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The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the deaths of three senior Hamas figures in an airstrike three months ago in northern Gaza, including Rawhi Mushtaha, head of the Hamas government, and two security officials.
The Gaza Health Ministry reports that at least 51 people, including seven women and twelve children, are killed in coordinated Israeli strikes in southern Gaza.
Iran fired over 180 ballistic missiles at Israel, including hypersonic Fattah models, in response to a prior Israeli strike on Hezbollah's headquarters. Israel reported no casualties from the attack, though one Palestinian was killed in the occupied West Bank.
Three militants of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine are killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Kola District of Beirut, Lebanon. Separately, Hamas's commander in Lebanon, Fatah Sharif, is killed alongside his family in Tyre.
Israel conducted multiple airstrikes using bunker buster bombs on Beirut, destroying six buildings and killing six people. The strikes targeted Hezbollah’s central command in Dahieh, where its leader Hassan Nasrallah was reportedly present.
Hezbollah launches a ballistic missile targeting the Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, which is intercepted, while Israel conducts an additional 260 airstrikes across Lebanon, killing at least 72 people.
Hezbollah launches dozens of rockets and drones at Israel in retaliation for the airstrikes.
More than 490 people were killed and 1,645 injured in over 1,400 Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon on 23 September 2024, targeting Hezbollah infrastructure and resulting in widespread displacement and damage to medical facilities.