Israel has long blamed Hamas for civilian and children deaths, arguing that the militant group uses innocent people as human shields.

Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets Friday, a day after the militant group’s leader vowed to retaliate against Israel for a mass bombing attack, the Israeli military and the militant group said.

Palestinian authorities say 15 people were killed overnight in the Gaza Strip in multiple Israeli attacks. An airstrike early Friday morning in Gaza City hit a family home, killing six people including an unknown number of children,

Khaled Meshal, one of Hamas’s most senior officials, said in an interview that the militant group expects to play a decisive role in the enclave when the war is over.

An Israeli airstrike hit Beirut on Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding nearly 60 others, Lebanese health officials said. The strike, the first such Israeli attack on Lebanon’s capital in months,