This is an entry from: Live: 15 killed in Israeli bombing of camp in central Gaza
Evening recap
4 October 2024 00:05 BST
Hello Middle East Eye readers.
Israel pummeled Beirut with airstrikes early Friday night with residents reporting to Middle East Eye massive explosions, including one strike that fell just outside the perimeter of Beirut’s airport.
According to one report, the target of one strike was Hashem Safieddine, the head of Hezbollah’s executive council, and presumed successor of Hassan Nasrallah.
Meanwhile, Israel escalated its military campaign in the occupied West Bank with a missile strike on a popular cafe in Tulkarm that killed at least 18 people .
Other developments:
- Israel's ambassador to the UN said that Israel has "a lot of options" in how it retaliates against Iran
- The level of internal displacement and destruction of civilian infrastructure in Lebanon has been “catastrophic,” UN says
- Three Unrwa-operated schools now housing displaced people in Gaza have been bombed
- US President Joe Biden said the US and Israel are considering an attack on Iran's oil facilities
- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq took responsibility for firing a drone at southern Israel
- Gulf Arab officials told their Iranian counterparts that they are neutral in the conflict between Iran and Israel