hashem-safieddine-beirut-west-bank-strikes?page=with:block-670024598f0818b7c81ccc65#block-670024598f0818b7c81ccc65\\&quot;&gt;strikes were targeted&lt;\/a&gt; at weapons systems, bases and other equipment belonging to the Iran-backed group, US officials said. The Guardian understands there was no UK involvement in the airstrikes on Friday.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;\\n &lt;li&gt;\\n  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The last UK-government chartered flight for British nationals to leave Lebanon will depart from Beirut on Sunday. &lt;\/strong&gt;More than 250 British nationals have left Lebanon on flights chartered by government, the UK Foreign Office said on Friday. A &lt;strong&gt;South Korean&lt;\/strong&gt; military transport aircraft evacuated 97 citizens and family members on Friday.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/li&gt;\\n&lt;\/ul&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;979a3497-d1d8-4049-bdce-10b1d03650e6&quot;}],&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;pinned&quot;:false,&quot;keyEvent&quot;:true,&quot;summary&quot;:false},&quot;blockCreatedOn&quot;:1728102892000,&quot;blockCreatedOnDisplay&quot;:&quot;00.34\u00a0EDT&quot;,&quot;blockLastUpdated&quot;:1728104528000,&quot;blockLastUpdatedDisplay&quot;:&quot;01.02\u00a0EDT&quot;,&quot;blockFirstPublished&quot;:1728102892000,&quot;blockFirstPublishedDisplay&quot;:&quot;00.34\u00a0EDT&quot;,&quot;blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone&quot;:&quot;00.34&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Opening summary&quot;,&quot;contributors&quot;:[],&quot;primaryDateLine&quot;:&quot;Sat 5 Oct 2024 01.37 EDT&quot;,&quot;secondaryDateLine&quot;:&quot;First published on Sat 5 Oct 2024 00.34 EDT&quot;}],&quot;filterKeyEvents&quot;:false,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;key-events-carousel-mobile&quot;,&quot;absoluteServerTimes&quot;:false}\"><span id=\"key-events-carousel-mobile\"\/><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><\/p>\n<p>Key events<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/gu-island><gu-island name=\"FilterKeyEventsToggle\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;filterKeyEvents&quot;:false,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;filter-toggle-mobile&quot;}\"><span id=\"filter-toggle-mobile\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-alru3r\"><label id=\"src-component-25775_description\" data-component=\"filter-key-events\" data-link-name=\"filter-key-events-on\" class=\"dcr-rrspei\"><button id=\"src-component-25775\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-labelledby=\"src-component-25775_description\" class=\"dcr-xdx6ie\"\/>Show key events only<\/p>\n<p><span>Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/label><\/div>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/span><\/p>\n<article id=\"block-6700d0268f0818b7c81ccffe\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<div class=\"dcr-dzkvsd\">\n<div class=\"dcr-uae6pk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/uploads\/2022\/04\/21\/Caitlin_Cassidy,_L.png?width=300&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4e50b2e4e7d1ea268f8a714d346ec620\" alt=\"Caitlin Cassidy\" class=\"dcr-lysqes\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-sa35sa\">Caitlin Cassidy<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Up to 500 Australians and their close relatives are due to be boarded on to two charter flights out of Beirut on Saturday, amid increased government efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/sep\/24\/airlines-suspend-more-lebanon-flights-israel-airstrikes\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">expatriate citizens<\/a> after Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/01\/australia-financially-assisting-some-citizens-to-leave-lebanon-as-israel-launches-ground-incursion\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">ground incursion<\/a> into Lebanon\u2019s south.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The first flight was expected to fly out of the Lebanese capital and land in Cyprus at about 11.30am local time (6.30pm AEST). From there, two Qantas flights can take passengers to Sydney on Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Guardian Australia understands that seats were still available for the flights as of Saturday afternoon (Australian time).<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Speaking to reporters on Saturday, the federal infrastructure minister, Catherine King, said the government\u2019s message to Australians in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/lebanon\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Lebanon<\/a> was \u201cdo not wait\u201d, adding it could not be guaranteed that everyone would be evacuated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"ec786639-8a82-4bab-a5a4-9cef51f4e1db\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" 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after the capital was struck by a series of airstrikes in the early hours of Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"c2ff4d54-11ff-4979-b640-d425e4ff6e01\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday 5 October.<\/span> Photograph: Bilal Hussein\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"db431479-beff-4ea2-a9de-1f7bed194fbf\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday 5 October.<\/span> Photograph: Bilal Hussein\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"37782a3a-c519-4953-8e42-fe5bb02fa3a0\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Smoke billows over Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs after a strike, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon.<\/span> Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><gu-island name=\"ShareButton\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;size&quot;:&quot;xsmall&quot;,&quot;pageId&quot;:&quot;world\/live\/2024\/oct\/05\/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-strikes-beirut-hezbollah-lebanon-updates&quot;,&quot;blockId&quot;:&quot;6700bf7c8f0818b7c81ccfd6&quot;,&quot;webTitle&quot;:&quot;Middle East crisis live: Israel launches fresh strikes on Beirut amid clashes with Hezbollah near Lebanese border&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0,&quot;design&quot;:11},&quot;context&quot;:&quot;LiveBlock&quot;}\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Middle East crisis live: Israel launches fresh strikes on Beirut amid clashes with Hezbollah near Lebanese 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Here\u2019s a recap of the latest developments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/israel\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Israel<\/a> has launched fresh airstrikes on <strong>Beirut<\/strong> overnight, with a series of loud blasts and huge plumes of smoke reported in the south of the capital in the early hours of Saturday. The Israeli military had earlier demanded the evacuation parts of Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks, part of a wider assault that has driven more than 1.2 million Lebanese from their homes, followed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-hezbollah-strikes-lebanon-beirut-hashem-safieddine\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">intense bombardment<\/a> on Thursday night that reportedly targeted <strong>Hashem Safieddine,<\/strong> the most likely candidate to replace <strong>Hassan Nasrallah<\/strong> as leader of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/hezbollah\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Hezbollah<\/a>. His fate remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Separately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/hezbollah\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Hezbollah<\/a> said it was engaged in ongoing clashes with Israeli soldiers near to Lebanon\u2019s southern border, saying Israeli soldiers had renewed an attempt to advance towards <strong>the village of Adaysseh.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In other news:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"ca884a1e-4bf2-440d-a4aa-db034b7debd0\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Dahieh, southern Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday.<\/span> Photograph: Bilal Hussein\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>Media affiliated with Hamas reported on Saturday that a leader of the group\u2019s armed wing was killed with three family members<\/strong> in an Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. It named the al-Qassam Brigades leader as Saeed Atallah. Israel did not immediately comment on the strike.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>At least four hospitals in Lebanon announced the suspension of work amid the ongoing Israeli bombardment. <\/strong>Lebanon\u2019s prime minister, <strong>Najib Mikati<\/strong>, urged the international community to pressure Israel \u201cto allow rescue and relief teams to reach bombed sites and allow them to move\u201d casualties.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>Israel cut off a key road near to Lebanon\u2019s Masnaa border crossing with Syria that has been used by hundreds of thousands of people to flee Israeli bombardments in recent days. <\/strong>Israel has accused Hezbollah of using border crossings with Syria to bring in weapons. More than 300,000 people \u2013 a vast majority of them Syrian \u2013 have crossed from Lebanon into Syria over the past 10 days to escape escalating Israeli bombardment, according to Lebanon\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>More than 2,000 people have been killed in Lebanon in nearly a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah<\/strong>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-war-live-updates-hashem-safieddine-beirut-west-bank-strikes?page=with:block-670031ae8f08ca4137e0ac13#block-670031ae8f08ca4137e0ac13\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">figures by the Lebanese government<\/a>. Most have been killed in the past two weeks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>Gaza\u2019s health ministry said at least 41,802 people have been killed and 96,844 injured in Israeli military attacks on Gaza since last October <\/strong>in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-war-live-updates-hashem-safieddine-beirut-west-bank-strikes?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with:block-66ffd04e8f0818b7c81cc70d#block-66ffd04e8f0818b7c81cc70d\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">latest update <\/a>on Friday. The ministry has said thousands are most likely lost in the rubble.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>At least 29 Palestinians were killed in Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-war-live-updates-hashem-safieddine-beirut-west-bank-strikes?page=with:block-66ffffbb8f08ca4137e0a94e#block-66ffffbb8f08ca4137e0a94e\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">according to medics<\/a>. Israeli attacks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-war-live-updates-hashem-safieddine-beirut-west-bank-strikes?page=with:block-66ff8b048f0818b7c81cc34f#block-66ff8b048f0818b7c81cc34f\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">continued across Gaza<\/a> on Friday, including in the city of Deir al-Balah, where an Israeli strike on a home has killed at least four people, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. The military also launched bombs that ignited fires in homes in the Nuseirat refugee camp, while Israeli warplanes struck several sites in the southern city of Khan Younis, \u201cresulting in further casualties and injuries\u201d, Wafa reported.