‘Most violent night’: Massive Israeli bombardments shake Lebanon’s capital Lebanese media say Israeli forces carried out more than 30 air raids overnight across Beirut’s southern suburbs. The targets included - a petrol station - a hotel near the city’s Rafic Hariri international airport - TV Al-Manar offices The number of casualties from the latest Israeli strikes could not be immediately determined. Israel’s military said it “conducted a series of strikes on a number of weapons storage facilities” and infrastructure, stressing “numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians”. [Source : Al Jazeera article](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/6/most-violent-night-massive-israeli-bombardments-shake-lebanons-capital)

An afternoon Israeli strike targeted a residential building belonging to the Abu Ras family, near Al-Sham'a Mosque in the Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City. Initial reports spoke of three people killed and multiple injuries, numbering [25](https://x.com/AbdSabbah91/status/1842544367069753439) [Names of the martyrs](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1842608678672986147) 1. Lana Hamed Abu Ras (child) 2. Bayan Hamed Abu Ras (child) 3. Nafez Mohammed Yassin (child)

At midday, Israely artillery shelled a grouped of citizens in the city of Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip, killing four people. The martyrs are: [Names of the martyrs](https://x.com/AHM3D_HAMDAN/status/1842502546482409543) 1. Hatem Khaled Al-Zaanin 2. Nasr Samer Al-Zaanin 3. Mustafa Rizk Saeed Fadous 4. Sohaib Youssef Al-Afifi **PHOTOS** - [Hatem was a Qur'an Hafiz](https://x.com/AHM3D_HAMDAN/status/1842510552343421186/photo/1) - [Bereaved family](https://x.com/AHM3D_HAMDAN/status/1842525159476896152/photo/1)

An afternoon Israeli strike targeted a house belonging to the Hamdouna family in the vicinity of the Al-Shati Supply Center, west of Gaza City. [Names of the martyrs (identified)](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1842196919616950577) 1. Obaida Sorour 2. Hisham As-Sayed Hamdouna 3. Mohammad Ridwan Tanira 4. Mohammad Abu Sultan **PHOTOS:** - [House in ruins](https://x.com/qudsn/status/1842239451935752266/photo/1) - [GRAPHIC - mangled bodies and evacuation](https://x.com/SafaPs/status/1842195059443188018/photo/3)

Minutes before midnight, Israeli helicopters struck the Ahmad al-Kurd school in Deir al-Balah central Gaza. Like all other schools in the Gaza Strip, this school was serving as a shelter for Palestinians forcibly displaced in the genocide. This attack killed the child [Mustafa Al-Amir Muhammad Al-Fayeq](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1842314546368967150), 13 years old, and [wounded](https://x.com/ShehabAgency/status/1842316519977414718) a number of other people. The airstrike came in the wake of [reports](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1842298639567278236) of Israeli helicopters flying at low altitude around central Gaza minutes after 11pm At midnight, journalist Abubaker Abed [posted:](https://x.com/AbubakerAbedW/status/1842308999318057220) "People and rescue men went there to search for bodies by simple torches. They couldn't rescue all. They have to wait for the morning. Electricity in Gaza has been cut off since 7 Oct. 'We simply can't see and don't know anything', someone screaming out."

An afternoon airstrike targeted the Nabhan family home, which was previously bombed in the Jabalia al-Balad area. One eprson was killed and seven injured.

An afternoon Israeli strike targeted a group of citizens at Sheikh Zayed roundabout, north of the Gaza Strip. One man, Jamal Naim Abu Amsha, was reported [killed](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1842146415251718147) along with an unspecified number of injuries.

