Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and in isolated northern Gaza
LA TimesA woman with a child pass the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a house in Aalmat village, northern Lebanon, on Sunday. Israeli strikes killed dozens of people including children Sunday in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, as the world watched for signs of how the U.S. election might affect the war against Iranian-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. The Israeli airstrike in Lebanon killed at least 23 people including seven children in Aalmat village north of Beirut, far from the areas in the east and south where Hezbollah militants have a major presence. In northern Gaza, an Israeli strike on a home sheltering displaced people in the urban refugee camp of Jabaliya killed at least 17 people including nine women, according to Dr. Fadel Naim, director of Al-Ahly Hospital in Gaza City. After Israel’s strike in Aalmat, some 25 miles north of Beirut, legislator Raed Berro denied that any Hezbollah personnel or assets were in the building that was hit, adding: “The important people are on the front line resisting … It is impossible for them to be among people in civilian life.” Hassan Ghaddaf, who lived next door and was lightly wounded, said displaced people were in the house that was struck.