The Israeli army shelled the area in southern Lebanon where the attack was launched. The Israeli military confirmed the attack but did not comment on possible casualties. On Wednesday, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired anti-tank missiles at an Israeli military position and claimed to have killed and wounded troops.

is already rushing munitions and military equipment to Israel and has deployed a carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean as deterrence. President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned other countries and armed groups against entering the war. Meanwhile, exchanges of fire over Israel’s northern borders with militants in Lebanon and Syria pointed to the risk of an expanded regional conflict. Convoys stood loaded with fuel and food Wednesday on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, but were unable to enter Gaza, an Egyptian security official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press. Residential buildings, unable to store as much diesel, likely will go dark sooner.Įgypt and international groups have been calling for humanitarian corridors to get aid into Gaza. The Palestinian Red Crescent said other hospitals’ generators will run out in five days. “We consumed three weeks worth of emergency stock in three days,” Kannes said. The group said the two hospitals it runs in Gaza were running out of surgical equipment, antibiotics, fuel and other supplies. The Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital, Al-Shifa, only has enough fuel to keep power on for three days, said Matthias Kannes, a Gaza-based official for Doctors Without Borders. With no fuel able to enter, those were on a ticking clock until individual stocks of diesel run out. That leaves only private generators to power homes, hospitals and other facilities. Gaza’s only power plant shut down Wednesday afternoon after running out of fuel, the Energy Ministry said. The sole remaining access from Egypt was shut down Tuesday after airstrikes hit near the border crossing. Others crowded into a shrinking number of safe neighborhoods in the strip of land only 40 kilometers (25 miles) long, wedged among Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea.Īfter the attack by Hamas, Israel halted the entry of food, water, fuel and medicine into the territory. Some 250,000 people have fled their homes in Gaza - more than a tenth of the population - most crowding into U.N.

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