Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Camp Kill 65

Israeli airstrikes on a tent camp for displaced Palestinians killed and wounded 65 people in southern Gaza, the enclave's civil emergency service said, as the Israeli military said it had targeted a Hamas command center.

Residents and medics said a tent encampment near Khan Younis in the Al-Mawasi area, a designated humanitarian zone, was struck by at least four missiles. The camp is crowded with displaced Palestinians who have fled from elsewhere in the territory.

People were seen rummaging through debris amid tattered tents at the site of the strikes, where there was also a large crater.

The Gaza civil emergency service said at least 20 tents caught on fire, and missiles caused craters as deep as nine meters. It said the 65 victims included women and children but did not provide a breakdown of deaths and injuries.

There was no immediate comment from the Gaza health ministry, which compiles casualty figures. Earlier, the Hamas-aligned Shehab News Agency said 40 Palestinians were killed.

Mourners attended the funeral of Qassem Bazzi, Mohammed Hashem and Abbas Hammoud, who were killed in an Israeli strike over the weekend.

The three Lebanese paramedics were killed and two others wounded, one critically, in an Israeli attack while they were extinguishing fires in the southern town of Faroun, Lebanon's health ministry said.

"Israeli forces targeted a team from the Lebanese Civil Defence as they responded to fires sparked by recent Israeli airstrikes," a ministry statement said, specifying that the strike hit a fire truck.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the attack as a violation of international law and held an emergency meeting with Western ambassadors and international organizations to address the ongoing hostilities.

Hezbollah issued a statement, saying it launched a "squadron of missiles" in response to the Faroun attack, targeting an Israeli military headquarters, causing casualties.