Israel has intensified military operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon amid ceasefire efforts. In this sequence, 28 people were killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon on Saturday. The Health Ministry said that 15 people were killed in air strikes in central Beirut, while 13 others were killed in attacks in the north-east of the capital.

This is the fourth attack in the Lebanese capital this week. According to Lebanese security officials, an eight-story building in central Beirut was targeted. Four missiles were fired at it. Tunnel-destroying missiles were used in the attack. A deep crater has formed at the place where the attack took place.

Many Hezbollah bases were also targeted

The Israeli Air Force also targeted several Hezbollah bases in the southern suburbs of Beirut. US envoy Amos Hochstein recently visited Lebanon and Israel. Let us tell you that on October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out a massive attack in Israel.

Since then, Israel has been conducting a military operation in Gaza to wipe out Hamas. The Israeli army is also taking action against Hezbollah, which attacks from Lebanon in support of Hamas. So far 44176 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli action in Gaza.

120 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in last 48 hours

Israeli woman hostage killed in attack Abu Ubaida, a spokesman for Hamas' armed wing, said an Israeli woman who was held hostage by Hamas was killed in an Israeli attack, while Palestinian doctors said on Saturday that 120 Palestinians had died in Israeli military attacks on the Gaza Strip in the past 48 hours. Israel also attacked a hospital, injuring medical staff and damaging equipment. The Israeli military says its goal is to prevent Hamas fighters from carrying out attacks and regrouping in the area.

Israeli woman held hostage killed

Hamas' armed wing said on Saturday that an Israeli woman taken hostage during an October 2023 attack had been killed in a war zone in northern Gaza and the Israeli military said it was investigating.

Abu Obaida, a spokesman for the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said contact had been reestablished with the woman's captors after a gap of several weeks and that it had been established that the hostage had been killed in an area of ​​northern Gaza where Israeli forces were operating.

Abu Obeida's statement did not identify the hostage or say how or when she was killed. The Israeli military told AFP it was investigating the claim. Abu Obeida said the woman was held with another female hostage whose life was in danger.

The female hostages were alive in custody

During last year's Hamas offensive that triggered the Gaza war, the militants took 251 hostages, 97 of whom are still in Gaza, 34 of whom have been killed, according to the military. Ten female hostages, including five soldiers, were believed to be alive in custody before Abu Obeida's statement, according to an AFP tally.