Gaza (Palestine): At least 60 people, including children, were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a five-story building in northern Gaza, the Gaza's Health Ministry said.
The strike hit a five-story building in Beit Lahiya on Tuesday. According to the doctors, 20 children were also killed in the attack.
According to reports, displaced families were sheltering in the five-story building.
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The health ministry said those injured could not be treated as medics had been forced to evacuate the nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Death toll in Gaza
The death toll in Gaza has reached 43,000 in the ongoing Isreal-Hamas war, the Gaza health ministry said.
Strike on Lebanon
In separate Israeli attacks, at least 60 people were killed in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, the country's health ministry said.
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Besides, 58 people were also injured in the attack in the area which is considered a Hezbollah stronghold.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah on Tuesday named Naim Qassem as its new secretary-general following Israel’s killing of Hassan Nasrallah last month.
