Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrians are searching for loved ones and trying to bury the dead following heavy Israeli air strikes carried out throughout the night and into the morning.
At least 36 Palestinians were killed in a single attack on north Gaza’s Jabalia, while other areas in Gaza were also bombed. Among the casualties were a Palestinian journalist and his wife.
According to the Palestinian Wafa news agency, four Palestinians and many others were wounded in Israeli shelling of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. The reported added an elderly woman was among the dead and that warplanes circled above displacement tents.
In Lebanon, Israeli strikes targeting the village of Almat, located north of the capital, killed at least 23 people. Israel also bombed Syria’s capital, killing at least seven people.
The intense bombardment of Lebanese villages comes just one day after Israel’s chief of staff, Herzi Halevi, approved the expansion of a ground invasion in southern Lebanon, the Israeli Kan broadcaster said.
As of Monday morning, Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 46,603 Palestinians and wounded over 102,929 since 7 October 2023. In Lebanon, Israel has killed at least 3,189 and wounded 14,078 in the same time frame.
