- Israel has bombed the Kola area of Beirut in its first attack on the Lebanese capital outside of the southern suburbs since the beginning of its expanded offensive.
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israeli attacks have killed 105 people in the last 24 hours as army jets continue nonstop bombardment across the country.
- Israeli troops, along with military equipment and vehicles, are reportedly amassing near Lebanon’s border as fears grow about a potential ground invasion.
- Israel has also continued its attacks across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 28 people in the last day.
- The Israeli Air Force has targeted a power plant and seaport in the Yemeni port cities of Hodeidah and Ras Isa, killing at least four people.
- In Gaza, at least 41,595 people have been killed and 96,251 wounded in Israeli attacks since October. In Israel, the number killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is at least 1,139, while more than 200 people were taken captive.
Former Netanyahu rival Gideon Saar joins Israeli government
Opposition politician Gideon Saar has joined the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Saar, who is 57, will become a minister without portfolio and join the Security Cabinet, which is overseeing Israel’s ongoing wars.
The move expands Netanyahu’s governing coalition and is likely to strengthen his political position.
Saar’s party has four seats and will give Netanyahu a majority of 68 in the 120-seat parliament.
“We will work together, shoulder to shoulder, and I intend to seek his (Saar’s) assistance in the forums that influence the conduct of the war,” Netanyahu said.
Saar is seen as further to the right than Netanyahu ideologically and is opposed to Palestinian statehood on security grounds.
- 22m ago(00:45 GMT)
PFLP announces deaths of three members in Kola strike
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine armed group named the three men as:
- Muhammad Abdel Aal, also known as Abu Ghazi, a member of the PFLP’s political bureau and the head of its military security department.
- Imad Odeh, also known as Abu Ziad, a member of the PFLP’s military department and a military commander in Lebanon.
- Abdul Rahman Abdel Aal, who it described only as a “comrade martyr hero”.
On Sunday evening, Israel hit the Kola area of Beirut in the first attack outside the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs since it began its bombing campaign last Monday.
No official death toll for the attack has been announced so far.
- 37m ago(00:30 GMT)
Two killed in Israeli attack on school in Beit Lahiya
The Israeli military bombed the Abu Jaafar School sheltering displaced people in Beit Lahiya’s al-Sultan neighbourhood in northern Gaza, the Wafa news agency is reporting.
At least two people have been killed and others injured.
We will bring you more information on this attack when we have it.
- 52m ago(00:15 GMT)
Woman, child killed in Israeli attack on Deir el-Balah
Israeli fighter jets have bombed a house in Deir el-Balah’s Hakr al-Jami area, killing the woman and her child, according to the Wafa news agency.
We will bring you more information on this attack when we have it.
- 1h ago(00:07 GMT)
WATCH: What comes next for Hezbollah after Israel’s assassination of Nasrallah?
The assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has left a void in Hezbollah’s top ranks.
Al Jazeera’s Virginia Pietromarchi explains who might take his place and what his death might mean for Israel and the region.
Watch the full report below:
What comes next for Hezbollah after Israel’s assassination of Nasrallah? - 1h ago(00:04 GMT)
A recap of recent developments
- Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health has said 105 people have been killed and 359 injured as Israel continues its air attacks, including on Beirut’s Kola district – the first outside the capital’s southern suburbs.
- Israel has also attacked the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, targeting key infrastructure including the Ras Isa seaport and power stations.
- Medical sources have told Al Jazeera that at least 28 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Sunday.
- Following the latest Israeli attacks, US President Joe Biden said a regional conflict in the Middle East “has to be avoided”.
- The bomb used by Israel to kill Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut last week was a US-made guided weapon, a US senator has told the NBC News network. The Pentagon has not commented. Nor has Israel.
- 1h ago(00:00 GMT)
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Families sleep on Beirut’s corniche after fleeing Israeli air strikes in the southern suburbs of Dahiyeh on September 29 [Bilal Hussein/AP Photo] 
Dramatic, chaotic scenes following Israeli attack on Beirut area
There has been an air strike on the Kola intersection here in Beirut. It’s about 3km (1.8 miles) from where I’m standing now.
This is no longer in Dahiyeh, this area is a bit outside. It’s an intersection where many buses and minibuses start to collect civilians taking the highway down south.
There’s also an overpass which many people use when driving from the south into the city, driving from the airport. This is a civilian area. There are shops and markets.
As far as casualties, we have no official figures yet but there is dramatic footage coming from the scene including that of men pulling rubble off a car.
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