Yesterday in northern Gaza, at least 112 Palestinians, including 25 children, were killed in two bombing attacks by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The first strike hit a five-story apartment building in Beit Lahia, which was sheltering around 200 displaced people, resulting in at least 93 deaths. A second wave of attacks in the afternoon claimed another 19 lives, bringing the total death toll in Gaza to over 43,000.
The Beit Lahia attack is among the deadliest Israeli strikes since the war began, surpassed only by a few incidents, including the bombing of the Jabalia refugee camp on October 31, 2023 (at least 120 dead) and the February 29, 2024, attack in Gaza City on civilians gathering for humanitarian aid, known as the “flour massacre” (at least 118 dead).
Advisors to J. Biden are expected to arrive in Israel today to discuss the possibility of a ceasefire with Hezbollah in talks with B. Netanyahu.
The municipality declared Beit Lahia a “zone of complete destruction,” reporting severe food, water, medical services, and communication shortages. A senior UNRWA official described conditions as catastrophic. The recent surge of attacks in northern Gaza has halted the polio vaccination campaign, leaving nearly 120,000 children with only partial immunity.
Meanwhile, 77 people were killed in Lebanon yesterday from Israeli attacks, raising the total death toll there to at least 2,787 since the war began. Furthermore, 34 Israeli soldiers have been killed in ground operations along the Israel-Lebanon border since the start of the month. Yesterday, Hezbollah announced that Naim Qassem will succeed Hassan Nasrallah as the organization’s leader following Nasrallah’s assassination on September 27.
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