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Hezbollah claimed responsibility for two attacks this evening. The first, at 10:30 p.m., targeted a Israeli soldiers stationed near the northern Israeli village of Manara, located opposite the Lebanese village of Houla, in Marjayoun district. The second attack, carried out at 11 p.m., targeted Kiryat Shmona, in northern Israel. Both operations were carried out using rockets.
The Israeli army is said to have completed its preparations for an attack on Iran and "has raised the level of vigilance in air defense systems," according to a report from Israel's Channel 12.
Iran had presented its Oct. 1 attack - to which Israel has announced its retaliation - as a response to the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike on Beirut in late-September and to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in an explosion in Teheran, widely attributed to Israel.
Earlier today, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that his country was counting on U.S. support following it attack against Iran. Channel 12 reports that Netanyahu is holding a meeting this evening to discuss preparations not only for the attack on Iran, but the subsequent response from Iran as well, which the Israeli security establishment believes will come quicker than previous retaliations.
Bahman Hospital, located in Haret Hreik in the southern suburbs of Beirut, suffered significant damage due to the force of the missile fired by the Israeli army, which struck in close proximity to the hospital earlier this evening, the state-run National News Agency reports.
The Israeli strike, which took place earlier this evening in Nabi Sheet (Bekaa), killed one person and wounded four others, reported the official National News Agency (NNA).
Hezbollah fired around 140 projectiles at Israel from Lebanese territory on Tuesday, Haaretz reported, citing the Israeli army.
U.S. politicians have called for an "independent investigation" into the Israeli strike against journalists in Lebanon.
On Oct. 13, 2023, an attack attributed to the Israeli army in southern Lebanon killed a Reuters video journalist, Issam Abdallah, and wounded six other reporters, including Dylan Collins of AFP, an American national. The letter from elected officials — including Senator Bernie Sanders — was addressed to President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Attorney General Merrick Garland.
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⚡A fifth Israeli strike targeted an area around Burj al-Barajneh, in Beirut's southern suburbs.
⚡A fourth Israeli strike targeted Beirut's southern suburbs, again in the Haret Hreik neighborhood, according to the local al-Jadeed channel.
"We reached [Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan] Nasrallah, his successor and most of Hezbollah's leadership. We will reach anyone who threatens the security of the citizens of the State of Israel." said the Israeli army's chief of staff Hezi Halevi.
Smoke billows from one of the Israeli strikes that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs tonight. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient Tody)
⚡At least two new Israeli strikes targeted Beirut's southern suburbs. According to local media, they targeted buildings in Haret Hreik and Roueiss.
According to the Israeli army, the strike killed Hashem Safieddine three weeks ago and targeted "the headquarters of Hezbollah's intelligence services, in an underground passage in Beirut's southern suburbs."
The army alleged that Safieddine was present with "more than 25 members" of the intelligence service, including "Ali Hussein Hazimeh, head of the party's intelligence staff, Saeb Ayyash, air assembly officer, and Mahmoud Mohammad Shahine, a Hezbollah intelligence division officer in Syria."
⚡An Israeli strike targeted the Laylaki neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs, according to Hezbollah's al-Manar channel.
The Israeli army had issued an evacuation order for this area, as well as two others for buildings, one in Haret Hreik and another in Burj al-Barajneh.
🔴"Hashem Safieddine has been eliminated," said the Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesperson Avichay Adraee on X. Safieddine, Chairman of Hezbollah's executive council and successor to Hassan Nasrallah, was targeted in an Israeli strike on Sept. 27.
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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel is counting on U.S. support "after it attacks Iran" in retaliation for the Iran's missile strike on Israel on Oct. 1. During their discussion in Tel Aviv, Gallant emphasized the importance of U.S. backing following an Israeli attack on Iran, according to a statement from his office.
The premises of National Broadcasting Network (NBN) television, which is linked to the Amal movement led by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally, were evacuated after receiving threats, according to information from our correspondent. NBN's headquarters are located in Bir Hassan in Beirut's southern suburbs.
