An Israeli strike on a civil defense center in the city of Baalbek in northeast Lebanon killed at least 12 rescue workers, the regional governor said. Lebanon’s civil defense agency, which performs emergency and medical services, is an arm of the Lebanese state and is not affiliated with Hezbollah, the militant group backed by Iran.
On the same day, Israeli fighter jets bombarded sites in Damascus, the Syrian capital, that Israel said were affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a militia backed by Iran. Those attacks killed at least 15 people and wounded 16 others, including children, according to the Syrian state media.
The Israeli military has also bombed a densely populated tent encampment in southern Gaza that was designated a humanitarian zone for displaced Palestinians, saying its target was a loaded weapons launcher in the area. A child was killed in the attack and more than 20 other people were injured, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