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"f20f9ee4-f274-4caa-9aa5-6d0cb6c3d497\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1fujct4\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Palestinians inspect the rubble of a destroyed building after an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, on Friday.<\/span> Photograph: Mohammed Saber\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>The northern regions of Israel were targeted by Hezbollah rockets almost continuously throughout Friday. <\/strong>The Israel Defense Forces said Hezbollah had launched about 100 rockets into Israel on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed that Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza would re-emerge strongly with new leaders. <\/strong>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/04\/iran-ali-khamenei-hezbollah-hamas-lebanon-gaza-israel\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">rare public sermon<\/a> in front of tens of thousands in Tehran on Friday, Khamenei defended the \u201clegal and legitimate\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/02\/iranian-strikes-on-israel-what-happened-why-did-iran-attack-missiles-damage-what-next\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">ballistic missile attack<\/a> on Israel this week that Iran has said was in retaliation for the deaths of the Hezbollah secretary general, <strong>Hassan Nasrallah,<\/strong> and the Hamas political leader, <strong>Ismail Haniyeh.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>US president Joe Biden said he didn\u2019t know whether the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was holding up a peace deal<\/strong> in the Middle East in order to influence the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election. He earlier urged Israel against striking Iran\u2019s oil facilities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>Israeli soldiers conducted widespread raids in the Hebron province in the occupied West Bank on Friday morning, <\/strong>resulting in the detention of more than 24 people, including \u201cminors\u201d, the Palestinian news agency reported. The majority of those detained were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-war-live-updates-hashem-safieddine-beirut-west-bank-strikes?page=with:block-66ffd0e58f08ca4137e0a65e#block-66ffd0e58f08ca4137e0a65e\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">reportedly taken<\/a> from the town of Beit Ummar. Human rights groups and international organisations have alleged widespread abuse of inmates detained by Israel in raids in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>Funerals were held on Friday for some of the 18 people killed in the occupied West Bank in an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in Tulkarm. <\/strong>Among the dead, according to Palestinan reports, was a family of four including two children. A spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority president,<strong> Mahmoud Abbas,<\/strong> described<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-west-bank-refugee-camp-tulkarm-strike-death-toll\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"> the attack<\/a> as a \u201cheinous crime\u201d and a \u201cmassacre\u201d. The attack was condemned by the UN rights office. <strong>Hamas<\/strong>\u2019 armed wing, the <strong>al<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>Qassam Brigades, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-war-live-updates-hashem-safieddine-beirut-west-bank-strikes?page=with:block-67004dd38f0818b7c81ccde8#block-67004dd38f0818b7c81ccde8\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">confirmed<\/a> that one of its commanders, <strong>Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi, <\/strong>and seven other fighters were killed in the Israeli strike.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>US forces carried out strikes on 15 targets in areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthi rebels on Friday,<\/strong> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-war-live-updates-hashem-safieddine-beirut-west-bank-strikes?page=with:block-670037c58f0818b7c81cccfe#block-670037c58f0818b7c81cccfe\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">US military confirmed.<\/a> The media in Yemen reported a new round of airstrikes, including on the capital, Sana\u2019a, and near the airport at the port of Hodeidah, and Israeli strikes continued in Gaza and Lebanon. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/oct\/04\/israel-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-war-live-updates-hashem-safieddine-beirut-west-bank-strikes?page=with:block-670024598f0818b7c81ccc65#block-670024598f0818b7c81ccc65\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">strikes were targeted<\/a> at weapons systems, bases and other equipment belonging to the Iran-backed group, US officials said. The Guardian understands there was no UK involvement in the airstrikes on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><strong>The last UK-government chartered flight for British nationals to leave Lebanon will depart from Beirut on Sunday. <\/strong>More than 250 British nationals have left Lebanon on flights chartered by government, the UK Foreign Office said on Friday. 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