Hamas Israel Conflict….Day 383….IDF pounds Gaza and Lebanon ….

In northern Gaza, the Gaza health ministry on Friday night said that Israeli forces had raided Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of the few medical facilities still functioning in the area, leading to the death of two children in the intensive care unit after generators stopped operating. The ministry said about 600 people were inside the hospital as Israeli forces were searching and firing shots, causing panic.

The United Nations has said hundreds of thousands of people have been trapped in northern Gaza with little food or supplies as Israel has engaged in a weekslong military offensive there against Hamas militants

In southern Lebanon, an Israeli airstrike hit a residence where journalists were staying early Friday, killing three people, according to their employers and Lebanon’s health ministry. The Al-Manar network, operated by Hezbollah, and Al Mayadeen, an outlet widely seen as aligned with the militant group, said its personnel were among the dead.

Photos of the aftermath of the strike show that at least three cars clearly marked “PRESS” were parked at the residence. Israel’s military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strike.

Here’s what else to know:

• Israeli fatalities: The Israeli military said that five soldiers had been killed overnight in southern Lebanon, and later announced that three others were killed in fighting on Friday in northern Gaza. It has been an unusually deadly 48 hours for Israeli troops. At least 13 have been confirmed killed in operations against Hamas and Hezbollah.

• Blinken in London: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was meeting on Friday with Arab officials in London, concluding a weeklong diplomatic tour aimed at jump-starting negotiations over a cease-fire in Gaza. A day earlier, in Qatar, Mr. Blinken had said that cease-fire talks would resume within days, but gave no indication that Hamas was any more willing to make a deal since Israel’s killing last week of its leader, Yahya Sinwar.

• U.N. peacekeepers: Israeli soldiers fired on U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon earlier this week, the peacekeeping force said Friday. The peacekeeping mission, known as UNIFIL, has accused the Israeli military of a number of deliberate attacks in recent weeks. Israel has asked that the force leave the areas where fighting is taking place.

• Rockets from Lebanon: Two Arab citizens of Israel died from wounds sustained during a rocket barrage from Lebanon on Friday, according to Israel’s emergency service. The victims are Arjuan Manaa, 24, from Majd al-Krum and Hassan Sawaed, in his early 20s, from al-Ba’ana. Both are Arab citizens of Israel. They were working in a vegetable shop in the town market when the rocket landed.

• Israel and Iran: With Israel planning a retaliatory attack after Iran’s ballistic missile barrage this month, the possibility of a direct war between the two adversaries has alarmed world leaders. Such a conflict would have global repercussions, pitting two formidable militaries against one another, possibly drawing in the United States and Persian Gulf nations, and generating global economic fallout. Read more about why the prospect of war is so concerning…..

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