Tent compound expands in southern Gaza as Israel prepares for Rafah offensive

According to The Associated Press, new tents are being built near Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military is getting ready for an attack on the city of Rafah.

Khan Younis has been attacked by the Israeli military many times in the past few weeks. Israel is going to move people out of Rafah because they think there will be fighting in the city. Many people have gone to Rafah for safety during the war, which has been going on for seven months. The army said they didn’t help build the tents.

On Monday, there was a rocket attack on a US-led base in Syria. This was the first time in a while that Iranian-backed groups have attacked a US base in Iraq or Syria, according to a US defense official. No one got hurt in the attack, and no one has said they did it.

The fighting has caused trouble in the area, with Israel and the US fighting against Iran and its supporter fighters in the Middle East. Israel and Iran have been shooting at each other and people are worried that they might start a big war.

The war started because on October 7, Hamas and other militants attacked southern Israel, and killed about 1,200 people, mostly innocent people, and took about 250 hostages. Israel says there are still about 100 people being held by militants and the bodies of over 30 others.

The fighting between Israel and Hamas has caused the deaths of over 34,000 Palestinians, with about two-thirds of them being children and women, according to local health officials. It has caused a lot of damage in the two biggest cities in Gaza and left a wide area of destruction. About 80% of the people in the area have left to go to other places.

The US House of Representatives passed a $26 billion aid package for Gaza and Israel. It includes $9 billion to help Gaza, which could be in danger of not having enough food, and money for Israel. The US Senate might approve the package on Tuesday, and US President Joe Biden said he will sign it right away.

Hezbollah attacks Israeli military camp.

Hezbollah, a group from Lebanon, said on Tuesday that it attacked an Israeli base near Acre. This is farther south than where they usually attack. They did this because Israel had bombed and killed one of their officials.

The Israeli military said they killed Hussein Ali Azqul in an airstrike in south Lebanon. They called him an important member of Hezbollah’s aerial defense unit. Hezbollah said in a statement that Azqul has been killed.

Official news and people who saw it happen said the attack happened in a place called Adloun, which is between the cities of Sidon and Tyre on the coast. It’s about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the border with Israel.

Hezbollah and other groups from Lebanon have been fighting with Israeli soldiers along the border for over six months while Israel is also fighting with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Israel often kills specific members of Hezbollah and Hamas in Lebanon, even in far away places.

Hezbollah said they launched the attack because Israel attacked the town of Adloun and killed Azqul. The attack hit a place about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the border and was the farthest it had been launched since the war started.

The Israeli military stopped two suspicious flying objects over the northern coast.