Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike targeting a neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs on October 6.
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Israeli forces continue to bombard the Lebanese capital in what they describe as a “series of targeted attacks” against weapons storage facilities and other parts of Hezbollah’s infrastructure. Air strikes across Israel on Saturday left 23 people dead and 93 injured, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Elsewhere, Israel said it had “surrounded” the Jabaliya refugee camp area in northern Gaza after discovering the presence of Hamas members there. At least 25 people were killed in an attack on a mosque in central Gaza, hospital officials said.
Meanwhile, as the anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel approaches, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country is “defending itself on seven fronts.”
Here's what you need to know:
• Attack on Beirut: Throughout the night, Israel attacked Beirut with heavy airstrikes. CNN’s Jomana Karashe was on the ground in the capital and said Saturday night’s airstrikes were the most sustained and intense since the war between Israel and Hezbollah began. The number of casualties from the airstrike is not yet known.
• Gaza refugee camp under siege: The Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza is “under siege,” the Israeli military says after it launched both air and ground operations targeting what it described as military infrastructure. did. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, at least two people were killed and several others were taken to hospital after an attack on an apartment in the camp.
• Attack on Mosque in Gaza: At least 25 people were killed in an overnight Israeli attack on the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Mosque in central Gaza, hospital officials said. CNN journalists said displaced Palestinians were taking shelter in the mosque when it was attacked. The Israeli military said the attack targeted a Hamas “command and control” center. Footage from the scene shows people searching for victims in the rubble in the dark, relying on the light of cellphones. Four more people died in strikes at nearby schools, hospital officials said.
• A war on multiple fronts: Netanyahu said Israel is fighting “enemies of civilization” on seven fronts, including Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, the Houthis in Yemen, and Iran itself. . “Rest assured, Israel will fight until the battle is won, for us and for the peace and security of the world,” he said.
• Global protests: On Saturday, thousands of people around the world took to the streets in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Demonstrations were held in major cities such as London, Dublin, Paris, Manila, Cape Town, and Rome, calling for an end to the war. Meanwhile, in Israel, protesters across the country are demanding more urgent action to rescue hostages still held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
• Hezbollah’s key leader missing: Hezbollah has lost contact with its potential successor to late leader Hassan Nasrallah, a Lebanese security official told CNN on Saturday. Hashem Saffieddin was the target of an Israeli military attack on the southern outskirts of Beirut on Friday.
