Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Evening recap

24 September 2024 23:59 BST

Hello MEE readers. Since Monday, Israel's escalatory air strikes on Lebanon have killed at least 569 people, including 50 children and 94 women.

Hezbollah on Tuesday responded with a series of rocket attacks on several military sites in Israel, including one attack on a base in Atlit, which houses Israel's elite Shayetet 13 naval forces.

Tens of thousands of people in Lebanon have been forced to flee their homes, with many finding shelter in Beirut's schools, which have been converted to house those trying to escape Israeli bombings.

Meanwhile, in Gaza, Israeli air strikes continued to pound the enclave, killing more than 50 Palestinians over the past 24 hours.

Here's what else you need to know about today's developments:

  • Hezbollah released a statement on Telegram confirming that one of its senior military commanders, Ibrahim Muhammad Qubaisi, was killed in an Israeli air strike.

  • The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iraq-based militia group, launched a drone attack on Israel near the Jordan Valley.

  • A large Israeli strike hit an area south of Beirut in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The attack struck an area between Jiyeh and Saadiyat, and the explosion could be heard in the capital.

  • Hezbollah attacked Israel's Dado base, located 29 km from Lebanon's borders, with 90 rockets in two different attacks.

  • At least five people were killed in an Israeli strike on a residential building in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley.

  • The UK called on its citizens to leave Lebanon and also advised against travelling to the country. It also announced a deployment of British troops to Cyprus.

  • The UN General Assembly also began on Tuesday, with the war on Gaza taking the central stage for several world leaders. Erdogan lambasted the international community for allowing Israel's destruction of Gaza to continue, and Qatar's emir said Israel was not trying to pursue a peace and an end to the war.

  • US President Joe Biden, meanwhile, reiterated Washington's belief that Israel has a right to defend itself against Hamas and against Hezbollah in Lebanon. You can read more about what world leaders said at the UN General Assembly here.

  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken dismissed a USAID report stating that Israel was deliberately blocking aid to Gaza.