Lebanon says five health workers killed by Israeli air strikes

At least 27 people have been killed and 54 wounded in the air strike on the school in Deir al-Balah in Gaza, the Palestinian Red Crescent says.

It says the strike hit Rufaida school, near the headquarters of the Palestine Red Crescent Society headquarters, and their emergency medical teams responded.

At least 16 killed in strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza

At least 16 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school housing displaced families in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah, medics have told Reuters news agency.

Hamas-affiliated Palestinian media are reporting a higher death toll of 22.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, but in recent months it has carried out many strikes on schools-turned-shelters, saying they are being used by Hamas as command and control centres. The armed group has previously denied operating inside schools and other civilian sites.

Unverified footage online appears to show casualties being brought to al-Aqsa hospital in Gaza.

Lebanon's crisis getting worse by the day, UN official says

Lebanon’s humanitarian needs are “huge”, and the situation is “getting worse by the day” amid a displacement crisis caused by Israel’s war against Hezbollah, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The conflict has already forced 1.2 million people from their homes. The most affected areas are southern Lebanon, the eastern Bekaa Valley and Beirut’s southern suburbs, places where Hezbollah has a strong presence.

Visiting the country, the IOM regional director for Middle East and North Africa, Othman Belbeisi, says there is an urgent need to expand the number of shelters for displaced residents and step up the distribution of food and aid.

The Lebanese authorities, which were already under pressure after years of a severe economic crisis, are also in need of funding, he says. Last week, the United Nations launched an appeal for $426m (£326m) to help civilians affected by the conflict. Belbeisi says only a "small part" of it has been funded so far.

"The needs are huge," he tells the BBC. "Without de-escalation of the current conflict, it’ll be very difficult... What we’re seeing now, [the crisis] is getting worse by the day. Winter is approaching and the size of the escalation is expanding."

We are survivors, say Beirut shopkeepers

"We want to continue on... we keep walking forward," says Avedis Terzian, who runs a store selling accessories

As we reported earlier, strikes continued in southern Beirut overnight. On the streets of Bourj Hammoud, an Armenian suburb in east Beirut, shopkeepers say they are trying to keep their businesses open.

"There is no income, it completely stopped," says 65-year-old Paul, who did not give his surname and refuses to shut the family-run bag shop he has owned since the 1980s.

"This life in Beirut is very hard because there is war, but we are survivors," he tells Reuters.

Sitting outside his accessories store, drinking from a cup and smoking, is Avedis Terzian.

Terzian tells Reuters that 90% of his income has been hit "because factories closed because of the bombing and the terrible things that are happening in the country."

Hezbollah fires dozens more rockets into Israel

In the last few hours, Hezbollah has been firing more rockets into northern Israel.

The Israeli army says it detected 40 projectiles – which are generally rockets or missiles – fired from Lebanon into the Upper Galilee area. Some were intercepted by Israel's missile defence system but others fell into the area, it says.

Hezbollah confirms it fired rockets at Israeli soldiers in the Ma'ayan Baruch kibbutz and in Beit Hillel - both close to the Lebanon border.

It also says it has fired more rockets tat Kiryat Shmona, where yesterday two Israeli civilians were killed.

'What shall we tell our crews, don't go out on rescue missions?'

The head of operations at Lebanon's government-run Civil Defense - the emergency medical service - has been talking to the BBC about the strike that they say killed five of their health workers last night.

"Our makeshift centre in Derdghaiya was hit. We tried to communicate with the team on the ground there, but they were incommunicado," says Walid Hachache.

"We sent a rescue force from the villages nearby. They arrived on scene and found that they had been all killed following the air strike."

He adds: "The Lebanese Civil Defense is an organisation under the protection of international laws. We rely on the international community for protection. What shall we tell our crews? Stay inside? Don't go out on rescue missions because there's no protection afforded to you? This will certainly affect all of our operations."

Further strikes in Beirut and southern Lebanon overnight, IDF says

More now on Israel's bombing overnight, as it says it's continued striking southern Lebanon, including the capital Beirut.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it "struck multiple weapons storage facilities" in the Dahieh area of Beirut and “weapons storage facilities and additional terrorist infrastructure in southern Lebanon”.

"Numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including publishing advance warnings to the population in the area," the IDF says on X.

Israel says it kills Hezbollah commanders behind 'hundreds' of attacks

Let's bring you more detail on Israel saying it has killed two Hezbollah commanders.

Ahmad Moustafa al-Haj Ali, commander of the Houla Front, was responsible for hundreds of missile and anti-tank missile attacks towards the Kiryat Shmona area of northern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says.

Kiryat Shmona is where two people were killed by Hezbollah rockets yesterday.

The IDF also says it killed Mohammad Ali Hamdan, commander of Hezbollah’s anti-tank unit in the Meiss El Jabal area, who was responsible for "extensive anti-tank missile attacks toward communities in northern Israel"..

Hezbollah has not commented, and the BBC can't verify the men's deaths or their roles in the group.

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