Reports indicate that numerous individuals have reportedly been fatalities in an Israeli aerial bombardment in northern Gaza, with another Israeli assault in Beirut resulting in the death of Hezbollah’s media relations leader.
Local residents and medical personnel stated that a multi-storey residential structure, accommodating at least six families, was struck in the Gazan town of Beit Lahiya.
Approximately 70 individuals were residing within the building, according to the Palestinian Civil Emergency, while the media office of the Gaza government reported that 72 individuals have lost their lives.
Footage from the site of the attack, acquired by the Reuters news agency, depicted rescuers retrieving bodies from a substantial mound of debris, with adjacent homes also suffering damage, some significantly.
The Israeli military asserted that several assaults were executed overnight targeting “terrorist objectives” in Beit Lahiya, emphasizing that all possible measures were taken to prevent civilian casualties.
It further noted that any information disseminated by the Hamas-controlled health ministry should be “approached with skepticism,” asserting that it has “consistently been demonstrated as unreliable in previous instances.”
In Beirut, an Israeli bombardment on a structure in a densely populated area resulted in the demise of Hezbollah’s media chief Mohammad Afif, as reported by two Lebanese security sources to Reuters.
Security sources indicated that the strike targeted a building housing the offices of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.
The head of this party in Lebanon, Ali Hijazi, informed Lebanese broadcaster Al-Jadeed that Afif was present in the building at the time of the attack.
A Hezbollah representative subsequently disclosed to Reuters anonymously that Afif had been killed in this strike.
The Israeli military refrained from making a comment regarding the incident.
Palestinians flee during an Israeli military operation in Beit Lahiya. Pic: Reuters
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Ras al-Nabaa, the affected district, is a haven for many individuals displaced from Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Afif was a long-standing media advisor to Hezbollah’s previous leader, Hassan Nasrallah, who perished in an Israeli aerial strike in late September.
Afif managed Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television network for several years before assuming leadership of the media office.
Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire for over a year now.
