Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Oct. 31

BEIRUT -- Israeli airstrikes on eastern and southern Lebanon killed 24 people and injured 19 others on Thursday, according to official and military sources in Lebanon.

The Lebanese military sources, who spoke anonymously, told Xinhua that Israeli warplanes and drones carried out 35 airstrikes in southern Lebanon and 12 in the east, including one that targeted a motorcycle in the Bekaa Valley in east Lebanon. (Le