Hezbollah announced in a statement it had targeted "for the first time," the ‘Tel Haim’ base located in the Tel Aviv region with a series of missiles. This base is reportedly linked to military intelligence.
Hezbollah also announced that it targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers near Tayr Harfa in the Sour region with missiles.
According to our correspondent, an Israeli strike targeting Shmistar earlier in the evening left one person killed.
The U.S. ambassador to Lebanon submitted a draft truce proposal to Lebanon's speaker of parliament Nabih Berri on Thursday, two political sources told Reuters, without revealing details. The U.S. has sought to broker a cease-fire that would end hostilities between its ally Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, but efforts have yet to yield a result.
Khodr adds that clearing operations are continuing. Earlier, he reported that 20 Civil Defense personnel were on-site at the time of the strike.
🔴 Citing an official, AFP reported that at least five Civil Defense responders were killed in "an Israeli raid in eastern" Lebanon, without additional details.
According to our correspondent in the Bekaa, this likely refers to the Douris strike, for which the final death toll has yet to be confirmed.
🔴 According to the governor of Baalbek-Hermel, Bachir Khodr, the toll from the Israeli strike on Douris is at least 12 killed, all members of the Civil Defense.
The Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson noted on X that they observed "the firing of rockets by Hezbollah, produced in Syria and transferred to Hezbollah in Lebanon." He added, "We will attack any attempt to transfer military equipment from Syria to Hezbollah and will strike any infrastructure in Syria that we detect being used for the production or transfer of military equipment to benefit Hezbollah."
Hezbollah claimed to have launched a drone squadron attack against the "Eliakim base, which hosts training camps for the Israeli army’s Northern Command, located 50 kilometers from the Lebanese-Israeli border." The attack occurred at 6:30 p.m.
The group also reported an attack on a gathering of Israeli forces in the area of Yiron, opposite Maroun al-Ras (Bint Jbeil district).
The Arabic-speaking spokesperson for the Israeli army stated that, in recent hours, the Israeli army "attacked weapons warehouses of the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Beirut’s southern suburbs."
"Warplanes conducted targeted strikes based on intelligence against Hezbollah weapons warehouses in the southern suburbs area," he explained, adding that "all targeted terrorist infrastructure was located in the heart of residential areas."
The United States on Thursday called for concrete actions from Iran, not just words, as Iran's president pledged to clear "doubts and ambiguities" over his country’s nuclear program.
"Ultimately, what we want to see from Iran is real behavior change and tangible actions, not just signals or indications," State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said.
Several hundred people protested Wednesday night in Saint-Denis near Paris, urging France to "stop the genocide" in Gaza ahead of the France-Israel match at the Stade de France, an AFP journalist reported. The rally's slogan was "We don’t play with genocide," coinciding with a U.N. committee’s conclusion that Israel’s methods of warfare in Gaza "bear the characteristics of genocide."
In the Bekaa, according to our correspondent:
Clearing operations are still underway in the rubble of the Civil Defense center bombed by Israel in Douris (Baalbek district). The body of at least one Civil Defense member has been recovered, according to a Red Cross source.
The toll from the strike in Sarain (same district) is at least one dead and four injured.
An Israeli strike targeted Temnin al-Fawqa in the same area.
The updated toll from the strike on Bazalieh (Baalbek district) is at least three dead.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), at least 20 people, including Palestinian and pro-Iranian fighters, were killed in Israeli air raids targeting residential buildings in Damascus and its outskirts.
In southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent:
Over an hour ago, an Israeli strike targeted a house in the locality of al-Bayad (Sour district), killing two Syrian nationals and one Lebanese national. According to our correspondent, the Lebanese casualty was Ali Kamal Suleiman, an Amal Movement member born in 1993 in the same area, whose death was announced shortly afterward.
The Israeli air force bombed Arab Salim (Nabatieh), targeting a Hezbollah Islamic Health Committee center. At least six fatalities have been recorded so far.