Hezbollah announced that its fighters launched a salvo of rockets "at Israeli enemy soldiers on the move," in Malkiya, an Israeli border position, at 10 p.m.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in talks today with Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognized the "seriousness" of U.S. warnings to increase aid to Palestinians in Gaza, a U.S. official said.
"They recognize the seriousness with which we have expressed our concern about the current situation and are committed to responding to it and acting upon requests," the official said after Blinken, who had warned of withholding aid to Israel in a recent letter, met top Israeli leaders including Netanyahu, reported AFP.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia tomorrow for talks on normalization between Riyadh and Israel as he pushes for a cease-fire in Gaza, said a U.S. official cited by AFP.
Blinken, who began a regional tour in Israel today, will travel to Riyadh instead of Jordan, as previously announced, due to scheduling issues, the official said on condition of anonymity.
The deputy commander of the 9308th Battalion of the Israeli army's 146th Division was killed in fighting in southern Lebanon, Israeli media reported, quoted by Reuters.
Hezbollah announced that it had launched a salvo of missiles at Carmiel, east of Acre, some 20 kilometers from the border at 6:15 pm.
An Israeli airstrike targeted the town of Saraine and another targeted Nabi Sheet, in the Baalbeck district, according to our correspondent in the region.
Four people were injured in the strike on Nabi Sheet and were transferred to al-Abdallah Hospital.
🔴 The Israeli army released evacuation calls for residents of four buildings in Beirut's southern suburbs. Residents of buildings in Laylaki, Haret Hreik and Burj al-Brajneh were instructed to evacuate and move "at least 500 meters" away.
The Lebanese Health Ministry has released the death toll for several Israeli strikes that occurred throughout the day. The Israeli strike on the al-Maaly in the Baalbeck district killed five people and injured ten others, while the Israeli attack on the Kassar al-Zaatar neighborhood in Nabatieh also killed five people. Body parts have been recovered from the rubble, and the ministry is conducting DNA tests to identify them.
U.S. officials have denied a report by Sky News Arabic that the prime suspect in the leak of classified U.S. defense documents regarding Israel's response to Iran's attacks was an aide to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. According to Fox News, no suspect has been identified yet.
The FBI announced today that it was investigating the alleged leak of classified U.S. intelligence documents about Israel's plans for a retaliatory strike on Iran.
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After Hezbollah announced that it had targeted two Israeli "Hermes 450" drones over Lebanese airspace, Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee acknowledged on X that a drone "crashed after being targeted in southern Lebanon." He assured that there were no concerns about "a data leak" from the device, emphasizing that "the incident is under investigation."
The second drone had been "forced to return" to Israeli territory, according to Hezbollah.
According to the Israeli army, as cited by Haaretz, the warning sirens that sounded for several minutes in northern Israel around 7 p.m. were triggered by "a drone" that appears to have "crashed in a deserted area."
"Operations are underway to locate it." Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack involving "explosive drones" on a military base south of Haifa.
Hezbollah has also claimed responsibility for a new "guided missile" attack, carried out around 2 p.m., on a Merkava tank located on the outskirts of Taybeh, in southern Lebanon, where ground combat with the Israeli army has been concentrated throughout the day.
The Israeli tank "caught fire," and its crew was "killed and injured," according to the party. In total, Hezbollah has claimed seven attacks on Israeli tanks throughout the day, both in Lebanese territory and in northern Israel.
Hezbollah announced that shortly before 7 p.m., it targeted an Israeli military base near Haifa with drones, while warning sirens sounded in northern Israel, particularly around this major city and the Carmel region, for nearly an hour.
In a statement, the group announced that it had "carried out an attack with a swarm of explosive drones on the Eliyakim base, south of Haifa."
This base was "precisely targeted," Hezbollah added, specifying that the attack is part of its "Khaybar" series of operations, launched shortly after the elimination of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in late September. This operation is also "a response to the attacks and massacres committed" by Israel, it added.
The Israeli air raid on the Harouf Valley, in the Nabatiyeh district, resulted in the destruction of more than 15 homes and factories, and triggered large fires—however, no casualties have been reported, according to our correspondent in the south, Mountasser Abdallah. This area of Harouf is considered an industrial zone.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed in Jerusalem with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken the "type of government in Gaza after the war," according to a statement from Mr. Netanyahu's office, cited by AFP.
