Live: 15 killed in Israeli bombing of camp in central Gaza

Israeli warplanes launched air strikes on northern Gaza on Saturday evening.

The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that a series of air raids targeted the eastern areas of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, Israeli artillery struck several locations in Gaza City, with loud explosions heard west of the city.

Lebanon's humanitarian crisis is worsening as Israeli air strikes increasingly target health and civilian infrastructure.

Since October 2023, at least 77 healthcare workers have been killed while on duty, with nearly a third of these deaths occurring within just 24 hours between 2 and 3 of October, according to the UN's World Health Organization.

Imran Riza, the UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon, expressed concern over the “alarming increase in attacks” on healthcare workers, warning that “the health system is on the brink of collapse.”

Israeli air strikes targeted the areas of Bureij and Nuseirat in central Gaza, according to Al Jazeera.

While the exact number of casualties from these strikes is still unknown, medical sources informed Al Jazeera that at least 25 people have been killed across Gaza today.

Israel’s claim that two of its soldiers in the occupied Golan Heights were killed by an Iraqi drone attack on Thursday is a fabrication, leaders of armed factions and officials from Iraq told Middle East Eye.

Iraqi political and armed forces decided last week to distance themselves from the battles between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah and focus their efforts on providing humanitarian and financial support to people affected by Israeli attacks in Lebanon and Palestine.

However, Kataeb Hezbollah and Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, two Iraqi armed groups in “the Islamic Resistance in Iraq” alliance, have continued to carry out regular attacks targeting various areas deep inside Israel, as well as the Golan Heights, commanders told MEE.

Kataeb Sayyid al-Shuhada, a smaller faction, provides the necessary support for the operations whenever needed.

On Friday, the Israeli military said two explosive-laden drones had targeted its forces in the Golan early the previous morning. Two officers from the Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion were killed, it said, and 24 other soldiers were wounded.

Read more: Exclusive: Iraqi groups say Israel fabricated deadly Golan drone attack

Israeli air strikes on Friday claimed the lives of 25 people and left 127 others wounded, Lebanon's health ministry said on Saturday.

The ministry also reported that since October 8 of last year, ongoing Israeli attacks have resulted in 2,036 deaths and 9,653 injuries.

An Israeli strike targeting a car in the central Syrian city of Hama has killed one person and wounded three others, local radio station Sham FM is reporting.

The Israeli military has yet to comment on the attack.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a halt in weapons deliveries to Israel.

Speaking to broadcaster France Inter, he said "the priority" is to "stop delivering weapons to fight in Gaza”, adding that France had already suspended its arms shipments to Israel.

An Israeli air strike targeting a residential building near Shamaa mosque in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City has resulted in several casualties, which include children according to Gaza's civil defence.

Israeli forces said two senior Hamas commanders were killed in Israeli strikes in northern Lebanon.

Field commander Saeed Atallah Ali was reportedly killed in a strike targeting the Beddawi camp for Palestinian refugees near the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. 

Mohammed Hussein al-Lawis was killed in another strike targeting the Beqaa Valley town of Saadnayel.

Hamas confirmed both deaths.

A few days ago, Lebanon’s army commander, General Joseph Aoun, visited Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to discuss how the military will respond to Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon.

There, they reaffirmed the Lebanese political authorities’ long-standing position: Lebanon’s military must not be involved in Israel’s war and battles with Hezbollah.

However, sources close to the military establishment said that this position does not mean that the army will retreat from its positions in the south and move north of the Litani River, some 30km from the Israeli border. 

As Israel stepped up its ferocious bombing campaign last week ahead of the ground invasion, Aoun decided to withdraw some of his troops from observation stations along the Blue Line, the quasi-border that separates Lebanon from Israel, where they were exposed to Israel’s line of fire, the sources said.

Yet, the Lebanese army, despite its limited capabilities, will remain in south Lebanon and will respond to Israeli fire on its positions, as it has over the past couple of days.

Read more: Not neutral but not fighting: Lebanon’s army walks tightrope on Israeli invasion

A new Israeli air strike has targeted Haret Hreik, the Jamoud neighbourhood, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Al Mayadeen is reporting.

Israeli media is reporting that its military is gearing up for large-scale attacks on Iran, Lebanon and Gaza.

The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation reported that the army is preparing for a "significant and difficult" assault on Iran in response to Tehran's ballistic missile attack on Israel earlier this week, which was in retaliation for the assassinations of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders.

“The army is planning a significant response to Iran’s missile attack, which, while not causing significant damage, cannot go unanswered. The military is preparing for a severe strike,” the media outlet said.

It added that Israel expects "significant cooperation" from its western allies in the planned assault.

Michael E. Kurilla, commander of US Central Command, is expected to visit Israel this week to discuss joint strategies.

According to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, European officials met with Israeli defence officials in Tel Aviv to discuss a military response against Iran.

The military also warned that it is planning to expand its assault on Lebanon.

In Gaza, Haaretz newspaper reported that Israeli forces are preparing for “intense manoeuvres”, particularly around the Netzarim Corridor.

The Israeli army has razed 814 of Gaza's 1,245 mosques and severely damaged 148 since October, the enclave's ministry of religious affairs said on Saturday.

In a statement, the ministry revealed that three churches had also been destroyed and 19 of its 60 cemeteries had been targeted by Israeli bombardment.

It estimated that Israeli forces caused $350 million worth of damage to the ministry's properties.

The ministry further accused Israeli forces of desecrating graves, exhuming bodies, and stealing and mutilating human remains.

It added that the Israeli army has killed 238 of its employees and detained 19 others during ground offensives in the territory.

The International Lebanese Medical Association (Ilma) has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN to halt the Israeli "massacre" of Lebanon's healthcare system.

According to Lebanon's state-run agency, the Marjayoun Governmental Hospital, Meiss El Jabal Governmental Hospital and Salah Ghandour Hospital were no longer operational as of Friday.

The association called on the WHO and the UN to facilitate the evacuation of patients and staff from the Salah Ghandour hospital in Bint Jbeil, where nine medical staff were injured by Israeli shelling on Friday. According to Lebanese news agency Al Mayadeen, Israeli forces refused to guarantee the safety of ambulances attempting to transport the wounded to hospital.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) reported that the Israeli military had declared the hospital an "unsafe combat zone".

“The ongoing crime against the medical sector and emergency teams has reached a level of audacity in violating UN charters and human rights, particularly regarding the right to medical care and hospitalisation for all individuals,” the association stated.

On Thursday, Lebanon's health minister, Firas Abiad, announced that 97 medical and emergency personnel have been killed by Israeli forces since 23 September, with dozens of medical centres damaged.

Abiad also denied Israeli claims that weapons are being stashed at hospitals or transported by Lebanese medical staff.

The Syrian Arab News Agency (Sana) is reporting that the country's air defences confronted hostile targets over the city of Homs.

Reporting by Reuters