In its 27th statement this Thursday, Hezbollah announced it had launched a rocket at 8 p.m. at a group of Israeli soldiers east of Maroun al-Ras (Bint Jbeil district).
In the Bekaa, according to our correspondent:
Two Israeli strikes successively targeted a vehicle and a house in Sarain (Baalbek district).
The strike on Taraya (same district) left at least four people lightly injured.
The Israeli strike on Qousseir in Syria reportedly targeted a bridge.
A strike near Douris (Baalbek district) damaged a building and vehicles belonging to the Lebanese Civil Defense.
Another strike targeted the vicinity of Janta in eastern Bekaa.
The U.S. State Department expressed “concern” over new Israeli strikes targeting areas south of Beirut.
“You have heard us say this many times; we do not want to see this kind of (military) operation in Beirut, especially in densely populated areas,” State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel stated.
The United States has condemned the findings of a special U.N. committee that stated Israel’s methods of warfare in Gaza “bear the characteristics of genocide,” calling these conclusions “baseless.”
“This is something we unequivocally disapprove of,” State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel responded. “We believe that this type of language and these kinds of accusations are certainly unfounded.”
Hezbollah reported firing a rocket at 7:30 p.m. at a group of soldiers moving east of Markaba (Marjayoun).
Israel has rejected as “completely false” the conclusions of Human Rights Watch (HRW), which stated the same day that the repeated forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza constituted a “crime against humanity.”
“Once again, Human Rights Watch's rhetoric regarding Israel's conduct in Gaza is completely false and detached from reality,” said Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oren Marmorstein on the social network X.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported that “unidentified persons fired around 30 shots” at its members near Qalawieh, in the Bint Jbeil district.
The head of the Lebanese Forces, Samir Geagea, stated in an interview with Reuters that Hezbollah should disarm as soon as possible.
“With the destruction of Hezbollah’s entire infrastructure and warehouses, much of Lebanon is also being destroyed,” he said, calling on Hezbollah and the Lebanese state to implement agreements aimed at dissolving armed factions outside state control. “This is the fastest way to end the war,” he said, adding, “It’s the least costly path for Lebanon and for the Lebanese people.”
However, Geagea clarified that he opposed the Lebanese army disarming Hezbollah by force. He also noted that he “did not foresee the possibility of a civil war,” while warning that the massive displacement of Lebanese, primarily Shiites, to Sunni- and Christian-majority areas could spark “issues here or there.”
In southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent:
The Israeli air force bombed an area between Houmin Fawqa and Arab Salim in the Nabatieh district, targeting a house. Another house in Anqoun, near Saida, was also hit by a strike.
According to a new report, an Israeli strike on Nabatieh al-Tahta killed at least four people, including two brothers from the Mansour family. Our correspondent also reports another death in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, noting that the parents of this latest victim had been killed in previous strikes on their home in the same area.
Wissam Ghaza, a doctor in the Sour district, confirmed that the strike on Jwayya killed five people.
Two additional Israeli raids successively targeted the Saf al-Hawa neighborhood in Bint Jbeil (in the district of the same name) and Kanaret, southeast of Saida.
The Israeli army continues to fly over the south of the country.
Twenty-one people were killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon on Wednesday, bringing the total killed since last October to at least 3,386, with 14,417 injured, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced in a statement on Thursday.
In its 25th statement of the day, Hezbollah announced it destroyed an Israeli Hermes 450 drone in the skies over eastern Bekaa at around 4:30 p.m., using a surface-to-air missile.
The Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesman, Avichay Adraee, issued an evacuation notice to residents of a building in Nabatieh al-Tahta (Nabatieh) on his X account.
“For your safety and that of your family members, you must evacuate these and adjacent buildings immediately, and move at least 500 meters away from them,” he wrote. The building, identified in red on the map published by the spokesman, is located between Liban Post, Fransabank and MEAB Bank.
Here's an update on Hezbollah's attacks against Israeli positions and attempted infiltrations:
*Hezbollah said it targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers at the Bawabat al-Amra neighborhood on the outskirts of Khiam (Marjayoun), at 6 p.m.
