Scores killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza; suspects arrested for firing flares at Netanyahu's house
Israeli air strikes overnight and into Sunday have killed scores in Gaza, according to local health officials, as police in Israel arrested three suspects after flares were fired at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in the city of Caesarea.
Israeli air strikes overnight and into Sunday have killed scores in Gaza, according to local health officials, as police in Israel arrested three suspects after flares were fired at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in the city of Caesarea.
The Israeli military also advanced further north into Lebanon as Hezbollah forces mull a U.S. brokered cease-fire agreement that would bring an end to 13 months of exchanges of fire between the two sides.
The Israel Defense Forces' latest attacks on northern Gaza's besieged city of Beit Lahiya killed "about 100" people, Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for Gaza's Civil Defense told NBC News on Sunday, offering a preliminary estimate as emergency crews continue rescue operations.
Basal said 60 people were killed after the IDF bombed houses in the city Sunday morning, and that "dozens are under the rubble." He said strikes at dawn had killed a further 24 people.
NBC News has reached out to the IDF for comment.
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