Israeli strikes kill at least 46 Palestinians across Gaza, hospital hit, ministry says

Rubbish and debris are scattered near damaged buildings in the vicinity of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahya in the northern Gaza Strip on October 31, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

At least 46 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Gaza health officials said, adding that a hospital in the enclave’s north had been hit. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that there has been “good progress” toward a Lebanon ceasefire deal. Read our live blog to see how the day's events unfolded.

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Yesterday's key developments:

  • The Israeli military said Wednesday it had hit Hezbollah command centres during strikes on Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek and Nabatiyeh in the south.

  • Lebanon's health ministry said at least 19 people were killed in Israeli strikes on two areas in the eastern Baalbek region.

  • Israel hailed a French court's decision to overturn a French government ban on Israeli companies setting up stands or exhibiting hardware at the Euronaval defence trade fair.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, and Reuters)


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