Mr. Netanyahu also told his counterpart that the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, killed on October 16 by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip, "could have a positive effect on the return of hostages," the statement added
Hezbollah has again claimed responsibility for a rocket strike against the village of She'ar Yashuv in northern Israel, located about three kilometers from the border with Lebanon.
The Israeli Home Front Command stated that "the incident is closed," one hour after drone sirens were triggered in northern Israel, reports Haaretz.
Hezbollah claimed to have targeted a Merkava tank, which caught fire, around Taybeh in southern Lebanon at 1 PM, using a guided missile, resulting in casualties among the soldiers on board. It also destroyed and caused casualties in another vehicle of the same type on the outskirts of Misgav Am in northern Israel.
The situation in southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent, Mountasser Abdallah:
Israeli airstrikes targeted Shebaa (Hasbaya), Tebnine, and Chakra (Bint Jbeil), as well as Arabsalim and the Harouf valley (Nabatiyeh).
Israeli fighter jets launched five strikes around Rmeish (Bint Jbeil), and one raid targeted Iklim al-Touffah.
The death toll from the strike in Teffahta, in the Saida district, has risen to 12, including the village imam; debris clearing is still ongoing.
Between 6 and 7 p.m., warning sirens sounded non-stop in northern Israel, particularly in Haifa and the Carmel region, as the Israeli army reported it was "continuing its efforts to intercept" an aerial target.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take "additional measures" to ensure humanitarian aid reaches civilians in the war-torn Gaza Strip.
During a meeting in Jerusalem between the two leaders, Blinken emphasized the need for Israel to increase and sustain the flow of humanitarian assistance to Gaza, ensuring that it reaches civilians throughout the territory, as stated by State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller to the press.
The evening has been violent in southern Lebanon, according to sources from our correspondent, with the following bombings reported:
- The Israeli air force targeted Kfar Kila in the Marjeyoun district, with a series of raids hitting Souaneh and Qabrikha in the same region.
- The locality of Teffahta, south of Saida, was struck by Israeli air raids that resulted in at least six deaths. The strike targeted the home of a man named Khader Ezzeddine during his funeral, and searches are ongoing in the rubble.
- An airstrike targeted Matariyet el-Choumar - Erzi in the Saida district.
- Multiple strikes rocked the Sour district, with raids particularly hitting the main road between Maarakeh and Toura, as well as Abbassiyeh and Rmadiyeh.
- An Israeli airstrike targeted the road connecting Hebbariyeh and Chebaa in the Hasbaya district, causing it to be cut off.
- Four consecutive airstrikes hit Hanine (Bint Jbeil).
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said he was "appalled" by a deadly Israeli strike nearly a south Beirut hospital Monday, demanding a "prompt and thorough investigation".
"I am appalled by the Israeli strike near Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut's densely populated Jnah neighbourhood that reportedly killed at least 18 people, including four children, and wounded 60 others," Volker Turk said in a statement. "The fundamental principles of international humanitarian law concerning the protection of civilians must be respected."
The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday to "capitalize" on the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to achieve a cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip, according to the State Department.
During a meeting with Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Blinken emphasized the need to leverage Sinwar's death, which occurred on Oct. 16 by ensuring the release of all hostages and ending the conflict in a way that guarantees lasting security for both Israelis and Palestinians, stated State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller.
The Israeli army announced that a reservist was killed in a rocket attack on northern Israel, according to Haaretz.
Lebanon will need $250 million a month to help more than a million people displaced by Israeli attacks, its minister in charge of responding to the crisis, Nasser Yassin said on Tuesday, ahead of a conference on Thursday in Paris to rally support for Lebanon.
The Israeli strike last night on buildings in the Jnah neighborhood, close to the Rafic Hariri Government Hospital in Beirut, resulted in 18 deaths, including four children, and 60 injuries, according to a new toll published by the Ministry of Health.
A previous report indicated 13 fatalities.
