From BBC News.

Thirteen people including a child have been killed in an Israeli air strike near the main government hospital in southern Beirut, the Lebanese health ministry says.

It was among 13 air strikes that hit south Beirut on Monday evening. The Israeli military said it was attacking facilities linked to Hezbollah.

Elsewhere in the Middle East, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Israel is continuing to prevent humanitarian missions from reaching northern Gaza with critical supplies, including food and medicine.

The Israeli military has been intensifying a weeks-long offensive in parts of northern Gaza against what it said were Hamas fighters who had regrouped there.

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