Thanks for joining myself and my colleague Caitlin today.

We're going to wrap up our live coverage of the Middle East war here.

Here are some of today's key events to get you up to speed:

• The US military says it hit 15 Houthi targets in Yemen
• Biden warns Israel against Iran oil strikes: should seek 'other alternatives'
  
• Hamas confirms death of commander in Israeli strike on West Bank 
  
• Israeli army says drone strike 'from the east' kills 2 soldiers, wounds 24 
  
• Three Lebanese hospitals suspend services amid Israeli bombing 
  
• Türkiye PM Erdogan accuses Israel of 'shamelessly challenging' UN chief
  
• Residents in Beirut's southern suburbs told to evacuate immediately 
• Hezbollah rescuers say 11 personnel killed in Israeli strikes
• Blast heard and smoke seen over Beirut's southern suburbs 
  
• IDF says it has killed 250 Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon
  
• Donald Trump says he thinks Israel should 'hit' Iran's nuclear facilities 
  
• Flights with Aussies from Beirut to land in Cyprus today 

You can take a look back at all the developments below, or download the ABC News app and subscribe to our range of news alerts for the latest updates.

We've been talking a lot about the two charter flights that are set to take Australian citizens, permanent residents, and their family members out of the Lebanon capital Beirut to the nearby island of Cyprus today. 

ABC's Monte Bovill has the full story here: 

Cyprus is used to acting as a staging point for evacuations out of the Middle East.

ABC reporter Natalie Whiting is in the Mediterranean Island, where the the ABC has been granted access to the Zeonon Coordination Centre in Cyprus. 

Cyprus says it is "well prepared to scale-up" if the situation escalates as up to 500 Australians board flights to the Island today. 

Federal government minister Catherine King said contingency planning was underway in case the Beirut airport was forced to close, as the Australian government prepares to fly up to 500 people out of Lebanon on charter flights today. 

She said that people who had registered and secured a seat on the flights needed to be at the airport by 6am local time.

It is currently 4:45am in Beirut.

"Our message very clearly to people in Lebanon at the moment is do not wait to get the perfect flight home," minister King said.

"If you are offered a flight, then you need to go." 

Yesterday, Qantas announced it will be operating two non-stop flights between Cyprus and Sydney to help Australians leaving Lebanon. 

Today, Australia will fly up to 500 citizens, permanent residents and their family members out of Beirut on charter flights.

The charter flights will take people to Cyprus, before Qantas flights take them to Sydney. 

The Mediterranean Island is preparing to potentially scale up its operations to assist evacuations.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says more flights are planned for subsequent days and will be subject to demand.

On Friday, local time, former US president Donald Trump says he believes Israel should strike Iran's nuclear facilities in response to the Islamic Republic's recent missile barrage.

Speaking at a campaign event in North Carolina, Trump referred to a question posed to US President Joe Biden about the possibility of Israel targeting Iran's nuclear program.

"They asked him, 'What do you think about Iran, would you hit Iran?' And he goes, 'As long as they don't hit the nuclear stuff.' That's the thing you want to hit, right?" Trump said.

Biden was asked on Wednesday whether he would support strikes against Iranian nuclear sites and the US president told reporters: "The answer is no."

"I think he's got that one wrong," Trump said on Friday, in response to a participant's question about the issue.

"Isn't that what you're supposed to hit? I mean, it's the biggest risk we have, nuclear weapons," he said.

"When they asked him that question, the answer should have been, hit the nuclear first, and worry about the rest later," Trump added.

"If they're going to do it, they're going to do it. But we'll find out whatever their plans are."

Reporting by Agence France-Presse

Director of Oxfam Lebanon Bachir Ayoub says he has seen a "massive influx" of internally displaced people within Lebanon. 

Between September 24 and October 1, that number jumped by about 900,000.

"We went from 300,000 displaced people to over approximately 1.2 million people, which is the number we are at now," Mr Ayoub said.

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The Israeli military said that the sounding of sirens in Ein HaShlosha and Kissuf in southern Israel were determined to be false identifications.

Reporting with Reuters

Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah said that the Israeli army is trying to infiltrate the Lebanese southern town of Odaisseh, adding that clashes are ongoing.

Reporting with Reuters