"At least 10 people were killed and 24 wounded in Israeli strikes in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley on Friday, Lebanon's Health Ministry reported. Israel's military said in a statement that it had hit Hezbollah command centers. The strikes are among the deadliest reported in the region in recent weeks. A senior Hezbollah official was among the dead, sources told Reuters news agency. Hezbollah is an Iran-backed Shiite political party and militant group in Lebanon."
"Separately, the Israeli military on Friday said it had also struck what it said was a Hamas command center from which militants operated in the Ain al-Hilweh area in southern Lebanon. Ain al-Hilweh is a crowded Palestinian refugee camp. Hamas condemned the Israeli strike on Ain al-Hilweh. The militant, Islamist group acknowledged that two of its members had been killed in the strike."
Israeli strikes in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley killed at least 10 people and wounded 24, Lebanon's Health Ministry reported. Israel said it hit Hezbollah command centers, and sources reported a senior Hezbollah official among the dead. The strikes were among the deadliest in the region in recent weeks. Separately, Israel said it struck a site it called a Hamas command center in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp; Hamas condemned the strike, acknowledged two members killed, and rejected the command-center claim as a "flimsy pretext." Hezbollah is an Iran-backed Shiite political party and militant group designated as a terrorist organization by multiple countries; the EU lists its armed wing. Hamas is classified as a terror organization by several countries.
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