Death toll exceeds 40,000: Hamas official dismisses US optimism over ceasefire deal

Israeli airstrikes hit Lebanon and Gaza on Saturday, resulting in deadly casualties, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to Israel to push for a Gaza ceasefire. An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon killed 10 people, including a Syrian woman and her children, while another strike in Gaza killed 15 members of a single Palestinian family.