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Israel-Gaza updates: Netanyahu considering plan to force civilians out of northern Gaza

PHOTO: Smoke rises on the Lebanese side of the border with Israel, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Tyre, southern Lebanon on Sept. 22, 2024.
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Israel and Hezbollah trade border barrages
By Bill Hutchinson, Nadine El-Bawab, David Brennan, Meredith Deliso, Kevin Shalvey, Julia Reinstein
Last Updated: September 21, 2024, 12:59 PM

Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in the wake of the shocking explosions of wireless devices across Lebanon.

Latest headlines:

  • Netanyahu considering plan to force civilians out of northern Gaza
  • UAV from Iraq intercepted over Golan Heights, IDF says
  • IDF strikes 2nd Gaza school in 2 days
  • Israel 'can't accept' Hezbollah attacks, Netanyahu says
  • Israel striking Lebanon, upping defense readiness in north: Israeli official
  • IDF says it struck 180 targets in Lebanon
  • 37 dead in Israel’s Beirut strike, Lebanon ministry says
  • 22 dead in Israeli strike on Gaza school, Gaza Health Ministry says
  • Israel strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, IDF says
Here's how the news is developing.

Sep 21, 2024 12:59 PM

22 dead in Israeli strike on Gaza school, Gaza Health Ministry says

Twenty-two people were killed and 30 more were injured in an Israeli strike on a school in Gaza City, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Ministry of Health.

Civil Defense, the local first responders, said they recovered the bodies of 13 children.

PHOTO: A Palestinian man carries a body during a funeral after an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza City's Zaytoun neighbourhood on Sept. 21, 2024.
Omar Al-qattaa/AFP via Getty Images
A Palestinian man carries a body during a funeral after an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza City's Zaytoun neighbourhood on Sept. 21, 2024.
Omar Al-qattaa/AFP via Getty Images

The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement a military strike targeted terrorists who were operational in a "Hamas command and control center."

Video shows rubble strewn in hallways and classrooms turned shelters. A witness told Reuters that women and children were gathered in the yard when two missiles hit the school.

Additional verified video shows first responders gathering body parts from under rubble, along with toddlers with severed limbs being tended to.

-ABC News' Victoria Beaule


Sep 21, 2024 11:07 AM

Israel strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, IDF says

The Israeli military on Saturday began strikes within Lebanon that were aimed at targets belonging to the Hezbollah militant group, the Israel Defense Forces said.

PHOTO:  Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the Jabal Al-Rehan area in the southern Lebanese Jezzine district on September 21, 2024.
Rabih Daher/AFP via Getty Images
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the Jabal Al-Rehan area in the southern Lebanese Jezzine district on September 21, 2024.
Rabih Daher/AFP via Getty Images

Sep 21, 2024 9:08 AM

31 dead in Beirut strike, Lebanon ministry says

Thirty-one people were killed and 68 were injured in Israel's strike on Friday in Beirut, the Lebanese Health Ministry said Saturday.

Among the dead are three children -- ages 4, 6 and 10 -- and seven women, the ministry said during a press conference. Three Syrian nationals were also killed, it said.

PHOTO: Emergency personnel work at the site of Friday's Israeli strike, as search and rescue operations continue, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Sept. 21, 2024.
Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
Emergency personnel work at the site of Friday's Israeli strike, as search and rescue operations continue, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Sept. 21, 2024.
Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

Among the wounded, 53 have been discharged from hospital. Two remain in critical condition, the ministry said.

Rescue teams were on Saturday morning still searching the rubble searching for additional bodies. The health multiple buildings and cars were damaged and destroyed in the strike.

PHOTO: A medical personnel works at the site of Friday's Israeli strike, as search and rescue operations continue, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Sept. 21, 2024.
Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
A medical personnel works at the site of Friday's Israeli strike, as search and rescue operations continue, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Sept. 21, 2024.
Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

The Israel Defense Force described the strike on Friday as a "targeted" assault, saying it killed a key Hezbollah commander, Ibrahim Aqil, along with his chain of command.

-ABC News' Ghazi Balkiz, Nasser Atta, Emma Ogao and Victoria Beaule



Sep 20, 2024 4:51 PM

Israeli device attacks emphasize depth of security breach: Sources

The Israeli strike on Beirut on the heels of pager and walkie-talkie explosions this week are designed to emphasize to Hezbollah and Iran the depth of the security breach Israel has achieved, two intelligence sources told ABC News.

The sentiment is if the Israelis can plant exploding pagers and radios, they could have already placed sources and devices that reveal key info and personnel in places thought to be protected, sources said.

The Israelis could well be trying to soften the ground for an assault, but the sources believe the consequence of this week’s events could actually be a realization by Iran and Hezbollah that a return to the uneasy status quo on the northern border might be the right move right now.

Prior to the pager explosions, Israeli intelligence had been running out of actionable information about locations and patterns of life among top Hezbollah officials. Learning where the pagers and radios were and who had them created an invaluable trove of intel.

-ABC News' Josh Margolin


Sep 17, 2024 7:22 PM

Air France, Lufthansa, British Airways cancel all flights to Israel

Three major European airlines have canceled all flights to Israel hours after a deadly attack on Hezbollah left at least nine people dead and over 2,700 people injured.

Air France has canceled flights to Tel Aviv for Sept. 18 and 19, according to the flight status board on their website. Lufthansa has canceled flights to Israel through Sept. 19 and British Airways has canceled flights to Israel through Sept. 27.

-ABC News' Sam Sweeney


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