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Baalbek, in northeastern Lebanon, has increasingly come under attack as the Israeli military expands its campaign against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. Dozens of people have been killed and most of the city’s population has fled.

Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike on Sunday killed 20 people including three children in the village of Almat, north of the capital Beirut.The Shiite Muslim majority village of Almat is located in a mostly Christian region.

An Israeli strike on a residential building in the Sayeda Zainab district south of the Syrian capital Damascus killed seven civilians on Sunday, the Syrian defence ministry said, in the second such attack in less than a week.

It's been announced that Lebanon's Hezbollah has chosen among its ranks a new chief after its last was recently killed in airstrikes by the Israeli military, thus likely ending a succession crisis.

Rescue operations were underway after an Israeli airstrike on the village of Almat, Lebanon, north of Beirut, killed at least 23 people and wounded several others, Lebanon’s health ministry said.

Israel launched deadly strikes on Gaza and Lebanon Sunday, rescuers and authorities said, ahead of a US deadline for improved aid delivery to the Palestinian territory.

At least 40 people, including several children, have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, according to officials.

A wave of Israeli strikes on east and south Lebanon on Saturday killed at least 31 people, the health ministry said, as Israel intensified its air campaign.