Good evening. I'm John Yang. The Pentagon said today it's sending Israel

and an advanced missile defense system and the 100 U.S. troops needed to

operate it. The announcement came just hours after Iran warned the United States to keep forces out of Israel.

The move bolsters Israel's protection against a missile barrage like the one Iran launched two weeks ago.

It comes as Israel steps up its assault on Gaza and

Lebanon. In Gaza late today at least 13 people died when a tank shell to school

sheltering displaced people. Overnight in Central Gaza, an air strike killed a family of eight, including six children.

Israel warned people in Northern Gaza to leave,

but residents say there's nowhere to go and they're running out of supplies.

In southern Lebanon today an Israeli air strike on a century old market killed one person

and wounded several others.

Israel said it struck more than 200 Hezbollah targets

as it told more villages to evacuate.

Doctors in southern Lebanon report an increase in premature births due to stress.

Mothers worry about the effects on newborns.

It's very difficult on the pregnant mothers listening to war and the noise they listen to because

this stress is the baby as well. If they give birth in that situation the baby

will suffer from stress. The mother will be depressed and will suffer from health problems.

Maybe the pollution in the air can affect the baby.

If one could not be in the country, they would leave.

Late today in Central Israel, rescue services say a drone attack injured about 40 people,

three of them critically. It's one of the most serious attacks on Israel in a year of war.

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