Hamas Israel Conflict….Day 374……Focus on the suffering of the people of Gaza….

At least three others were killed and 50 others wounded in an overnight strike on Qana, also in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said on Wednesday. The Israeli military said it had targeted a local Hezbollah commander there, along with several other militants.

Two strikes in Beirut’s southern outskirts, in the neighborhood of Haret Hreik, were aimed at underground weapon storage facilities used by Hezbollah, Israel’s military said in a statement. They came about an hour after a spokesman for the Israeli military had issued a warning in Arabic to residents to move at least 500 meters away from a building in the area.

Haret Hreik, which was heavily damaged by Israeli airstrikes in the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, is part of a collection of neighborhoods south of Beirut known as the Dahiya, where the armed group holds sway. Since last month, Israel has repeatedly struck in and around the area as part of an offensive to kill leaders of Hezbollah and to take out its arsenal.

On Tuesday, a State Department spokesman, Matthew Miller, told reporters that the United States had conveyed to Israel concerns about the civilian toll of its weekslong bombing campaign in Beirut, during which many of the strikes have been in the Dahiya. “When it comes to the scope and nature of the bombing campaign that we saw in Beirut over the past few weeks, it’s something that we made clear to the government of Israel we had concerns with and we are opposed to,” Mr. Miller said.

Here’s what else to know:

• Gaza aid: A day after the United States publicly warned Israel of consequences within 30 days if it does not allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza, there was no official response from the Israeli government. Israel said it had let 50 aid trucks into northern Gaza on Wednesday “in accordance with international law.” That is a small fraction of what aid agencies say is needed in northern Gaza, where Israel “has tightened a siege,” the United Nations has said, as it steps up military operations against Hamas.

• Conditions deteriorate: Lebanon’s health ministry on Wednesday said that it had detected a case of cholera in the country’s northeast, the first known occurrence of the waterborne disease this year. The World Health Organization has warned of the likelihood of disease outbreaks in Lebanon because of crowding in displacement shelters and shuttered hospitals. Health authorities fear that the war in Lebanon could lead to outbreaks similar to those in Gaza, where disease has surged because of mass displacement and worsening conditions.

• Northern Lebanon: The U.N. human rights office called on Tuesday for an investigation into an Israeli airstrike a day earlier that killed at least 21 people in the Christian village of Aitou in northern Lebanon, citing potential violations of international laws.

• Medical evacuations: The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Israeli government to explain why there appeared to be no comprehensive system to facilitate evacuations of sick Gazans who are not involved in the Hamas-Israel war to other countries for treatment.

• Peacekeepers in peril: The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said that Israeli troops in southern Lebanon had fired at a UNIFIL watchtower early Wednesday, damaging the tower and destroying two cameras. The Israeli military has fired several times over the past week at UNIFIL, operating along Lebanon’s border, injuring peacekeepers and drawing widespread international condemnation. The Israeli military said in a statement that “UNIFIL infrastructure sites and forces are not a target and every irregular incident will be thoroughly examined.”

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued to seize terrain in several Lebanon towns along the Israel-Lebanon border. Israeli forces have previously seized or partially secured terrain in Maroun al Ras, Yaroun, and Blida in southeastern Lebanon.