Israeli airstrikes kill at least 28 in Gaza and Lebanon

UNDP: War knocked human development in Gaza back to 1955

The war on Gaza has devastated the Palestinian economy, which is now 35 percent smaller than it was at the start of Israel's invasion a year ago, while development levels in Gaza itself have collapsed to the level of the 1950s, the UN's development agency said.

Launching a new study on the socioeconomic impacts of the war, which Palestinian officials say has claimed more than 42,500 lives, the UNDP's Chitose Noguchi said that by some measures, the region's poverty level was now approaching 100% as a result of the disruption, with unemployment now at 80 percent.

"The state of Palestine is experiencing unprecedented levels of setbacks," she said over a crackling line from Deir Al-Balah. "For Gaza, reversing development by an estimated 70 years to 1955."

(Reuters)

Satellite imagery shows Israeli military demolished Mhaibib

Analysis from The New York Times of satellite imagery shows that the Israeli military demolished an entire village - at least 79 buildings in Mhaibib in southern Lebanon last week.

Lebanon media says Israel strikes near south Lebanon city

Lebanese state media reported Israeli strikes near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Tuesday after Israel's military issued an evacuation call.

AFPTV footage captured smoke billowing after the Israeli military on X warned residents of Al-Hawsh, just south of Tyre, to evacuate, while Lebanon's official National News Agency reported that "enemy aircraft launched a series of strikes" that targeted the area.

GHM: 42,718 killed & 100,282 injured since 7 October

The Gaza Health Ministry said on Tuesday that at least 42,718 people have been killed since 7 October.

The toll includes 115 deaths in the previous 48 hours, according to the ministry, which said 100,282 people have been wounded.

Israeli military says strike did not target Beirut hospital

Israeli jets hit a Hezbollah target close to the Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut late on Monday but did not target the hospital, which was not affected by the strike, the Israeli military said on Tuesday.

(Reuters)

Lebanon raises toll to 13 killed in Israel strike

Lebanon's health ministry on Tuesday said 13 people, including a child, were killed in an Israeli strike near a south Beirut hospital the previous night, revising upwards its initial toll of four.

Another 57 people were wounded in the strike near Lebanon's biggest public hospital, located a few kilometres from the city centre, the health ministry said.

US Blinken arrives in Israel to revive ceasefire talks

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Tuesday for meetings with Israeli leaders, the first stop of a wider Middle East tour to launch another push for an elusive ceasefire.

The top US diplomat's latest trip - his 11th to the region since 7 October - comes as the Israeli military has intensified its campaign in the Palestinian enclave as well as in Lebanon.

Blinken will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, and other officials during the day during a week-long Middle East visit, including Jordan and Qatar.

(Reuters)

Hezbollah says targeted Israeli 'intel base' in Tel Aviv

Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli positions in the Tel Aviv suburbs on Tuesday, including an intelligence base, and launched rockets at a naval base in north Israel's Haifa.

Hezbollah launched a "salvo of rockets" targeting the "Glilot base of the 8200 military intelligence unit", the group said in a statement, after claiming similar attacks on the base in the Tel Aviv suburbs the night before.

The group also said it fired rockets at another position in Tel Aviv's suburbs and launched a "salvo of rockets" targeting the "Stella Maris naval base northwest of Haifa", a coastal city in northern Israel.

The Israeli military said in a statement that following sirens, "in central Israel, approximately five projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon. The majority...were intercepted".

It also said that following sirens "in the Upper Galilee area and northern Golan Heights, approximately 15 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon", with some intercepted and the rest falling in open areas.

Hezbollah says it bombed Nirit area in Tel Aviv suburbs

Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Tuesday that it bombed the Nirit area in the Tel Aviv suburbs with missiles.

Sirens sounded in central Israel as a projectile was identified crossing from Lebanon and falling into open ground, the army said on Tuesday.

Alerts sounded in the Samaria area, and in Modi'in Illit, the Israeli military added a statement.

(Reuters)