*The party also said its fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers at Kfar Yuval, opposite Aitaroun (Bint Jbeil), at 6 p.m. with a salvo of rockets.
Hezbollah said it targeted at 4 p.m. a gathering of Israeli forces in the al-Amara area on the southern outskirts of the town of Khiam (Marjayoun), with a rocket salvo.
The Israeli army has announced the death of an Israeli soldier killed “during fighting in southern Lebanon,” reported Haaretz.
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Agriculture Minister Abbas Hajj Hassan discussed the possibility of expanding existing agricultural zones in “safe” areas to offset some of the losses caused by Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa.
The two officials discussed this scenario during a meeting at the Grand Serail. The agriculture minister plans to conduct a study to assess the feasibility of this proposal, which would involve utilizing agricultural areas in northern Lebanon (Akkar, Dinnieh) and along the Lebanese coast, according to a summary of the meeting released by the prime minister’s office. They also discussed the possibility of redirecting some development aid received by the ministry to strengthen the agricultural sector as "emergency aid" to ensure the country’s food security, which is threatened by the war.
“We are dealing with an enemy that does not understand the consequences it could bring to the region, not just Lebanon… and we must be prepared for all possibilities,” Abbas Hajj Hassan said after the meeting.
U.N. peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said Thursday that the redeployment of the Lebanese Army in southern Lebanon is essential to any sustainable solution to end the ongoing conflict between the Israeli military and Hezbollah.
"The redeployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces is absolutely central to any sustainable solution," Lacroix told journalists, including those from AFP, at the end of his three-day visit to Lebanon.
“A few days ago, the terrorist group Hezbollah launched rockets from the Ansar region in southern Lebanon towards the Haifa area, from an abandoned Lebanese Army base,” claimed the Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesman, Avichay Adraee, on X. “This terrorist attack proves Hezbollah's cynical exploitation of the resources of the Lebanese state and its citizens to carry out terrorist operations,” he added, saying that Israeli fighter jets attacked the rocket-launching platform and destroyed it.
In a previous message posted on X, Adraee had written “Anjar” rather than “Ansar” before deleting the post.
The Israeli army announced that starting in 2025, reservists will be expected to be called up for at least 42 days of operational duty each year. There will be no limit on the number of reserve days, and the army is preparing to recruit reservists for up to 70 days next year, Haaretz reported.
According to Haaretz, the military said that the enlistment rate among ultra-Orthodox individuals has remained negligible, despite more than 3,000 conscription orders being issued since the beginning of the war.
The army added that in recent months, 930 arrest warrants have been issued for ultra-Orthodox individuals who did not report for enlistment.
Here’s an update on the Hezbollah attacks against Israeli positions:
*Hezbollah targeted Bra'ameh, opposite Kfar Kila (Marjayoun), with a rocket barrage at 3:30 p.m.
*The party also targeted the Israeli Yaroun site, opposite Yaroun (Bint Jbeil), at 3:30 p.m.
*Hezbollah said it targeted the Malikiyah site, facing the Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab, at 3:30 p.m.
*The party also targeted Kfar Yuval, opposite Kfar Shuba (Hasbaya), with a rocket barrage at 5 p.m.
According to Axios reporter Barak Ravid on X, a senior American official revealed that the talks held by Israeli Minister Dermer at the White House were very productive, closing most of the remaining gaps between Israel and the U.S. regarding the cease-fire agreement's wording and the letter of guarantees Israel requested from the U.S. concerning freedom of action in Lebanon. "It's not a done deal yet, but it's very close," the official said.
An Israeli official confirmed that the U.S. and Israel are "on the same page" regarding the cease-fire agreement. However, the official emphasized that the U.S. needs to reach an identical understanding with the Lebanese side.
On the Lebanese side, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati are in talks with both Hezbollah and the U.S. to finalize the agreement. No conclusion has been reached yet.
