Hours after a barrage of rockets from Lebanon struck northern Israel killing seven people, the Israeli forces responded with a barrage of airstrikes on Lebanon and Gaza.
According to the Lebanese health ministry, the strikes across Lebanon's northeastern farming villages killed at least 52 people and left several injured.
In central Gaza, AP quoted hospital officials as saying that around 25 bodies have been recovered so far.
In Beirut suburb Dahiyeh, Israeli forces claimed they hit Hezbollah weapons manufacturing sites and command centres. The had warned residents of at least nine places in Dahiyeh to evacuate. There were no immediate reports of casualties yet.
Post the rocket strikes on Israel from Lebanon, the US was pushing for ceasefire in both Gaza and Lebanon to scale down tensions in the Middle East ahead of the US presidential elections.
Hezbollah has been launching strikes on Israel in solidarity with Hamas soon after the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which triggered the ongoing war in Gaza. On October 1 this year, Israeli forces launched a ground invasion of southern Lebanon for the first time since 2006.
