At least two people were killed including an 11-year-old girl, and six others injured after an Israeli airstrike hit a residential area in the southern Lebanese town of Hanin, Lebanon's official news agency NNA said on Tuesday."Israeli warplanes struck a two-story house with two air-to-surface missiles, completely destroying the building which was inhabited by a family that had not left the town since Israeli attacks began," NNA said.Hezbollah said in a statement it had fired dozens of Katyusha rockets Tuesday evening on the Israeli settlement of Margaliot in response to the Hanin attack.Israeli forces and Lebanon's armed terrorist group Hezbollah have been exchanging fire for over six months in parallel to the Gaza war, in the most serious hostilities since they fought a major war in 2006.

Foreign Minister Israel Katz thanked the US Senate for passing the Israel aid package in a post on X on Wednesday."I thank the US Senate for passing the Israel aid package tonight with an overwhelming bipartisan majority," he stated."As we mark 200 days to the barbaric October 7 terror attack by Hamas, Israel and the United States stand together in the fight against terrorism, defending democracy," he continued.I thank the U.S. Senate for passing the Israel aid package tonight with an overwhelming bipartisan majority.As we mark 200 days to the barbaric October 7th terror attack by Hamas, Israel and the United States stand together in the fight against terrorism, defending democracy…— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) April 24, 2024

An Israeli drone allegedly hit a vehicle in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, killing a Hamas police officer, Walla reported Wednesday morning, citing Palestinian reports. Overnight Wednesday, the IDF fired artillery at several areas in Gaza, including central Gaza and also at Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, where Hamas is still attempting to reinstate itself, according to the IDF.

The Argentinian Foreign Affairs Ministry made an official request to arrest the Iranian Interior Minister and former Quds Force commander, Ahmad Vahidi, for his role in the 1994 AMIA bombing, the Ministry announced Wednesday morning. pic.twitter.com/YOSD0Sqfch— Cancillería Argentina 🇦🇷 (@CancilleriaARG) April 23, 2024The AMIA suicide bombing occurred on 18 July 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and targeted the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, a Jewish Community Center.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that the US Senate's approval of a multi-billion aid package for Ukraine reinforces America's role as a "beacon of democracy.""I am grateful to the US Senate for (Tuesday's) approval of vital aid to Ukraine," Zelensky said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app."This vote reinforces America's role as a beacon of democracy and leader of the free world."

Russia will need to push Ukrainian forces further back and expand what it regards as a "buffer zone" if Kyiv takes delivery of advanced longer-range ATACM guided missile systems from the United States, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.The White House last October said it had provided Kyiv with a type of ATACMS capable of hitting targets up to 165 kilometers (102 miles) away. But a new US package being prepared now after a long-delayed aid bill was approved by Congress is expected to include a longer 300 km (186-mile) range type.Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Kyiv would be receiving the long-range ATACMS and thanked Washington.That raises the prospect of Ukraine using those missiles to strike targets deeper inside territory controlled by Russian forces, particularly in Russian-annexed Crimea.The ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile Systems) are mounted on trucks and can travel at speeds of Mach 3, considerably faster than British and French cruise missiles currently in Ukraine's armory.