During the night from Monday to Tuesday, while the Arabic-speaking spokesperson was issuing multiple evacuation calls in anticipation of strikes on various locations in the southern suburbs of Beirut and Hadath, this violent attack occurred without warning. The site of the strike was just a few dozen meters from the entrance of Rafic Hariri Hospital, the largest public hospital in the country, and several buildings were completely destroyed.
Hezbollah, for its part, stated that it struck the headquarters of the military industry company ‘Taa’ in the suburbs of Tel Aviv the day before, using "qualitative missiles."
It also announced that it targeted an Israeli infantry unit located "between Adaisseh and Taybeh" in the Marjeyoun district of southern Lebanon with a guided missile, as well as a Merkava tank in Misgav Am in northern Israel, also with a guided missile. This latter attack "set the tank on fire" and killed and wounded its crew.
The Israeli army announced through a post on X that it had targeted Hezbollah "command and control complexes", including "bases of the Radwan Forces in the Al-Haoush area of southern Lebanon".
In southern Lebanon, an Israeli strike targeted the banks of the Litani River near Deir Mimas (Marjeyoun).
The situation in the Bekaa, according to our correspondent Sarah Abdallah:
- An Israeli strike targeted a two-story house in Hermel
- Five people were killed in another air raid on Hermel, in the "Maaly" neighborhood
- Baalbek was bombed, as well as Bzaliyeh, a locality north of Baalbek.
An assistant to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is reportedly responsible for the leak of ‘top secret’ American documents concerning Israel's plans for a response against Iran, according to Sky News in Arabic, citing a source within the Pentagon.
Israeli police announced the arrest of seven Palestinians on charges of espionage for Iran and attempted assassinations, according to a statement reported by AFP.
"The Shin Bet [Israeli internal security service] and the Jerusalem district police's central investigation unit arrested seven residents of the Beit Safafa neighborhood," in East Jerusalem, an area occupied and annexed by Israel, the police said in a statement. "These individuals, under Iranian direction, planned to assassinate a [prominent] Israeli scientist and the mayor of a major Israeli city," the statement added.
In Jabalia, where the Israeli army has once again called for the population to evacuate, "many men" were arrested, Nevin Al-Dawasah, a paramedic who sought refuge in Gaza City after "16 days under siege without supplies" in a displaced persons center, told AFP.
"During the evacuation, there were shellings in the center, and we had martyrs and wounded," who could not be treated due to the "lack of safe passage for ambulances," she said.
“Israel has been seriously damaged and compromised by this affair,” former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Truth Social, regarding the leak of U.S. documents on Israel's plans for an attack on Iran, Haaretz reported. “Israel no longer wants to share documents with the United States, and who can blame them?” he added.
Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for a ballistic missile attack on a military base in the Tel Aviv region, says the group's military spokesman quoted by Reuters.
Three Lebanese Red Cross rescue workers were injured while carrying out a rescue operation in Nabatieh, South Lebanon, the organization reports on its X account.
“After the attack on Nabatieh this afternoon and after making the necessary contacts with UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon), Red Cross teams went there with four vehicles to rescue the wounded. A strike targeted the site and wounded three rescue workers, who were taken to hospital,” the text added.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack carried out at 1:45 p.m. on Beit HaEmek, a locality near Nahariya in northern Israel, with a “large salvo of missiles.”
The party also claimed responsibility for another missile attack at 2:10 p.m. on Israeli soldiers in an area between Zarit, Aita al-Shaab and Khallet Wardeh.
The official National Information Agency (NNA) reports at least “three attacks” on Ghobeiri.
Almost 50 minutes ago, the Israeli army had issued a warning to residents of Beirut's southern suburbs, and particularly those of Ghobeiri, asking them to keep at least 500 meters away from two buildings and nearby buildings indicated on a map. Since then, multiple strikes have hit the area.
🔴 Detonations heard in and around Beirut, Israeli strikes on the capital's southern suburbs
An update from South Lebanon in the last hour with our correspondent:
Israeli aircraft raided the outskirts of Deir Siriane (Marjayoun district) after 2 p.m.
A strike also hit the Tapline road between Kfar Roummane and Habboush (Nabatieh district).
Violent clashes are also taking place on the outskirts of Robb al-Thalatin and Odaisseh.
