The director general of Gaza's Health Ministry says hunger has been added to the cause of death for children in the Palestinian territory that is subject to a genocidal Israeli war and blockade.

Hamas says it has lost contact with the group guarding an Israeli-American captive in the Gaza Strip following an Israeli strike on their location in the besieged territory.

Israeli strikes have killed at least 13 people, including seven children, across the Gaza Strip, Gaza's civil defense agency said.

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit says Israel is seeking to destabilize Lebanon and Syria through military provocations, stressing that global inaction had further emboldened the occupying regime.

Lebanon has appealed to the US to pile pressure on the Israeli regime to stop its strikes, and cease its flagrant violations of a ceasefire agreement with the Arab nation.

Iran strongly condemns Israeli ground and aerial strikes across Syria, stressing the need to protect the Arab country’s territorial integrity.

Tel Aviv has continued to carry out deadly strikes on Lebanese territory since the truce agreement took effect in November.