On October 30, 2024, Lebanese rescue workers carried the body of a boy who had been buried under the rubble of a building destroyed by an Israeli air strike in Sarafand, southern Lebanon.

　　On October 30th 2024, Lebanese rescue workers carried the body of a boy who had been buried under the rubble of a building destroyed by an Israeli air strike in the southern Lebanese town of Sarafan. At least 19 people were killed in the Israeli air strike on the southern Lebanese town of Sarafan, the majority of them women and children.The town of Sarafan, located between Sidon and Tyre in southern Lebanon, was hit by an Israeli air strike. The Israeli military announced that it had targeted facilities associated with Hezbollah, a Lebanese armed group.

　　According to estimates by the Lebanese government, the war with Israel forced around 1.2 million Lebanese citizens to flee their homes. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, more than 2,800 Lebanese citizens were killed and 12,900 were injured after October 8, 2023, when Hezbollah began firing rockets at Israel and retaliatory attacks began. Israeli ground forces invaded southern Lebanon in the early hours of October 1, 2024. On October 19, a drone (unmanned aircraft) was launched from Lebanon and landed in a residential area near Prime Minister Netanyahu's home in Caesarea, northern Israel.

　　Four foreign workers and three Israelis were killed on October 30th in a rocket attack from Lebanon into northern Israel. A rocket from Lebanon crashed into an agricultural area in Metulla, Israel's northernmost town, killing four Thai workers and one Israeli farmer. A few hours later, according to the Israeli army, 25 rockets from Lebanon hit an olive grove on the outskirts of the northern Israeli port city of Haifa. This attack killed a 30-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman, and injured two others. In Israel, at least 63 people have been killed by rockets, missiles and drones fired by Hezbollah, with around half of those killed being Israeli soldiers. More than 60,000 Israelis have been evacuated from their homes for more than a year in towns and cities along the border. 

Warning: Rescue workers carry the body of a boy who was found under the rubble of a destroyed building that was hit Tuesday night in an Israeli airstrike, in Sarafand, south Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)