Screenshot from a video taken from a building adjacent to the site of the strike on Basta.
⚡ So far, four people have been confirmed killed in the attack and another 28 injured, according to the Health Ministry, although this toll is likely to rise, with search and rescue operation underway amid significant damage.
According to the state-run National News Agency and residents from Basta, the targeted building is located on Maamoun Street. The building was eight stories, which have now been reduced to rubble
There is speculation across several local news outlets that the munitions used by Israel in the attack on Basta were the same "bunker buster" bombs it used to assassinate Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and his presumed successor Hashem Saffiedine.
These 2,000-pound bombs were withheld from U.S. shipments of arms to Israel starting in May out of concerns from the Biden administration that they would be used in civilian areas.
At least four missiles were launched at the targeted building in Basta in an attack that, as has been the case with all Israel's bombings of central Beirut during this war, came without warning.
The strike hit Fatallah Street in the Basta neighborhood, completely leveling at least one building and igniting several fires, according to local media.
A resident contacted by L'Orient Today said the bombing had taken place in the same place where the Israeli army struck on Oct. 10, when 22 people were killed in two subsequent strikes on Basta and Ras al-Nabaa and another building also leveled.
🔴 Three loud explosions were heard throughout Beirut at 4 a.m., with initial reports from local media saying the central Beirut neighborhood of Basta has been attacked by Israeli jets.
🔴 Half an hour after issuing evacuation warnings for three buildings in Ghobeiri and Haret Hreik, in Beirut's southern suburbs, the Israeli army started its attacks, with one airstrike hitting Ghobeiri and the second hitting the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Bir al-Abed, all in the course of 10 minutes. The evacuation warnings are only published on X and do not indicate safe routes.
That concludes our live coverage of the wars in Lebanon and in Gaza for today. Thanks for joining us and goodnight.
The Health Ministry announced and mourned the killing of Dr. Ali Rakan Allam, director of Dar al-Amal Hospital, along with six of his colleagues, in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the doctor's house, located beside the hospital, in Douris, Baalbeck.
L'Orient-Le Jour's Emmanuel Haddad visited the hospital earlier this month to meet some of the people being treated there. Read his report here. 👈
More than a third of Jewish American teenagers sympathize with Hamas, according to a new poll conducted by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, cited in Israeli media.
The global survey of Jewish teens aged 14-18 found that 37 percent of of the respondents expressed sympathy for Hamas, a stark contrast to just seven percent of Jewish teens globally and that, similarly, 42 percent of Jewish American teens believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, compared to only nine percent of their international counterparts.
The U.N. has expressed concern that conditions are so dire in Syria that some Lebanese and Syrians who fled there to escape the war between Israel and Hezbollah are now choosing to return to Lebanon, AFP reports.
There are "Lebanese families who are starting to make the very difficult and potentially life-threatening decision to return to Lebanon," said the representative of the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) in Syria, Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, at a press briefing. "These figures are very, very low" but they "are worrying signals," he said from the border between the two countries.
The Israeli army says Hezbollah fired 90 rockets over the border into northern Israel today, according to a Haaretz report.
🔴 Israeli bombardment killed 62 people in Lebanon yesterday, the Health Ministry announced, bringing the total death toll from Israeli strikes in the country since Oct. 8, 2023, to 3,645, although there are several instances where health authorities have been unable to determine accurate deaths tolls, especially in Beirut's southern suburbs where dozens of apartment buildings have been flattened and areas in the South where airstrikes have prevented rescue teams from approaching.
Updates from our correspondent in the South:
• Two Israeli air strikes targeted Khiam, in the Marjayoun district, killing one person, according to our correspondent.
• Deir Zahrani, Deir Serian and Zaoutar al-Gharbieh, in South Lebanon, were also subjected to Israeli bombardment
• Hezbollah announced having launching a salvo of missiles at 7:10 p.m. against Israeli soldiers operating in the southern Lebanese village of Deir Mimas, for the second time today.
The Israeli army announced that 1,018 officers and soldiers have been injured since the start of the ground operation in southern Lebanon, in addition to the deaths of 83 officers and soldiers in clashes with Hezbollah.
An update from our correspondent in the South:
• Three airstrikes targeted the town of Kfar Melky (Saida) and reports indicate that one person has been killed.
• Israel targeted the fields near the town of Bazalieh, north of the city of Baalbek, and no injuries were reported.
• At least five paramedics were killed today, in two separate Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. The first was an attack against a team of medics from the Islamic Health Association in Qotrani (Jezzine district) that killed three of the team and the second attack was an airstrike that targeted an ambulance in Qanoun Ras al-Ain (Sour district) and killed two paramedics.
