According to our correspondent in South Lebanon, Mountasser Abdallah, a precarious calm reigned over South Lebanon this morning. The night was marked by strikes from the Israeli air force and drones, targeting for the first time the center of the city of Sour.
Here is his summary of the strikes.
- Between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., the Israeli air force conducted two consecutive strikes targeting the village of Mansouri, as well as two strikes on the villages of Al-Bayad and Deir Ammar in the district of Sour. The Amal movement also reported three dead, Bassem Abbas Hamoud from Anqoun, Mosutapha Ibrahim Atmeh from Anqoun, Mohammad Qassem Jmoul from Izza, killed in a strike on the village of Anqoun, east of Saida.
- Between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. yesterday, Chebaa suffered heavy artillery bombardments. It was also reported that the bodies of four people were pulled from the rubble of a building hit by a strike in the Kharab neighborhood in the old town of Sour. Four people are still being searched for. According to residents, the targeted house hosted a family displaced from the village of Chahrour, east of Sour.
- Between 11 p.m. and midnight, the Israeli air force conducted strikes against a hangar in the Jal el-Bahr region, at the north entrance of Sour. Two strikes were carried out at the east entrance of the city of Sour. And an Israeli air strike targeted the intersection of the village of Maaraka, near the Jabal Amel hospital in Sour.
- Around midnight, Israeli planes and drones conducted strikes on the city of Sour, specifically targeting a pharmacy, buildings, and residential apartments. A drone strike hit the city center, a first.
- The Israeli air force also struck the villages of Jabshit and Houmine al-Fawqa in the Nabatieh district. An initial report suggested at least 4 dead.
- Between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., the Israeli air force struck a building near a center of the al-Risala association for first aid (civil defense) in the village of Tayr Daba, leading to its destruction and its collapse on the scout center of the al-Risala association, causing the death of four volunteers.
- Around 2 a.m., an Israeli strike targeted a center of the Islamic Health Association in the village of Houmine al-Fawqa, in the Nabatieh district, resulting in the death of three people among the Islamic Health Association's rescuers.