Sirens blared across northern and central Israel on Wednesday, including in the populous metropolitan area of Tel Aviv, as Hezbollah launched 10 rockets towards Israel.

Hezbollah said it fired missiles at an Israeli military base near the country’s main international airport on Wednesday, the first such attack in more than a month of war.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday congratulated "President Donald Trump", saying he was ready to work with the U.S. vote frontrunner "with respect and ambition" like "we managed to do for four years".

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday congratulated Donald Trump, who claimed victory in the U.S. presidential election, calling it "history's greatest comeback" and a new beginning in the U.S.-Israel alliance.

Israel's newly appointed Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed on Tuesday to defeat Israel's enemies and achieve the goals of the wars with Hamas and Hezbollah.

"We will work together to lead the defense establishment to victory over our enemies and to achieve the goals of the war: the return of all hostages... the destruction of Hamas in Gaza, the defeat of Hezbollah in Lebanon, the containment of Iranian aggression and the safe return of the residents of the north and south to their homes," Katz said on X.

Thousands of Israelis protested against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dismissal of his defense minister, demanding the government do everything in its power to bring home hostages held in Gaza.

The demonstration erupted soon after Netanyahu's office announced the sacking of Yoav Gallant on Tuesday following public differences over the war with Hamas.

Lebanese rescuers pulled 30 bodies out of the rubble after a late night Israeli strike on an apartment building in the town of Barja, Lebanon's Civil Defense service said Wednesday as the Mideast wars press on with no signs of abating.

It remained unclear if there were any survivors or bodies still trapped under the rubble following the Tuesday night airstrike, which came without warning. There was no statement from the Israeli military and the strike's intended target also was unknown.

Donald Trump has declared his victory in the U.S. presidential election in a televised speech, after Fox News, CNN and NBC said he won the key battleground state of Pennsylvania -- which has a whopping 19 votes in the Electoral College.

"We are going to help our country heal, we are going to help our country heal. We have a country that needs help and it needs help very badly," Trump said in a speech to supporters in Florida.

An Israeli strike hit a Syrian town near the border with Lebanon on Tuesday, Syrian state media said, less than a week after deadly strikes on the same area.

Lebanese state media reported a strike on an apartment in the Jiye coastal area south of Beirut on Tuesday, more than a month into the Israel-Hezbollah war.

Top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken has held phone talks with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the situations in Gaza and Lebanon.

In his call with Gallant, Blinken discussed "ongoing efforts to reach a diplomatic resolution in Lebanon that allows both Lebanese and Israeli civilians to return safely to their homes," the U.S. State Department said.