BEIRUT -- At least four people, including a child, were killed and 27 others injured in an Israeli airstrike Monday night near Lebanon's largest public hospital close to Beirut's southern suburbs, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.

The Israeli strike targeted the vicinity of Rafik Hariri University Hospital in the Jnah area, located on the outskirts of southern Beirut. (Lebanon-Israel-Border)

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GAZA -- At least 33 Palestinians were killed on Monday in Israeli attacks on the northern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources.

Local sources and eyewitnesses told Xinhua that the Israeli army targeted a school, which shelters displaced persons in the Jabalia refugee camp. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)

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DAMASCUS -- Two civilians were killed and three others wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a civilian vehicle west of the capital Damascus on Monday, said the Syrian Defense Ministry.

The strike on the vehicle located near the Golden Mazzeh Hotel in the eastern part of the Mazzeh neighborhood also caused material damage to surrounding properties, the ministry said. (Syria-Israeli Airstrike-Casualties)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli and U.S. officials have begun implementing a 5.2-billion-U.S. dollar emergency aid package to bolster Israel's air defense system, the Israeli Defense Ministry said Monday.

The Israeli and U.S. sides completed an exchange of letters to initiate the package, which will enhance Israel's Iron Dome anti-rocket system, David's Sling missile defense system, and the Iron Beam laser defense system, the ministry said in a statement. (Israel-US-Air Defense Aid) Enditem

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