An ambulance passes as people gather near the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon September 23, 2024 [Mohamed Azakir/ Reuters]

  • At least 492 people, including 35 children, have been killed in a day of unrelenting Israeli attacks on Lebanon, according to the country’s Health Ministry. At least 1,645 were wounded.
  • World leaders and the United Nations call for urgent de-escalation, with Turkey warning Israel’s conflict with Lebanon’s Hezbollah could “drag entire region into chaos”.