At least 48 people were killed in three Israeli air strikes in less than one hour on Tuesday, Gaza’s civil defence agency said.

    The attacks killed at least 25 people at a UN-run school in central Gaza’s Nuseirat area, 18 were killed in southern Khan Younis, and five people were killed in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, according to reports.

    The UN has said an Israeli strike hit close to its joint operation centre in Deir el-Balah, from where it coordinates the humanitarian aid response in Gaza.

    In nine months of war, 70 percent of UNRWA schools in Gaza have now been bombed and 539 people sheltering inside its premises have been killed.

    At least 38,713 people have been killed and 89,166 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is estimated at 1,139, and dozens of people are still held captive in Gaza.

    Death toll for Israeli attack in az-Zawayda rises

    Eight people are now confirmed dead following an Israeli military attack on a home in the az-Zawayda area of central Gaza.

    Earlier, we reported that the Israeli military had bombed the home belonging to the Diab family, which was reportedly sheltering as many as 70 displaced people.

    We will bring you updates on this attack when we have them.

    UNICEF decries ‘horrific’ airstrike that killed 3 children in south Lebanon

    UNICEF has described the killing of three children by an airstrike reportedly while they were playing in front of their home in South Lebanon, as “horrific”, in a post on social media.

    “Children must be protected under international humanitarian law,” the UN children’s agency added.

    We reported earlier that five Syrians were killed in two separate Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon on Tuesday, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.

    Around one in four people living in Lebanon are Syrians, many of whom fled war in their home country and rely on humanitarian assistance to survive.

    Israeli military announces attacks on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

    The Israeli military has said that its fighter jets have attacked Hezbollah “terrorist infrastructures” in the Yarine, Ayta ash Shab, and Aalma ech Chaab areas of southern Lebanon.

    Posting on X, it added that it had carried out “artillery fire” to remove a threat in Lebanon’s Majdel Zoun area.

    The Israeli military also said that it had detected some 15 rocket launches from Lebanon, some of which were “intercepted by the air defence fighters”, while others fell in open areas, causing no casualties or damage.

    Earlier, we reported that Hezbollah had said it had launched “dozens of Katyusha rockets” at the city of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel in “response to the Israeli enemy attacks”.