UN issues stark warning that Gaza Strip has become ’uninhabitable’ | SBS News

Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it fired more than 60 rockets at an Israeli military base on Saturday in response to the killing in Beirut of Hamas’s deputy leader. “As part of the initial response to the crime of assassinating the great leader Sheikh Saleh al-Arouri... the Islamic resistance (Hezbollah) targeted the Meron air control base with 62 missiles of various types,“ the group said in a statement. The Israel-Lebanon border has seen near-daily exchanges of fire since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on 7 October. Arouri’s killing this week in a Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut, which a US defence official said was carried out by Israel, has raised fears of escalation. In a speech on Friday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel that the group would respond swiftly “on the battlefield“ to Arouri’s killing. On Saturday, air raid sirens went off in towns and cities across northern Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Israeli military said it had identified around 40 rocket launches from Lebanese territory on Saturday morning and its forces had struck a cell responsible for some of them. For more on this story, visit: #Gaza #israelnews #hezbollah #lebanon For the latest news, visit You can also: Subscribe to the SBS News YouTube channel: @SBSNews Follow SBS News on Instagram: Follow SBS News on TikTok: @sbsnews_au Follow SBS News on Twitter: Follow SBS News on Facebook: Apple News: SBS News is Australia’s trusted news source for latest domestic and international news. Network Terms & Conditions: Privacy Policy: Feedback or complaints: