BEIRUT -- Palestinians in northern Gaza described heavy Israeli bombardment Saturday in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people, as Israel warned people there and in southern Lebanon to get out of the way of offensives against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups.
In Lebanon, the United Nations peacekeeping force said its headquarters in Naqoura was hit again, with a peacekeeper in stable condition after being struck by gunfire late Friday. It wasn't clear who fired. The shooting occurred a day after Israel's military fired on the headquarters for a second straight day. Israel didn't immediately respond to questions.
Israel's military renewed its offensive in northern Gaza almost a week ago while escalating its campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Hunger warnings emerged again in northern Gaza as residents said they hadn't received aid since the beginning of the month. The U.N. World Food Program said no food aid entered the north, where an estimated 400,000 people remain, since Oct. 1.
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A top U.N. official said Saturday in Beirut that he is concerned Lebanon's ports and airport might be taken out of service, with serious implications for getting aid into the country where more than a million people are displaced.
Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, appealed for "all diplomatic efforts possible to try to find a political solution" to the war and for supply lines to remain open.
Israeli strikes Saturday hit several areas, the Lebanese Health Ministry. Nine were killed in Maisra village. Four were killed near Barja south of Beirut. Rayak and Tal Chiha hospitals in the Bekaa Valley were damaged. In Nabatieh, eight people were wounded.
The total toll in Lebanon over the past year of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is now 2,255 killed, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. It wasn't clear how many were fighters.
Israel's military said Hezbollah fired more than 300 projectiles over Yom Kippur, the holiest and most solemn day on the Jewish calendar.
Hezbollah claimed rocket strikes on Israeli military positions and said fighters engaged an Israeli infantry unit attempting to enter Lebanese territory.
Israel's military also said it killed 50 militants in Lebanon. Claims on either side couldn't be verified.
In northern Gaza, emergency responders who rushed to the scene of deadly airstrikes in the urban refugee camp of Jabaliya found a hole 65 feet deep where a home once stood. At least 20 bodies were recovered as of Saturday morning, while others likely were trapped under rubble, emergency service officials said. Israel's military said it killed more than 20 militants in the area in 24 hours.
Israel's offensive in Gaza started after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, when militants stormed into Israel, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting about 250 others. Israel's offensive has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities.
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