Israel killed a senior militant from Fatah's armed wing Wednesday in a strike on Lebanon, leading to accusations from the Palestinian movement that Israel is trying to "ignite a regional war". In Gaza itself, at least three people were killed and 10 children injured in the latest Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter, according to Gaza's civil defence agency. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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Gaza's civil defence agency said on Wednesday at least three people were killed and 10 children injured in the latest Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter, while the Israeli military reported it hit a Hamas command centre.
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An Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon killed a Fatah official on Wednesday, a senior member of the Palestinian group that governs the occupied West Bank and the Israeli army both said.
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Lebanon's Hezbollah launched an attack with a swarm of drones on military posts in the kibbutz of Amiad in northern Israel, the armed group said in a statement on Wednesday.
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At least 40,223 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and 92,981 wounded in Israel's war in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. The Hamas-led October 7 attacks resulted in the deaths of more than 1,190 people, mostly civilians, according to official Israeli figures. Some 250 people were taken hostage, with about 120 remaining in Gaza. Many have been declared dead by Israeli authorities.
Yesterday's key developments:
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The Israeli army on Tuesday said it retrieved the bodies of six hostages from Gaza's southern district of Khan Younis in a joint operation with internal security agency Shin Bet.
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An Israeli air strike Tuesday killed at least 12 people at a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City. The Palestinian civil defence agency said around 700 people had been sheltering at the Mustafa Hafez school.
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP & Reuters)