A security source told our correspondent that the Israeli army is trying to advance along the Odaisseh axis to reach the locality of Taybeh (Marjayoun), which overlooks many areas. But Hezbollah is putting up strong resistance. It uses rockets and anti-vehicle missiles and bombs Israeli border towns.
🔴 Two detonations were heard in and around Beirut. According to several local media, these were Israeli strikes targeting Ghobeiri in the southern suburbs of the capital.
🔴 “The resistance claims full and exclusive responsibility for the operation against Caesarea and the targeting of the home of the war criminal and leader of the Zionist scourge” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced Hezbollah spokesman Mohammad Afif Naboulsi in a speech.
A drone was fired at Benjamin Netanyahu's private residence in Caesarea in central Israel, the Israeli Prime Minister's office said on Saturday.
“The eyes of resistance fighters see and their ears hear. If our hands don't reach you (Netanyahu) this time, there are days, nights and the ground between you and us,” he added, threatening the Israeli Prime Minister.
The Israeli army has once again issued a warning to residents of Beirut's southern suburbs, particularly those in Ghobeiri, urging them to move at least 500 meters away from two buildings and the surrounding structures indicated on a map.
Latest updates from South Lebanon, according to our correspondent in the region:
* New Israeli airstrikes have targeted the villages of Doueir, Nmairieh outskirts of Ansar (Nabatieh district) and the neighborhood of Ksar Zaatar in the city of Nabatieh.
* A missile has exploded in Ksar Zaatar while paramedics were removing debris of an earlier strike. No casualties have been reported.
* An Israeli drone has carried out two airstrikes on a warehouse containing generators in the road linking Nabatieh to the village of Shouqine.
In response to the "massacres" committed by Israel, Hezbollah announced that it fired "qualitative" missiles at Hatzor, a town near Safed in Northern Israel, at 1:10 p.m.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack carried out at 12 p.m. against Israeli soldiers at the Baghdadi site, opposite the Lebanese town of Mais al-Jabal (Marjayoun district), using missiles.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack carried out at 12 p.m. against Israeli soldiers at the Baghdadi site, opposite the Lebanese town of Mais al-Jabal (Marjayoun district), using missiles.
The Israeli air force conducted a strike on the old quarter of the village of Maaroub and another on the town of Shamaa (in the district of Sour), according to our correspondent in southern Lebanon.
A new aircraft loaded with humanitarian aid from Saudi Arabia has landed in Beirut, according to a statement from the King Salman Center reported by the National News Agency (NNA). This is the tenth flight to arrive as part of the humanitarian airbridge established between Riyadh and Beirut.
The cargo includes food resources, medical supplies, and milk intended for children.
A new aircraft loaded with humanitarian aid from Saudi Arabia has landed in Beirut, according to a statement from the King Salman Center reported by the National News Agency (NNA). This is the tenth flight to arrive as part of the humanitarian airbridge established between Riyadh and Beirut.
The cargo includes food resources, medical supplies, and milk intended for children.
Hezbollah claimed a rocket attack at 11 a.m. against a gathering of Israeli soldiers at the Khallet al-Assaker position west of the Lebanese locality of Odaisseh (district of Marjayoun).
The latest developments in southern Lebanon according to our correspondent:
At least nine Israeli airstrikes have hit Hosh, near Sour. The Israeli army had issued an evacuation notice to residents of this village.
A resident of Nabatieh reported that the recent Israeli attack on the Ksar Zaatar neighborhood targeted a building where "at least 10 people" were present.
The Israeli army claimed to have "eliminated two terrorists from Hezbollah's elite Radwan unit, armed with an RPG missile and a rifle, who were firing on Israeli troops from a building" in southern Lebanon, according to their X account.
The Israeli forces "located and dismantled a Hezbollah weapons storage facility, where an underground tunnel shaft was discovered, along with dozens of RPG missiles, mortar shells, bulletproof vests, and other combat equipment," the statement added.
A launcher with four missiles, ready to be fired at Israeli villages in the north, was located and destroyed, the Israeli army concluded.
A reservist in the Israeli army has been "seriously injured" in southern Lebanon, Haaretz reported without further details.
