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.

The mission of U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein in Israel on October 23 did not fail and the meetings he held there were very good and based on what he achieved during his last visit to Beirut, U.S sources told MTV on Tuesday.

The Israeli army has withdrawn several brigades from south Lebanon amid “progress” in the ceasefire negotiations, Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Tuesday.

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.

U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein will visit Tel Aviv next week to continue the discussions over the terms of the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon, Al-Jadeed TV reported overnight.

The Israeli army has been booby-trapping and destroying entire neighborhoods in cities and towns in south Lebanon, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said that Israel is in a “strong position” to demand that Hezbollah withdraw from the area south of the Litani River.

The Israeli army will expand ground operations and airstrikes in Lebanon if there is no ceasefire deal soon, Israel’s Channel 12 has reported.

The Lebanese Red Cross will send another convoy Tuesday to Wata al-Khiam in southern Lebanon to search for and remove the bodies of 15 people killed in an Israeli airstrike, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said.

Paramedics accessed the site of the strike two days prior and removed five other bodies, but needed to return with larger vehicles to remove the rubble. The NNA said the deployment is in coordination with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, which is the usual procedure.

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.