Middle East: Israel strike near Beirut hospital kills 13

· DW

Israel said it struck Hezbollah targets in Beirut as the Iran-backed militant group fired a volley of rockets at Tel Aviv. The exchange comes as top US diplomat Antony Blinken is in Israel for cease-fire talks.

  • Israel struck several targets in Beirut overnight 
  • Hezbollah says it targeted an Israeli intelligence base in a suburb of Tel Aviv on Tuesday 
  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel to push for a ceasefire

Here are the latest developments from the Israel-Lebanon escalation, Gaza and the wider Middle East region on Tuesday, October 22: