Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: Officials say 87 killed in Israeli strikes on Beit Lahia

The World Health Organization has warned of a "very high" risk of cholera in Lebanon following the wave of mass displacement caused by Israel's nationwide airstrike campaign and southern ground offensive.

The WHO warning came after Lebanon's Health Ministry confirmed the first cholera case in the north of the country on Wednesday.

WHO "has activated a preparedness and response plan to strengthen surveillance and contact tracing," Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

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The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday that its troops and warplanes "eliminated more than 45 terrorists and destroyed more than 150 targets" in Lebanon in the previous 24 hours.

Among the Hezbollah targets were "weapons warehouses, launchers and military buildings of the organization," the IDF said in a post on X.

U.S. Central Command said it conducted "precision airstrikes on numerous Iran-backed Houthi weapons storage facilities" on Wednesday.

The sites "contained various advanced conventional weapons used to target U.S. and international military and civilian vessels navigating international waters throughout the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden," CENTCOM said in a statement.

CENTCOM said the strike was intended to degrade the Houthis' ability to launch "reckless and unlawful attacks on international commercial shipping and on U.S., coalition, and merchant personnel and vessels" in the region.

B-2 stealth bomber aircraft were among the assets involved in the mission, CENTCOM said. "The employment of the B-2 bomber demonstrates U.S. global strike capabilities to reach these targets, when necessary, anytime, anywhere," it added.

CENTCOM said its analyses of the strikes "are underway and do not indicate civilian casualties."

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The Pentagon released a readout Wednesday evening following a phone call between Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin and Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.

The two discussed "Israel’s operations in Lebanon and broader regional security matters," according to the readout.

"Secretary Austin and Minister Gallant discussed the deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery as an operational example of the United States’ ironclad support to the defense of Israel. The Secretary encouraged the Government of Israel to continue taking steps to address the dire humanitarian situation, noting the recent action by Israel to increase the amount of humanitarian assistance entering Gaza," the Pentagon said in a statement.

Austin also "raised the need to pursue a diplomatic pathway to provide security for civilians on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border as soon as feasible," the Pentagon said.

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