Israeli forces killed four in Lebanon on Tuesday, while continuing attacks on Gaza [Getty]
Israeli forces launched fresh strikes on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, killing at least four on Tuesday morning, while also issuing displacement orders in south Gaza and forcing thousands to flee on foot.
The Israeli airstrikes levelled buildings in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh following an Israeli army claim that they had targeted a Hezbollah fighter.
The identities of those killed are not yet known, however, Lebanon has rejected claims that Israel was attacking a Hezbollah member assisting Hamas operatives.
Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun denounced the attack, saying it signifies a “dangerous warning” of Israel’s intentions for Lebanon.
The string of attacks comes amid rising tensions and an increasingly fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Displacement orders
In Gaza, thousands of people are being forced to leave Rafah on foot after Israeli forces ordered people to leave most areas in the city, before bombarding it.
Avichay Adraee, Israel’s Arabic language spokesperson for the military, announced on Tuesday morning that the army has also issued new forced displacement orders for residents of Gaza’s north, including those living in Beit Lahiya, Tal al-Zaatar and Beit Hanoon.
Israeli shelling continued in other parts of the besieged enclave, killing a child in Khan Younis and wounding residents in the Nuseirat camp.
Palestinian journalist Mohammed Saleh al-Bardawil, his wife and three children were among those killed in Israeli attacks on Khan Younis, various reports stated on Tuesday.
This comes just one day after the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) announced that the bodies of 15 crew members had been discovered in Rafah, a week after they were targeted by Israeli forces.
The group confirmed that eight of the bodies have been identified as PRCS members, six as members of the civil defence, and one as a UN agency staff member, and one still missing.
The director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, condemned the killing of the PRCS staff, calling the attacks “deplorable”.
“WHO is gravely concerned about the well-being of ambulance worker Assad al-Nassara, who is still missing. Under International Humanitarian Law, health workers must be protected at all times,” he said in a post on X.
According to UNICEF, at least 322 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since Israel violated the ceasefire.
 An additional 609 children have been wounded in the same time frame, with the UN agency stating that most of the children killed or wounded were sheltering in makeshift tents or damaged homes at the time of the attack.
The organisation also noted that this marks the longest period of aid blockage since the start of the war, with vital resources such as food, water, shelter and medical care now scarce.
