At least 20 children are among the dead in attacks north of Beirut and in northern Gaza, officials rescuers and medics say.

Gaza's civil defence agency has said 30 people, including 13 children, were killed in Israeli strikes on two houses in the north of the Palestinian territory.

Rescue operations were underway after an Israeli airstrike on the village of Almat, Lebanon, north of Beirut, killed at least 23 people and wounded several others, Lebanon’s health ministry said.

Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon have killed at least 40 people, including children, amid ongoing conflict with Hezbollah.