An update on the situation in southern Lebanon over the past hour:
An Israeli raid targeted the locality of Reshknanay (district of Sour) around 11:30 a.m. The strike destroyed three homes and reportedly caused casualties, according to our correspondent.
Shortly after, an Israeli drone launched incendiary rockets at olive groves in the locality of Jdeidet Marjayoun, in the same district. Lebanese civil defense teams were dispatched to the scene to extinguish the fires.
Additionally, Israeli aircraft targeted a neighborhood in the city of Nabatieh, Hay Ksar Zaatar.
The Israeli strike carried out on Monday in Ansarieh (district of Saida) killed one person, Ibrahim Mohammed Kharsa, our correspondent reported.
42,718 Palestinians have been killed and 100,282 injured in Israel’s war on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, according to Gaza's health ministry, as cited by Reuters.
Israeli planes "struck a Hezbollah target near Rafik Hariri Hospital in Beirut on Monday evening, but did not target the hospital, which was not hit by the strike," the Israeli army said, as quoted by Haaretz.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health, on the other hand, reported significant damage to the hospital from the strike, which killed 13 people and injured 57 others, according to the latest figures.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is in Israel, is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu around midday. However, with the U.S. presidential election two weeks away, the White House stressed it could not confirm if "negotiations will resume" for a cease-fire in Gaza, according to AFP.
Blinken also aims to dissuade Israel, which is preparing to respond to Iran’s Oct. 1 missile attack, from "any action that could further escalate the region," said a U.S. official accompanying him.
After Israel, Blinken is set to travel to Jordan on Wednesday to discuss humanitarian aid for Gaza, the accompanying official added.
"To journalists taking part in the media tour at Sahel Hospital in Haret Hreik, head to the locations we specified, don’t waste your time with the staged scenes within the medical teams," Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee posted on X, as Sahel Hospital opened its doors to the media this morning. Adraee listed a street, a building, and an address, advising journalists to visit those locations.
The day before, Adraee had claimed that Hezbollah stores "hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold under Sahel Hospital in Haret Hreik to fund its terrorist activities" unsubstantially. Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari later stated that the army "would not bomb the hospital."
Iran’s neighbors will not allow their "land or airspace" to be used for attacks, said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, as Israel considers retaliating for Iran’s Oct. 1 missile attack on Israeli soil, AFP reported.
"All our neighbors assured us they will not allow their land or airspace to be used against the Islamic Republic of Iran," Araghchi said during a press conference in Kuwait.
This visit comes as Israel, engaged in conflicts with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, both backed by Iran, has repeatedly threatened to retaliate against its arch-enemy Iran.
Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee issued a statement on X urging residents of Hosh, a town on the outskirts of Sour in southern Lebanon, to evacuate immediately and move at least one kilometer outside the village.
He said the Israeli army was preparing to intervene in the village. "Anyone near Hezbollah members, their facilities, or their weapons is putting their life in danger," he added.
Israeli strikes last night on Jnah, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, resulted in 13 casualties, all members of the Mokdad and Bazzi families, according to a preliminary report from our correspondent.
The victims were identified as Jawad Ali Mokdad, Khairallah Wehbe Mokdad, Hussein Wehbe Mokdad, Ala’ Ali Mokdad, Fatima Hussein Mokdad, Zeinab Hussein Mokdad, Sila Hassan Mokdad, Celine Hassan Mokdad, Ali Hassan Mokdad, Mona Hassan Mokdad, Hassan Habib Bazzi, Hussein Habib Bazzi, and Rami Habib Bazzi.
Rescue operations continue as bodies are being searched for in the rubble.
⚡ The Israeli army claims it struck "Hezbollah weapons storage facilities, command centers, and other terrorist targets in Beirut overnight," including some "located underground with aerial and naval equipment used by Hezbollah for carrying out terrorist attacks against Israel," according to its statement on its X account.
Among the targets was "a central base of Hezbollah's Naval Unit, where the party stored military boats (small vessels), a training center, and an area for conducting experiments," the statement continued. These vessels "were intended for attacks against Israeli Navy ships and naval and strategic targets in Israeli territorial waters," the Israeli army added.
Last night, the Israeli army struck Beirut's southern suburbs repeatedly, killing and injuring dozens of citizens.
