Israeli air strikes in Gaza kill 42

GAZA, June 22 (BBC/Reuters): Two Israeli air strikes on buildings in Gaza City have killed at least 42 people and injured many more, Hamas says. The Israeli military said warplanes had struck two Hamas military infrastructure sites and it would provide more details later.
A spokesman for Gaza's civil defence said a residential block in the al-Shati area, one of Gaza's historic refugee camps, was hit several times. Footage showed people carrying away the wounded and searching for survivors in the wreckage as dust filled the streets.
The Hamas-run Government Media Office in Gaza said the strike on al-Shati killed 24 people and the strike on the al-Tuffah area of Gaza City killed 18 people.
Israel launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on 7 October, during which about 1,200 people - mostly civilians - were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.
More than 37,551 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
Its figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants, but it had reportedly identified 14,680 children, women and elderly people among the dead by the end of April.
Lebanon cannot become
another Gaza: Guterres
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday he is profoundly concerned by escalating tensions between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah and that UN peacekeepers are working to calm the situation and prevent miscalculation.
"One rash move - one miscalculation - could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the border, and frankly, beyond imagination," he told reporters. "Let's be clear: The people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford Lebanon to become another Gaza."
Iran-backed Hezbollah has been firing rockets at Israel in solidarity with its Palestinian ally Hamas since the Gaza war erupted in October, forcing tens of thousands to flee homes in Israel, where political pressure is building for tougher action.
Tens of thousands of Lebanese have also fled their homes following Israeli strikes in south Lebanon.
Iran's mission to the United Nations said on Friday that Hezbollah has the capability to defend itself and Lebanon against Israel, warning that "perhaps the time for the self-annihilation of this illegitimate regime has come."
"Any imprudent decision by the occupying Israeli regime to save itself could plunge the region into a new war," Iran's UN mission posted on X.
A UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL, as well as unarmed technical observers known as UNTSO, have long been stationed in southern Lebanon to monitor hostilities along the demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel, known as the Blue Line.
"UN peacekeepers are on the ground working to de-escalate tensions and help prevent miscalculation," Guterres said.