The US has asked Israel to explain its actions following a ‘horrifying’ airstrike on a residential block in northern Gaza that reportedly claimed the lives of two dozen children.
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00:00At least 20 people were killed by airstrikes after Israel pummeled the Gaza Strip with
00:06new bombardments, Palestinian medics report.
00:11One strike on a house in the Gazan city of Khan Yunis killed at least four people, including
00:16two women and a child, according to a local hospital.
00:21Another strike reportedly hit a tent housing displaced people in the central city of Deir
00:26al-Bala.
00:28That strike killed at least three people, including a woman.
00:34Israel has carried out several strikes on locations housing displaced people in recent
00:38months, saying it precisely targets militants hiding out among civilians.
00:42However, these strikes often kill women and children.
00:48The death toll for more than a year of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has now passed 43,000
00:53people, Palestinian officials said on Monday.
01:01In Israel, hospital officials said a rocket fired from Lebanon wounded two men, one seriously.
01:07The men were wounded by rocket shrapnel in an Israeli town just across from the Lebanese
01:12border.
01:13Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets into Israel since October 8, 2023, when it opened
01:18fire in solidarity with Hamas a day after its cross-border attack from the Gaza Strip.
01:24Israeli ground forces invaded southern Lebanon at the beginning of October.