An Israeli attack on a residential tower in Beit Lahiya, north Gaza, has killed at least 72 people, Gaza’s Government Media Office says. The civil defence says its teams are unable to reach the area, and that dozens more are wounded and trapped under the rubble.

    Israeli forces continue to pound Beirut’s Dahiyeh as Lebanese authorities report 145 Israeli attacks across the country over the past day.

    Lebanon’s Hezbollah continues to trade fire with Israel’s military, launching dozens of missiles and drones at Israeli military bases and hitting a synagogue in the city of Haifa.

    Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed at least 43,846 Palestinians and wounded 103,740 since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day, and more than 200 were taken captive.

    In Lebanon, at least 3,452 people have been killed and 14,664 wounded in Israeli attacks since the war on Gaza began.

    Israel carries out at least 27 air attacks on civilian and religious sites in Lebanon: Report

    One of the air attacks, Lebanon’s state media reports, targeted the vicinity of Our Lady of Salvation Church near Saint George Hospital in the Hadath area of Beirut’s southern suburb, while another strike targeted a 12-story residential building near the Mar Michael Church in the Chiyah neighbourhood of southern Beirut.

    There were no immediate reports of casualties, but the attacks caused extensive damage to nearby structures.

    The attacks came shortly after the Israeli army issued immediate forced evacuation orders for residents in the targeted areas.

    Gaza death toll rises

    At least 43,846 people have been killed and 103,740 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, the enclave’s Health Ministry says.

    Of those, 47 Palestinians were killed and 139 wounded in the latest 24-hour reporting period, the ministry added.

    Hezbollah says north of Haifa hit with barrage of rockets

    Hezbollah says its fighters targeted the Krayot area north of the occupied city of Haifa “with a barrage of rockets”.

    Meanwhile, the Israeli military said in a statement on Telegram about 20 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory, following sirens that sounded about 10am in the Haifa Bay and western Galilee areas.

    “Some of the projectiles were intercepted, and the rest fell in open areas,” it said.

    At least 300,000 tonnes of ‘solid waste’ on the roads in Gaza: Report

    The damage to transportation and communications infrastructure across the Palestinian territory has reached $4.8bn as a result of direct Israeli attacks, Wafa news agency reported Palestine’s Minister of Transport and Communications Tariq Zourob as saying.

    At least 300,000 tonnes of “solid waste” are reportedly on the roads across the Gaza Strip, Zourob said during a meeting with private sector representatives from the Strip at the Palestinian embassy in Cairo.

    In June, UNRWA reported waste of an estimated 100,000 tonnes building up near people’s tents in central Gaza alone.

    Protesters block Netanyahu’s office in Jerusalem

    Protesters have blocked the entrance to PM Netanyahu’s office building in Jerusalem, according to Israeli media.

    They are demanding his resignation, new elections and a deal to swap Israeli captives held in Gaza with Palestinian prisoners.

    The footage shared on social media shows dozens of protesters sitting on the ground, obstructing the building’s entrance.