Live Updates: Israel strikes Lebanon as wars with Hezbollah and Hamas continue

The Israeli military continued to bomb the Lebanese capital, in what it said were a “series of targeted strikes” on weapons storage facilities and other parts of Hezbollah’s infrastructure. Israeli raids across the country on Saturday killed 23 people and wounded 93 others, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

Elsewhere, Israel said it had “encircled” the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, after discovering the presence of Hamas members in the area. Hospital officials said that the raids on a mosque in central Gaza killed at least 25 people.

On the other hand, as the anniversary of the October 7 attacks launched by Hamas on Israel approaches, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his country is “defending itself on seven fronts.”

Here’s what you need to know:

• Strikes on Beirut: Israel bombed the city with intense air strikes during the night. CNN’s Jumana Karadsheh is on the ground in the capital and said Saturday night’s strikes were among the most sustained and intense she has seen since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah. The number of casualties resulting from the raids is not yet known.

• The refugee camp in Gaza is besieged: The Israeli military said the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza has been “encircled”, after it launched air and ground operations targeting what it says is military infrastructure. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that at least two people were killed and several others were taken to hospital after an apartment in the camp was bombed.

• Bombing of Gaza Mosque: At least 25 people were killed in an Israeli overnight raid on Al-Shuhada Al-Aqsa Mosque in the central Gaza Strip, according to hospital officials. A journalist working for CNN said that the displaced Palestinians were taking shelter in the mosque when it was bombed. The Israeli army said that the raid targeted a Hamas “command and control” center. Footage from the scene shows people working in the dark to find victims under the rubble, using the light of their phones to see. Hospital officials said four other people were killed in a strike on a nearby school.

• War on multiple fronts: Netanyahu said Israel was fighting “against the enemies of civilization” on seven fronts, including the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, the Houthis in Yemen, and Iran itself. He said: “Rest assured, Israel will fight until the battle is won – for our sake and for peace and security in the world.”

• Global protests: Thousands of people around the world took to the streets on Saturday in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Demonstrations took place in London, Dublin, Paris, Manila, Cape Town, Rome and other major cities to demand an end to the war. Meanwhile, in Israel, demonstrators across the country are demanding more urgent action to rescue hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza.

• A prominent Hezbollah leader is missing: A Lebanese security source told CNN on Saturday that Hezbollah has lost contact with a potential successor to its late leader Hassan Nasrallah. Hashem Safi al-Din was targeted in an Israeli raid on the southern suburb of Beirut on Friday.