Lebanon says 9 dead in Israeli strikes; Iran parliament speaker visits Beirut attack site

BEIRUT: UN peacekeepers in Lebanon warned Saturday (Oct 12) against a "catastrophic" regional conflict as Israeli forces battled Hezbollah and Hamas militants on two fronts, on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Israel has faced a fierce diplomatic backlash over

UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti said that he fears an Israeli escalation against Hezbollah might

Israel told residents in northern Gaza and southern Lebanon to leave their homes. Meanwhile, the WFP has said that no food aid has entered northern Gaza since the start of the month. Follow DW for more.

The United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said new explosions hit its headquarters Friday, injuring two peacekeepers a day after Israeli forces targeted the same position and struck central Beirut. Earlier Friday, cross-border fire from Lebanon killed a man from Thailand who was working on a farm in north Israel.Lebanon’s crisis response unit announced Friday that 60 people were killed and 168 wounded in the past 24 hours, raising the total toll over the past year of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah to 2,229 killed and 10,380 wounded, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.Israel has been escalating its campaign against Hezbollah with waves of heavy airstrikes across Lebanon and a ground invasion at the border, after a year of exchanges of fire between the two rivals. Israel is now at war with Hamas in Gaza and Hamas' ally Hezbollah in Lebanon.Israel’s offensive in Gaza has killed over 42,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, who do not say how many were fighters but…