A senior American official stated, "Both sides want a cease-fire agreement — the question is how much they are willing to compromise to achieve it."
At this stage, no visit has been scheduled for U.S. envoy Hochstein to Beirut. Israeli and American officials mentioned that he will not travel until it is certain that an agreement has been secured.
The World Bank announced that it is activating an “emergency response” to move resources to support the “urgent needs” of residents in Lebanon resulting from Israeli attacks.
In a report, the World Bank said physical damages and economic losses due to the conflict total an estimated $8.5 billion
“There are over 875,000 internally displaced persons in Lebanon, with women, children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and refugees at highest risk,” the report said. “An estimated 166,000 individuals have lost their jobs, corresponding to a loss of $168 million in earnings.”
The Bank added that Lebanon’s housing sector has been hit the hardest, with $3.2 billion in damages resulting from nearly 100,000 housing units being partially or fully damaged.
“Disruptions to commerce are amounting to close to $2 billion, driven in part by the displacement of employees and business owners,” the report said, adding that the destruction of crops, livestock and displaced farmers has put agricultural damages at about $1.2bn.
“To respond to the current crisis facing the country, the World Bank is activating emergency response plans to re-direct existing resources to support the urgent needs of people in Lebanon.”
Israel is closer to reaching an arrangement over fighting with Hezbollah than it has been since the start of the war, but it must retain freedom to act inside Lebanon should any deal be violated, said an Israeli security cabinet minister, Reuters reported.
"I think we are at a point that we are closer to an arrangement than we have been since the start of the war," said Energy Minister Eli Cohen in an interview with Reuters.
A key sticking point for Israel, he said, is ensuring it retains freedom of action should Hezbollah return to border areas where it could pose a threat to Israeli communities.
"We will be less forgiving than in the past over attempts to create strongholds in territory near Israel. That's how we will be, and so that is certainly how we will act," Cohen said.
Hezbollah said it targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Shlomi, opposite Aitaroun (Bint Jbeil), at 4:30 p.m.
Hezbollah targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Hanita, facing the Lebanese village of Labbouneh (Sour district), with a rocket salvo at 4:30 p.m.
Three firefighters were injured in the city of Nabatieh while extinguishing fires caused by Israeli airstrikes, local residents reported.
The Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote on X: “Commando Brigade forces are actively operating in several new areas in southern Lebanon under the command of the 91st Division. They are conducting operations in rugged and mountainous terrain, including within villages from which Hezbollah has launched numerous rocket attacks toward northern towns.”
Adraee added that Hezbollah fighters were killed in both ground and aerial operations.
“In a recent sweep, forces discovered a Hezbollah position along with a rocket launcher containing 32 launch pads directed toward Israeli territory. Multiple weapons and combat equipment were also found, all of which were seized and destroyed, according to field sources,” Adraee concluded.
According to the state-run National News Agency (NNA), the fourth Israeli strike this afternoon targeted Abdel Karim Khalil Street, the area around Husseinieh in Chiyah and the vegetable market in the al-Jamal neighborhood.
Earlier today, Israeli Air Force jets launched airstrikes on multiple military buildings and headquarters associated with the "terrorist Islamic Jihad movement" in Syria, Avichay Adraee, Israel’s Arabic spokesperson wrote on X.
According to the Israeli army, these strikes inflicted severe damage on the movement’s leadership and operatives.
"The Islamic Jihad movement, led by its leaders residing outside Gaza along with Hamas, carried out the Oct. 7 massacre and has since continued terrorist operations against Israel," the statement read.
Adraee emphasized that it "will continue to take action against the terrorist Islamic Jihad movement wherever necessary."
Here’s an update on the security situation:
*Israel targeted Mfeidoun, Nabatieh, Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Kfar Tibnit (all located in Nabatieh), Majdal Selm (Marjayoun), and Hanine (Bint Jbeil), local residents reported. Two brothers were killed in the strike on Nabatieh.
*Israel targeted Assirah Street (Baalbeck) killing three people.
*Nine people were killed in the strike in Al-Shaab neighborhood (Baalbek), with five others injured, our correspondent in the Bekaa reported. Civil Defense teams are still working to clear the rubble.
At least 15 people were killed in Syria in Israeli air strikes that targeted a Damascus neighborhood and a suburban locality on Thursday, the Syrian Defense Ministry announced.
“The Israeli enemy carried out an air assault from the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting residential buildings in the Mazzeh neighborhood of Damascus and the Qoudsaya area (...) killing 15 people and wounding 16 others including women and children,” according to the ministry's statement published by the official Sana news agency.
Here's an update of Hezbollah attacks against Israelis positions and attempted infiltrations:
*Hezbollah said it attacked at 11:30 a.m., with two air attacks with squadron drones, the Israeli Yaron base, opposite Yaroun (Bint Jbeil) and Ain Yaacoub, opposite Maroun al-Ras (Bint Jbeil).
*The party said it targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers on the outskirts of Odaisseh (Marjayoun) with artillery bombs at 1:30 p.m.
A major Israeli strike has hit Beirut's southern suburbs.
A major Israeli strike has hit Beirut's southern suburbs.
Two new buildings in the Ghobeiri district, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, have been threatened with a strike by the Israeli army: The first is located, according to maps published on X by the army's Arabic-speaking spokesman, near the Husseinieh of Chiyah, and the second near a “Speed” gas station.
At least four people were killed in Damascus in an Israeli raid that targeted a residential building in the Mazze district, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH).
⚡ The Syrian news agency Sana reported an Israeli raid carried out on the upscale Mazze district of Damascus housing the U.N. headquarters as well as Syrian embassies and security institutions.
“An Israeli attack targeted the Mazze area of Damascus,” said the Sana news agency, citing "preliminary information" and publishing a video of a street billowing with gray smoke. In recent weeks, this district has already been hit by bombardments blamed on Israel.
Update on the security situation in southern Lebanon
- Israel has twice targeted Qana (Sour), as well as Khiam and Touline (Marjayoun), according to residents quoted by our correspondent.
- An Israeli air strike also targeted a house in Taybeh (Marjayoun) and the outskirts of the village, according to residents.
Hezbollah denounced the destruction of a building housing the premises of a children's TV channel, Taha Tv, which broadcasts religious content. The channel's affiliation with the party is not clearly mentioned on its website or by Hezbollah.
According to our correspondent Mountasser Abdallah, the building, whose address was not disclosed by Hezbollah or on the channel's website, is located in the Kafaat district of Hadath. The building was destroyed in an Israeli strike shortly after 3 a.m. on Beirut's southern outskirts.
The party called on international and Arab children's rights associations to condemn this action “committed against children.”
The Israeli army said it had struck “around 30 terrorist targets” in the southern suburbs of Beirut over the last 48 hours.
These strikes are aimed at “dismantling and weakening Hezbollah's military capabilities,” the army said, adding that it had “recently” targeted “weapons warehouses, command centers and other infrastructure” of the party.
In southern Lebanon, Israeli aircraft struck Bint Jbeil, Burj Qalaway (Bint Jbeil), Majdel Zoun and Bnaafoul (Sour).
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a new series of attacks against Israeli positions
- It targeted Yesud HaMa'ala in northern Israel, opposite Houla in the Marjayoun district at 9 a.m. with a barrage of rockets.
- The party said it had targeted Dovev, opposite Aitaroun (Bint Jbeil) at 11:00 a.m., also with rocket fire.
- Hezbollah targeted Dishon, opposite Rmeish (Bint Jbeil), at 11 a.m.
- At the same time, the party also targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Manara, opposite Markaba (Marjayoun).
The situation in southern Lebanon
- Clashes can be heard on the outskirts of Aitaroun and Ainata, two villages south of Bint Jbeil, during clashes between the Israeli army attempting to advance on these villages and Hezbollah. Detonations were heard in the area. During the night, Hezbollah had claimed to have struck Israeli soldiers attempting to infiltrate the town of Bint Jbeil.
- Israel struck Aitit and Rmadieh (Sour), according to residents quoted by our correspondent.
- Israeli bombardments also targeted Wadi Hojeir and Wadi Slouki (Marjayoun).
Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for three attacks since midday
It said it had targeted the Israeli site of Jal el-Alam, on the disputed Kfar Shuba heights, with a salvo of missiles. Then, “as part of the warning” issued by Hezbollah to several locations in northern Israel on Oct. 26, it claimed to have “targeted the town of Nahariya with a salvo of missiles” at 12:10. Nahariya is located some ten kilometers from the border with Lebanon, on the coast.
Around midday, the party claimed responsibility for an attack on “a logistics base of the 146th division” of the Israeli army, in the Naftali barracks (northeast of Netiv Hashayara, east of Nahariya).
The Health Ministry in Gaza has announced a new death toll of 43,736 in the Palestinian territory since the start of the war with Israel over a year ago.
At least 24 people have been killed in the last 24 hours, it said in a statement, adding that 103,370 people had been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war, triggered by an unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
An update of the Hezbollah attacks against Israeli positions
- Hezbollah said it targeted the Israeli Jal al-Alam site, in the disputed Kfar Shuba heights, with a salvo of rockets at 12:10 p.m.
- The party said it also targeted the Israeli city of Nahariyah, on the northern Israeli coast, at around 10 km of the border with Lebanon, at 12:10 p.m.
- Hezbollah said it also targeted the "base for the 146th Division in the Israeli army [northeast of Netiv HaShayara, east of the city of Nahariya] with a missile salvo," at 12:10 p.m.
Credit: Mohammad Yassine
An Israeli strike targeted Haret Hreik/Roueiss in Beirut's southern suburbs, according to the National News Agency and images from our photographer Mohammad Yassine.
The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, has proposed to the 27 member states that they suspend the “political dialogue” between the European Union and Israel, AFP has learned from diplomatic sources.
Borrell, who is due to step down next month, made the proposal ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday. This political dialogue is provided for under the association agreement between Israel and the European Union, which came into force in June 2000. Borrell's proposal is highly unlikely to succeed.
An update on the security situation in southern Lebanon
- One civilian was minorly injured and two paramedics, from the Islamic Health Authority, affiliated with Hezbollah, were also minorly injured due to the Israeli airstrikes on the Rahbat neighborhood in Nabatieh, our correspondent in the south reported.
- Journalist Rana Jouni sustained some bruises, and her car was damaged, due to debris while passing through Deir Zahrani, coinciding with an airstrike that targeted one of the buildings, local residents told L'Orient Today.
- A rescue team has been deployed to the town of Siddiqine (Bint Jbeil) to retrieve the bodies of martyrs trapped under the rubble following airstrikes that occurred a few days ago, local residents reported.
The Israeli army claimed to have destroyed more than 140 missile-launching platforms in southern Lebanon last week, including some “used to strike the western Galilee yesterday and the day before [Wednesday and Tuesday],” according to a posting on X by the Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesman, Avichay Adraee.
“More than 200 Hezbollah members” were also killed last week by air raids in southern Lebanon, said Adraee. “The day before yesterday [Tuesday], fighter jets hit the al-Radwan force's operations and anti-tank missile officers on the coast, as well as an officer in an al-Radwan brigade,” he added.
The Israeli army has again called on residents of two buildings in Haret Hreik, near the “Sayyed al-Shouhada” complex, and Burj al-Barajneh, on the outskirts of the “New Brothers' School,” to evacuate in anticipation of future strikes on “Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut's southern suburbs.”
This is the second series of threats issued since this morning by Arabic-speaking spokesman Avichay Adraee, following two other waves of Israeli strikes overnight, on the neighborhoods of Burj al-Barajneh,, Haret Hreik, Ghobeiri and on Choueifat, south of Beirut.
