Bombings into Sunday send booms across Lebanese capital while dozens also wounded in hit on central Gaza mosque that Israel says targeted Hamas Middle East crisis – latest updatesHeavy consecutive strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs from late Saturday into Sunday, witnesses said, while Gaza’s civil defence agency said 21 people were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a mosque in central Gaza early on Sunday.The strike on the mosque, near the Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, came as the war between Israel and Hamas in the Palestinian territory approaches its first anniversary on 7 October. Witnesses said the number of casualties could rise as the mosque was being used to house displaced people, while the Israeli military said it was being used as a Hamas command centre. Continue reading…
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Heavy Israeli strikes hit Beirut as 21 reportedly killed in Gaza mosque attack