An Israeli unexploded ordnance detonated in the evening of October 3, 2024, inside the destroyed College of Science and Technology in Khan Younis. 3 casualties were reported, all children: one child was killed on the spot, another succumbed to his wounds on October 6. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. [Zein Halawa](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1841878565056360821) 2. [Jad Samir Halawa](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1843019369263304869)

On October 3, in the evening, an Israeli airstrike targeted a bustling café in the Al-Hamam neighborhood of Tulkarm camp, killing and wounding over 20 victims. Most of the victims were mangled according to witnesses and footage showing body parts being collected in a cardboard box. A volunteer paramedic who was present at the scene said that there were **15 to 20 people at the cafe** when it was struck, and that **all of them were killed**. In addition, the **house in front of the cafe was also damaged**. The ambulance crews saw corpses shredded or dismembered including children and elderly. Some hanging on power cables. The paramedic added that **only 5 of the martyrs still had whole bodies**. Casualties were rushed transferred to Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital. [Source](https://x.com/observrwestbank/status/1841945062327890129) Among the dead were members the resistance, members of the Abu Zahra family, who lived in the apartments above the cafe, were also killed, including two children [Source](https://x.com/jvplive/status/1842301957089955865) One of the victims was a promising young football midfielder of Tulkarm Centre Majdi Salem. Raising the death toll to 313 footballers killed by Israel. The first in the West Bank. [Source](https://x.com/AbubakerAbedW/status/1842302988293144823) A **GBU-39 SDB** (Small Diameter Bomb) was used as fragments of its thermal battery and components of the tail actuation section were found on the scene. Theis the **same type of bombs extensively used by Israel in its genocide in Gaza**. [Source](https://x.com/Easybakeovensz/status/1842594040250024029) **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Ghayth Badie Radwan (20 y/o) 2. Zahi Yasser Oufi (40 y/o) 3. Ayman Khaled Tanaji (31 y/o) 4. Asim Nu'man Qozah (22 y/o) 5. Anwar Muhammad Musaimi (35 y/o) 6. Ahmed Jamal Obaid (35 y/o) 7. Omar Namir Fayat (29 y/o) 8. Mohammed Mamoun Anbas (16 y/o) 9. Mohammed Tahseen Khalil (31 y/o) 10. Majdi Jamal Salem (19 y/o) 11. Basel Mahmoud Zaher Nafie (18 y/o) 12. Mohsen Ghazi Dabaya (23 y/o) 13. Rawan Jawad Ghanem (31 y/o) 14. Mohammed Salah Abu Zahra (32 y/o) 15. Saja Nasser Kharyoush (28 y/o) 16. Karam Abu Zahra (child) (8 y/o) 17. Sham Muhammad Abu Zahra (7 y/o) 18. Atheer Al-Wisi (28 y/o) 19. Mahmoud Nasser Kharyoush (23 y/o) 20. Rakan Bilal Awad [Source 1](https://x.com/hassaneslayeh/status/1842128732900729296) [Source 2](https://nabd.com/s/144029691-3d2032/أسماء-الشهداء-الذين-ارتقوا-بمجزرة-الاحتلال-في-مخيم-طولكرم،-يوم-أمس-الشهيد-القائد-غيث-بديع-رضوان-.-الشهيد-القائد-زاهي-ياسر-عوفي.-الشهيد-أيمن-خالد-طنجي.-الشهيد-عاصم-نعمان-قوزح.-الشهيد-أنور-محمد-مسيمي) [Source 3](https://www.youm7.com/story/2024/10/4/كتائب-القسام-تعلن-استشهاد-زاهى-ياسر-عوفى-قائد-حماس-بطولكرم/6730334) As the funeral took place in Tulkarm marches broke out across the West Bank condemning the massacre. **UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres statement** He "has strongly condemned the killing of several Palestinians, including women and children, who died when a residential building in Tulkarem camp in the West Bank was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Thursday night." [Source](https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/10/1155371) **PHOTOS:** - [Portrait of siblings Sham and Karam](https://x.com/ayman_abed93/status/1841958031212355982) - [Portrait of siblings Sham and Karam] (https://x.com/KhaledYousry22/status/1841953631970447554/photo/1) - Father holds his slain daughter Sham Zahra [1](https://x.com/quds_feed/status/1841970984191983841) [2](https://x.com/Sa7atPlBreaking/status/1841984532834115729) - [Body parts collected in cardboard box](https://x.com/sameh2655014316/status/1841931846902546841/photo/1) - [Aftermath of the massacre](https://x.com/Hakeam_ps/status/1842223380457468006)