Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: Iranian president responds to Israel's retaliatory attacks
Israel Defense Forces attacked military targets in Iran Saturday.
The Israel Defense Forces conducted what it called "precise strikes on military targets" in Iran on Friday in response to the Iranian missile strikes earlier this month.
Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes and ground fighting continued in Gaza -- particularly in the north of the strip -- and in Lebanon, with renewed Israeli attacks on Beirut.
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- Israeli strike on Gaza City school kills 9 people, injures 20: Report
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- IDF says 6 more Israeli soldiers killed in combat in Lebanon
- 1 victim dies in suspected terrorist truck-ramming incident in Tel Aviv
- Satellite imagery appears to show damage from Israeli strike at 2 Iranian military facilities
IDF announce deaths of 10 soldiers in Lebanon fighting
The Israel Defense Forces have announced the deaths of 10 soldiers fighting in Lebanon in the past 24 hours.
The IDF says the soldiers have not been killed in the past 24 hours but their deaths have been confirmed after a process of notifying their families.
The casualties speak to the intensity of the fighting in southern Lebanon, amid reports that Hezbollah appears to have regrouped after the assassination of leader Hassan Nasrallah and the pager attack in September.
Israeli strike kills 3 journalists in Lebanon
Three journalists have been killed in a strike on the accommodation they were staying in in Hasbaya, southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese officials.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health said three people were killed and three others injured in the strike.
Lebanese Minister of Information said in a post on X that this attack is “a war crime” and described the killings as a “premeditated and planned assassination.” He said that there were 18 journalists at the location representing 7 media outlets.
Local media are saying there was no prior warning to the strike. The IDF has not yet responded to an ABC News request for comment.
IDF says it killed Hamas commander who led massacre at shelter near Kibbutz Re'im
The Israel Defense Forces said it killed the Hamas commander who "led the massacre" at the bomb shelter near Kibbutz Re'im on Oct. 7, the IDF said in a statement Thursday.
The Hamas commander Mohammad Abu Itiwi was killed in a joint operation with the Israeli Security Agency on Wednesday, the IDF and ISA said in a joint statement.
This Hamas commander also worked for UNRWA, the IDF said. UNRWA is the main U.N. agency operating in Gaza.
In a statement Thursday, the UNRWA confirmed the person killed by the IDF Wednesday was a UNRWA staff member.
This staff member was not one of the initial 12 people that the Israeli Defense Forces claimed had allegedly participated in Oct. 7 back in January, UNRWA said.
This person was included in a separate list of "another 100 UNRWA staff members" who the IDF claimed were part of Palestinian armed groups including Hamas. This second list was sent to UNRWA in July 2024 by the Government of Israel.
"The UNRWA Commissioner General responded to that letter immediately stating that any allegation is taken seriously. He urged GOI to cooperate with the Agency by providing more information so he could take action. To date, UNRWA has not received any response to that letter," UNRWA said in the statement.
-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Guy Davies
IDF operation on northern Gaza homes leaves dozens killed and wounded
Initial reports of a large-scale ongoing Israeli military operation in Jabalia, a city in northern Gaza, has left dozens killed and wounded, the Hamas-run Gaza Civil Defense said Thursday.
The operation consisted of explosions blowing up 11 houses in one block in Jabalia, the Gaza Civil Defense said.
Additionally, Israeli operations are ongoing in Khan Yunis, a city in southern Gaza Thursday evening, the Gaza Civil Defense said.