GAZA -- Seven Palestinians were killed and at least 50 others injured on Friday evening in Israeli strikes targeting a residential apartment and a vehicle in Gaza City, according to Palestinian medical sources.
The Israeli military said the strikes targeted Izz al-Din al-Haddad, a senior commander in the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. (Gaza Strip-Israel-Hamas Commander)
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BEIRUT -- Three paramedics were killed and another seriously wounded on Friday in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, as Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam urged stronger Arab and international backing for Lebanon's diplomatic efforts, warning the country faces its gravest crisis since its founding.
Lebanon's Health Ministry said the strike hit a civil defense center operated by the Islamic Health Authority in the town of Harouf and completely destroyed the facility. (Lebanon-Israel-Strike)
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RAMALLAH -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned Friday that the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza remains "fragile" as casualties mount, territory shrinks, and humanitarian aid faces persistent obstruction.
"The ceasefire remains fragile while our people continue to be killed, Gaza's geography is shrinking, and aid continues to face obstruction in clear Israeli violation," Abbas said in a speech delivered on his behalf by Palestine's Permanent Observer to the United Nations Riyad Mansour. (Palestinian President-Gaza Strip-Israel)
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JERUSALEM -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Friday it killed more than 220 Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon over the past week.
The IDF said in a statement it struck over 440 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon in the past week, adding that the targets included Hezbollah weapon depots holding mortars and anti-tank missiles, and a drone site. (Israel-Hezbollah-Death Toll) Enditem
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