Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least one person was killed and five wounded as Israel carried out at least 17 strikes on Beirut’s suburbs overnight.

    Israel’s attack levelled six buildings in Beirut’s southern suburb of Laylaki in what Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Beirut described as a “very violent night” of strikes that began without warning.

    Gaza’s Government Media Office says more than 770 Palestinians have been killed and 1,000 wounded as the Israeli military attack on Jabalia and the siege of northern Gaza enter the 20th day.

    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that Palestinians “suffering under the ongoing Israeli siege in north Gaza are rapidly exhausting all available means for their survival”.

    In Gaza, at least 42,792 people have been killed and 100,412 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.

    Committee to Protect Journalists questions Israel’s claims about Al Jazeera reporters

    The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said it is “aware of accusations” made by the Israeli military against several Al Jazeera journalists, but highlighted Israel has “repeatedly made similar unproven claims without producing credible evidence”.

    “After killing Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail [al-Ghoul] in July, the [Israeli military] previously produced a similar document, which contained contradictory information, showing that [al-Ghoul], born in 1997, received a Hamas military ranking in 2007 – when he would have been 10 years old,” the press freedom group said in a post on X.

    As we previously reported, the Israeli military has named six Al Jazeera journalists based in Gaza, claiming, without providing any evidence, that the men are members of armed groups.

    In August, the CPJ made a public call for Israel to cease “smearing” the reputations of the Palestinian journalists killed by the Israeli military, and for the establishment of “international, swift, and independent investigations into these killings”.

    One killed, 7 injured following Israeli strikes in Damascus, Homs

    A Syrian soldier has been killed and seven others have been injured following an Israeli military attack in Damascus and Homs, Syria’s state news agency SANA reports.

    Earlier, we reported that Israeli air strikes targeted a residential building in the central Damascus neighbourhood of Kafr Sousa.

    SANA now reports that Israeli forces have also bombed a military site in the Homs countryside.

    We will bring you more information when we have it.