Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence agency says 30 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, according to the AFP news agency
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry estimates at least 42,175 people in Gaza have been killed since 7 October last year
Meanwhile, world leaders have condemned attacks on United Nations peacekeepers by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, after a second incident within 48 hours
In Israel, the IDF says it has intercepted a number of launches from Lebanon, and earlier reported that two drones were detected from Lebanon and another from Syria
Lebanon's prime minister says 22 people were killed in two Israeli attacks in central Beirut on Thursday, which came with no warning, and were all civilians.
Iranian Speaker visits bombed neighbourhood in Beirut
Jonathan Head
Reporting from BeirutReutersGhalibaf, seen here looking up, visited the scene of an Israeli air strike in central Beirut
The speaker of the Iranian parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has arrived in the Lebanese capital Beirut on a visit intended, he said, to convey a message from Iran’s supreme leader expressing solidarity with the Lebanese people, government and resistance.
Iran is the main backer of Hezbollah.
After meeting the Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati he was taken by two Hezbollah MPs to Basta, one of the central Beirut neighbourhoods hit by Israeli air strikes on Thursday night, in which 22 people were killed.
While viewing the rubble, in a crush of local journalists, he said: “We support and stand in solidarity with the Lebanese people, and we will remain by their side during these difficult times."
Some Lebanese have questioned Iran’s commitment to Hezbollah after dozens of its leaders were killed in Israel’s bombing campaign in Lebanon over the past three weeks.
The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also visited Lebanon last week.
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