Members of the Civil Defense and firefighting unit work at the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sept. 24, 2024. (Credit: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)
The Israeli army nearly doubled its number of strikes on southern Lebanon today, announcing in the evening that it had hit around 1,500 "Hezbollah targets," one of which included another strike on Beirut's southern suburbs — the second in 24 hours. Hezbollah, as well, launched what the Israeli army said was a record number of rockets over the border: over 300 in one day. Despite the intensified fighting, the death toll in Lebanon was significantly less than yesterday — when Israeli jets hit 800 sites in Bekaa, Nabatieh, and South Lebanon governorates — according to numbers given by the Minister of Health Firass Abiad to Al Jazeera this evening. An additional 77 people were killed today, bringing the total since yesterday morning to 569. At least 50 children, 94 women and four paramedics were among those killed. Monday was the deadliest...
The Israeli army nearly doubled its number of strikes on southern Lebanon today, announcing in the evening that it had hit around 1,500 "Hezbollah targets," one of which included another strike on Beirut's southern suburbs — the second in 24 hours. Hezbollah, as well, launched what the Israeli army said was a record number of rockets over the border: over 300 in one day. Despite the intensified fighting, the death toll in Lebanon was significantly less than yesterday — when Israeli jets hit 800 sites in Bekaa, Nabatieh, and South Lebanon governorates — according to numbers given by the Minister of Health Firass Abiad to Al Jazeera this evening. An additional 77 people were killed today, bringing the total since yesterday morning to 569. At least 50 children, 94 women and four paramedics were among those killed. Monday was the...