Israel launches heavy bombardment from Gaza, West Bank to Lebanon

About 10 people were killed, including two children, and five others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, the NNA news agency reported on Saturday.

NNA said all the victims were Syrian citizens. The Israeli military said the air strike targeted an arms depot used by Hezbollah fighters.

A bombed area in the Gaza Strip on August 17, 2024. Photo: Reuters

The Israeli airstrike came after ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel in Doha, Qatar, broke down on Friday and negotiators are expected to meet again next week.

Hezbollah later said it had attacked Kibbutz Ayelet Hashahar in northern Israel in retaliation for the Nabatieh attack. Israel said two soldiers were wounded in a rocket attack from Lebanon, adding that a total of 55 rockets were fired from Lebanon.

Meanwhile in the occupied West Bank, Israel said it killed two senior Hamas militants in an air strike on their vehicle in Jenin on Saturday, claiming they were linked to the killing of an Israeli.

A joint statement from the Israel Security Agency and the Israel Defense Forces identified the militants as Ahmed Abu Ara and Rafet Dawasi, both from the northern West Bank district near Jenin.

In a statement, Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades military force said it was mourning two militants killed in an Israeli airstrike on their vehicle in Jenin.

A car hit by a rocket in Jenin, Israeli-occupied West Bank on August 17, 2024. Photo: Reuters

On the same day, the al-Qassam Brigades said its fighters in the West Bank killed an Israeli soldier near the Mehola settlement in the Jordan Valley and "returned safely to base".

Meanwhile in Gaza, health officials said at least 17 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza town of Zawayda on Saturday.

According to health officials in Gaza, most of those killed in Zawayda were from the same family, including eight children and four women.

The violence comes ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's scheduled arrival in Israel on Sunday and meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, in an effort to negotiate an end to the fighting between Israel and Hamas, as well as the release of Israeli hostages.

Huy Hoang (according to Reuters, AP, AJ)

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/israel-oanh-tac-du-doi-tu-gaza-bo-tay-den-lebanon-post308180.html