According to our correspondent Mountasser Abdallah, this morning's strike on Hebbarieh targeted people in an olive grove.
A village mukhtar, Arafat Issa, told L'Orient-Le Jour that the shot was fired from a drone at a man picking olives, identified as Yassine Bou Qays, who was killed.
Updates from southern Lebanon
- Two strikes targeted Qleileh and Malkieh, in the Sour district.
- Deir al-Zahrani, in the Nabatieh district, was bombed.
- Hezbollah announced that it had fired rockets at Israeli soldiers between Houla and Markaba, in the Marjayoun district, and at Israeli soldiers east of Markaba. The party claims to have caused “casualties” in this second attack.
The situation in southern Lebanon
- Three Israeli air strikes targeted houses in the nuns' quarter in Nabatieh, reports our correspondent Mountasser Abdallah.
- Bombardments hit Shebaa and Hebbarieh, in Hasbaya.
- In the last two hours, artillery fire has targeted the outskirts of Kounin, Tiri, Ainata, Hanine, Shaqra, Braasheet, Majdel Silm, Qabrikha, Sarbine and Haddatha.
Two Israeli air strikes targeted Hebbarieh, in the Hasbaya district in southern Lebanon, according to our correspondent Mountasser Abdallah.
According to the National News Agency (NNA), the strike on Choueifat Amroussieh targeted an area close to the Dar al-Ouloum school, which appeared near the threatened building on the map published by the Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesman Avichay Adraee.
Residents of the town of Rashaya yesterday evening stopped a van carrying weapons, reports our correspondent in the Bekaa, Sarah Abdallah. The army intervened immediately and requisitioned the weapons found.
In a report published by the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Israeli army's repeated evacuation orders in the Gaza Strip are leading to the forced displacement of the population, which amounts to a “war crime.”
According to HRW, “Israel's actions also appear to meet the definition of ethnic cleansing” in areas where the army has ordered Palestinians to leave and where they will not be able to return.
The Israeli authorities claim to be calling on the inhabitants of whole swathes of territory to evacuate because of military imperatives, and thus claim to be participating in the protection of civilians. “Israel should demonstrate in each case that the displacement of civilians is the only possible option” to comply with international humanitarian law, notes Nadia Hardman, researcher at HRW.
Israeli aircraft bombed Choueifat Amroussieh, according to images taken by our photographer Mohammad Yassine.
According to the official National News Agency (NNA), two strikes targeted the same location in Ghobeiri, in Beirut's southern suburbs, near the Rawdat al-Shahidayn military cemetery.
⚡ Following Israeli threats, an Israeli strike targeted Beirut's southern suburbs shortly after 9 a.m.
Wednesday night in southern Lebanon
- Air raids targeted Bint Jbeil, as well as houses in Jmeijmeh (Bint Jbeil), Bazourieh and Mansouri (Sour). Injuries were reported in Bazourieh.
Our correspondent Mountasser Abdallah reports on the situation in southern Lebanon this morning
- Israeli artillery fire this morning on Shamaa and Tayr Harfa (Sour).
- Air raids on Deir Ames (Sour) and the Hamoul area near Naqoura (Sour).
- Strike on Tiri (Bint Jbeil).
During the night, two series of Israeli strikes had targeted the southern suburbs, shortly before 1 a.m. and after 4:30 a.m., against buildings in Haret Hreik and Burj al-Barajneh.
At around 8:20 a.m., the Israeli army issued a new evacuation order to the residents of two buildings in Ghobeiri, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, and Choueifat Amroussieh, a locality to the south of the capital, ordering them to “evacuate immediately to at least 500 meters” before strikes on “Hezbollah infrastructure.”
In Ghobeiri, the building identified on the map published by the army is located on the direct outskirts of the “Al-Harj” cemetery, while in Choueifat, it is close to the “Dar al-Ouloum” school.
Good morning. We are now starting our LIVE coverage of Day 405 of the Gaza war and Day 404 of the war in Lebanon — between Hezbollah and Israel — and their repercussions in the region.
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