Israel is stepping up its bombardment of Beirut as it launches an offensive in northern Gaza

Israeli bombardment lit up the sky in Beirut on Sunday night and there were also large explosions in the southern areas. At the same time, deadly attacks in the Gaza Strip hit a mosque and a school sheltering the homeless, killing at least 26 people and wounding 93 others.

Deportees were sheltering in a damaged mosque near the main hospital in the city center of Deir al-Balah. Another four people died in a strike at a school that shelters homeless people near the city.

The Israeli military said both strikes were targeted by militants, but did not provide evidence.

Israel has been fighting Hamas in Gaza A year after the attack, the group has opened a new front in Lebanon against Hezbollah, which has been trading fire with Israel along the northern border since the start of the war in Gaza. Israel also vowed to strike Iran itself after Tehran launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel last week.

Israel is on high alert ahead of events commemorating the Oct. 7 attack, while rallies continue around the world to mark the year. Hamas-led forces killed around 1,200 people in the attack and captured another 250. They are still holding around 100 hostages, a third of whom are believed to be dead.

Rockets and explosions were heard in Haifa in northern Israel late Sunday, and Hezbollah said this. The Israeli military said it had identified at least five explosive devices from Lebanon and found “collapsed processors” in the area. Soldiers pointed to what appeared to be debris on the road. Magen David Adom paramedics say they are treating a teenager with a head injury and a man who fell from a window due to the explosion.

In Beirut, Israel said overnight strikes targeted a building near a road leading to Lebanon’s only airport and one used by Hezbollah-run broadcaster Al-Manar.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported more than 30 strikes on Sunday night. The Israeli military confirmed that it was targeting an attack near Beirut and said that about 130 projectiles fell into Lebanon and into Israeli territory.

“It was very difficult. All of us in Beirut felt everything,” said resident Haytham Al-Darazi. Another resident, Maxime Jawad, called it a “terrible night.”

Another strike killed three sisters and their aunt in Jiyyeh coastal area. “This is a people’s house, and the biggest evidence is that those who were martyred are four women,” said a neighbor, Ali Al Hajj.

Hezbollah said it had successfully targeted a group of Israeli soldiers in northern Israel “with a massive rocket salvo, hitting them in the right direction.” Could not verify the claim.

Israel’s military has announced new airstrikes and ground attacks on Jabaliya in northern Gaza, home to a refugee camp that began in the 1948 war surrounding the creation of Israel. Israel has conducted several operations there to see the military regroup. The military said three soldiers were seriously wounded in Sunday’s fighting in northern Gaza.

Israeli forces surrounded Jabaliya as warplanes struck militant positions inside, the military said. During the war, Israel carried out several major operations there, but saw military regrouping.

“We are in a new phase of the war,” the soldiers said in leaflets dropped in the area. “These areas are considered dangerous combat zones.”

The agitated villagers fled again. “From October 7 until today, it is the twelfth time that I and my children, eight people, have been homeless and thrown into the streets without knowing where to go,” said another, Samia Khader.

Avichay Adraee, spokesman for the Israeli military, said that the area called the humanitarian zone in the south of Gaza has been expanded, and urged people to head there.

On Sunday, Palestinian residents reported heavy Israeli strikes in northern Gaza.

Civil Defense – first responders working under the Hamas-run government – said they found three bodies, including a woman and a child, after a strike hit a home in the Shati refugee camp.

The citizens cried. Imad Alarabid said on Facebook that an airstrike on his home in Jabaliya killed twelve family members, including his parents. Hassan Hamd, a freelance TV journalist who was broadcast on Al Jazeera, was shot dead in his home in Jabaliya. Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif confirmed his death.

About 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war began, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. It does not say how many were combatants, but it says that a little more than half were women and children.