Civilians and military personnel killed and injured in strike targeting Hezbollah weapons depots, says Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Israeli strikes on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early on Friday killed dozens of people, including five members of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, two security sources have told Reuters news agency.

The Israeli attack targeted an area “near rockets depots belonging to Lebanese group Hezbollah”, said the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has an extensive network of sources in Syria.

The international court of justice has ordered Israel to allow unimpeded access of food aid into Gaza, where sections of the population are facing imminent starvation, in a significant legal rebuke to Israel’s claim it is not blocking aid deliveries. A panel of judges at the UN’s top court, which is already considering a complaint from South Africa that Israel is committing genocide in the Palestinian territory, issued the ruling after an emergency measure in January obliging Israel to admit emergency aid.

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