Israeli strikes have killed dozens of people, including children, in Lebanon and northern Gaza as the world watches for signs of how U.S. elections could affect the war against Iran-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he had spoken with the new US president, Donald Trump, three times since Tuesday’s elections and that they “agreed on the Iranian threat and all its components.”

Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog is scheduled to meet with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday.

In the Israeli air strike on Lebanon, at least 23 people, including seven children, died in the village of Aalmat, located north of Beirut, away from the eastern and southern regions where Hezbollah militants are concentrated.

Lebanon’s health ministry said six more people were injured.

In northern Gaza, at least 17 people were killed in an Israeli attack on a house housing displaced people in the city’s Jabalia refugee camp, according to the director of a nearby hospital that received the bodies. Dr. from Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City. Fadel Naim said that there were nine women among the dead and that the death toll will likely increase as rescue efforts continue.

The Israeli military said it targeted an area where militants were operating in Jabalia, without providing evidence. It was stated that the details of the strike were being examined.

In a separate attack on Sunday, a house in Gaza City was hit, killing Wael al-Khour, a minister in the Hamas-run government, and his wife and three children, according to local officials.

Over the past month, Israeli forces have surrounded and largely isolated Jabalia and the nearby towns of Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, allowing only minimal humanitarian aid. Hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands have fled to nearby Gaza city since the offensive began on October 6.

On Friday, experts from a panel overseeing food security in Gaza said famine was imminent or may have already occurred in the northern part of the region.

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The northern third of Gaza, including Gaza City, was the first target of Israel’s land invasion and suffered the heaviest destruction in the 13-month war triggered by Hamas’ attack on southern Israel. As in other parts of Gaza, Israel sent back its forces after repeated operations, saying Hamas had regrouped.

The army says it only targets militants it accuses of hiding among civilians in homes and shelters. Israeli attacks frequently kill women and children.

According to local health officials, who do not distinguish between civilians and militants in their numbers, Israeli attacks have led to the deaths of more than 43,000 Palestinians; but he says more than half of the deaths were women and children.

Ceasefire talks mediated by the United States, Qatar and Egypt have stalled several times since the beginning of this year. Qatar, which acts as a mediator with Hamas, said it had suspended efforts over the weekend and would only resume them “when the parties demonstrate their willingness and seriousness to end the brutal war and the ongoing suffering of civilians.”

Doha’s move underscores the challenge that mediators, including the United States and Egypt, face during months of torturous talks aimed at halting more than a year of conflict.

Qatar’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that Doha informed Israel and Hamas 10 days ago that it would “cease its efforts” if no agreement was reached in the last round of failed talks last month. The state department’s statement was issued a day after a U.S. official said the Biden administration had told Qatar that Hamas’ presence in Doha was “no longer valid or acceptable.”

– AP/Financial Times