Hezbollah released a new series of statements:
The party claims to have attacked at 6:15 a.m. this morning on an Israeli Merkava tank at Tallet al-Akbeh in Robb Thalathin, a village in Marjayoun district, using a guided missile that "set the tank on fire and caused casualties among those operating it."
The party also states that last night at 8:22 p.m., its fighters clashed with Israeli soldiers "as an enemy force attempted to infiltrate the area around Taybeh" (Marjayoun district). "The enemy then advanced armored troops to support its forces, but the resistance confronted them, forced them to retreat, and struck the enemy forces with missiles during their withdrawal," the statement said.
At 8:30 a.m., the party claims to have struck Israeli troops in Misgav Am, an Israeli town opposite Kfar Kila (Marjayoun district).
The party claims to have launched an attack at 9:30 a.m. on a Merkava tank "attempting to advance between Robb Thalathin and Taybeh," hitting it and causing casualties among the soldiers.
At 10 a.m., Hezbollah targeted enemy soldiers near Odaisseh (Marjayoun) with missiles.
Developments from last night in southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent:
After 9 p.m., Israeli aircraft bombed the towns of Adloun and Ansarieh (Saida district), as well as Tebnine (Bint Jbeil). Artillery shelled Hanine (Bint Jbeil) and Shahour (Sour).
Around 11 p.m., three airstrikes targeted the town of Safad al-Batikh (Bint Jbeil), and one strike on Sheaitieh (Sour) reportedly caused casualties.
Around 3 a.m., artillery shelled the towns of Khiam, Kfar Kila, and Odaisseh (Marjayoun), and aircraft targeted the town of Arab Salim (Nabatieh).
⚡ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel as part of diplomatic efforts to seek a cease-fire in Gaza, AFP reports.
Developments in the Bekaa, according to our correspondent:
Around 2 a.m., an Israeli strike targeted Wadi al-Harir (the Silk Valley), between Lebanon's Masnaa border post and Syria's Jdeidet Yabous post. This strike had previously been reported by local media.
The Israeli strike on the Mashghara plain in West Bekaa this morning killed a local resident, Ali Charif Ammar.
⚡ The death toll from the Israeli strike targeting the area around Hariri Hospital in Jnah on Monday has risen to 13, including a child, and 57 wounded, seven of whom are in critical condition, according to a new statement from the Lebanese Ministry of Health. "Significant damage" was reported at the hospital.
Developments in the Bekaa, according to our correspondent:
Israeli aircraft carried out several attacks on the plains of Mashghara and near Sohmor in West Bekaa, with no casualties reported so far.
The situation this morning in southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent
Around 6 a.m., Israeli aircraft launched a series of raids on the town of Khiam (Marjayoun district). Artillery also targeted the town of Kfar Kila in the same district.
Around 7:50 a.m., Israeli aircraft targeted the town of Yohmor Shkeif (Nabatieh district).
Shortly after 8 a.m., Israeli artillery shelled the town of Shebaa (Hasbaya), and clashes broke out between Hezbollah and the Israeli army near the town of Aita al-Shaab (Bint Jbeil district). The sound of explosions and artillery echoed throughout the region.
Israeli aircraft bombed the towns of Kafra and Yater (Bint Jbeil district).
"Attacks near Beirut destroyed a safe space for women and girls supported by the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund)," the U.N. said on X at dawn.
The death toll from the Israeli strike that targeted the area around Hariri Hospital in Jnah on Monday has risen to four, including children, and 32 wounded, the Lebanese Health Ministry announced this morning. "Significant damage" was reported at the hospital
The Israeli military, meanwhile, stated that about 20 rockets were fired during a recent barrage from Lebanon, "five toward central Israel and 15 toward the north," according to Haaretz.
Early this morning, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for three distinct missile strikes on Israel: the first around 6 a.m. on the Neret Dome in the suburbs of Tel Aviv; the second at 6:50 a.m. on "the Stella Maris naval base, northwest of Haifa"; and the third at 7:50 a.m. on "the Glilot base of Military Intelligence Unit 8200" in the suburbs of Tel Aviv.
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