Over 50 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza: Israeli PM’s house faces drone attack from Lebanon

Associated Press Jerusalem: The Israeli government said a drone t a r g eted the prime minister’s house Saturday, though there were no casualties, as Iran’s supreme leader vowed Hamas would continue its fight following the killing of the mastermind of last year’s deadly October 7 attack. Sirens wailed in Israel warning of incoming fire from Lebanon. The military said dozens of projectiles were launched. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the drone targeted his house in the Mediterranean coastal town of Caesarea, though neither he nor his wife were home.

The barrage comes as Israel considers its expected response to an Iranian attack earlier this month and presses its offensives against Hamas militants in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. In Gaza, Israeli forces fired at hospitals in the battered northern part of the Palestinian enclave, and strikes in the strip killed more than 50 people, including children, in less than 24 hours, according to hospital officials and an Associated Press reporter there. In September, Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a ballistic missile toward Ben Gurion Airport when Netanyahu’s plane was landing. The missile was intercepted.

Barrages from Lebanon target northern Israel In addition to the drone launched at Netanyahu’s private residence, Israel’s military said some 55 projectiles were fired in two separate barrages at northern Israel from Lebanon on Saturday morning. A 50-year-old man was killed after being hit by shrapnel while sitting in his car in northern Israel, and four people were injured, Israel’s medical services said. Israel’s war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah a Hamas ally backed by Iran has intensified in recent weeks. Hezbollah said Friday that it planned to launch a new phase of fighting by sending more guided missiles and exploding drones into Israel. The militant group’s longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in late September, and Israel sent ground troops into Lebanon earlier in October. Israel also said Saturday it killed Hezbollah’s deputy commander in the southern town of Bint Jbeil.

The army said Nasser Rashid supervised attacks against Israel. In Lebanon, the health ministry said an Israel i airstrike Saturday hit a vehicle on a main highway north of Beirut, killing two people. I t was unclear who was in the car when it was struck. Israeli strikes pound Gaza as Hamas rejects hostage releaseA standoff is also ensuing between Israel and Hamas, which it’s fighting in Gaza, with both signalling resistance to ending the war after the death of Hamas’ leader Yahya Sinwar this week.