Hezbollah announced having launched an aerial attack at 3 p.m. "using a squadron of precision-guided drones." The party statement claims the drones "accurately hit their target," which was a deployment of Israeli soldiers operating on the eastern outskirts of the southern village of Khiam, in Marjayoun district.
This is the seventh such attack today and comes amid ongoing and intense ground fighting between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli soldiers, the latter whom have been unable to break through to the center of the village, according to recent statement from Hezbollah.
⚡ Around 6:30 the Israeli army launched a fourth airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, according to a report from the state-run National News Agency. This fourth strike targeted Haret Hreik in the Bir al-Abed area opposite a gas station.
NNA added that the recent Israeli strikes "caused large fires" on the spot, the collapse of a building and "immense destruction" in the area.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces arrest if he enters Britain after an international arrest warrant was issued for him, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office has indicated.
Downing Street refused to explicitly comment on "hypotheticals" but said the U.K. would follow its "legal obligations."
Dozens of people were seen panicking in City Centre Mall in Hazmieh and filing down the escalators and out of the building in a video circulating online. The Israeli army had just issued an evacuation warning to several buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut, one of which was about 600 meters away in Hadath.
⚡ A second bombing was heard, shortly after the first, in the Ghobeiri neighborhood of Beirut's southern suburbs, where the Israeli army told residents in Haret Hreik, Ghobeiri and Hadath to evacuate, giving them less than an hour to do so.
⚡ Just under an hour after telling residents of three buildings in Beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate the Israeli army launched an airstrike which, according to al-Jadeed, targeted the Hadath area. Ghobeiri and Haret Hreik were also threatened.
Hezbollah has announced the following attacks:
• Rockets fired at Israeli soldiers stationed in the northern Israeli town of Shomera, opposite the town of Bint Jbeil, at 4 p.m.
• Artillery shells fired at Israeli soldiers on the ground in the Lebanese border town of Deir Mimas, in Marjayoun district at 4 p.m.
• Rockets fired at Israeli soldiers in the Tallet Armis, on the eastern side of the southern Lebanese village of Shamaa (Sour), at 11 a.m.
• Rockets fired at the northern Israeli village of Ramot Naftali, opposite Kfar Kila (Marjayoun), at 3:30 p.m.
Here are further updates from our correspondent in the South:
• Intense clashes are ongoing in Khiam (Marjayoun) and the sounds of gunfire and rocket exchanges between Hezbollah and the Israeli army can be clearly heard. The area, just under six kilometers from the Blue Line, is also under heavy artillery bombardment and continuous airstrikes.
• Israeli artillery targeted the area between the towns of Bustan and Marwahin (Sour).
• An Israeli airstrike targeted the town of Shoukin (Nabatieh).
Here is an update from our correspondent in southern Lebanon:
• Israel targeted the center of Khiam — the border town in Marjayoun district that has been the scene of intense ground fighting — with several airstrikes, and the outskirts of Kfar Shuba (Hasbaya).
• In Nabatieh district, Israeli jets targeted a cafe along the road of Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Zawatar, as well as the village of Harouf.
• The outskirts of Ghazieh (Saida) were targeted three times. One of the strikes targeted a building.
• The area between Samaiyeh and Deir Qanoun Nahr (Sour) was bombed.
🔴 The Israeli army is telling the residents of three buildings in Hadath, Haret Hreik, and Ghobeiri in the southern suburbs of Beirut to evacuate immediately.
In a warning issued on his X account, Israeli army Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee warned residents of buildings marked on a map he posted that they “are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the [Israeli army] will operate in the near future.”
“For your safety and the safety of your family members, you must evacuate these buildings and those adjacent to them immediately and stay away from them for a distance of no less than 500 meters,” Adraee wrote.
At least four Italian peacekeepers incurred minor injuries in an explosion caused by two rockets hitting a UNIFIL base in southern Lebanon, Italy’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.
"Such attacks are unacceptable," said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. "I renew my call for the parties involved to guarantee the safety of UNIFIL soldiers at all times, and to work together to quickly identify those responsible."
Once again, for the fourth time today, an Israeli strike targeted Ghazieh, in southern Lebanon's Saida district.
The latest developments in southern Lebanon:
- Violent clashes have been reported in the areas of Wadi Hamoul and Labbouneh, on the outskirts of Naqoura (Sour), between Hezbollah fighters and the Israeli army, according to our correspondent.
- An Israeli force, supported by air strikes and artillery shelling, is trying to advance in the direction of Naqoura.
- Two airstrikes targeted the same location in the town of Kfar Tebnit (Nabatieh), residents said. The area around Ghazieh (Saida) was hit for the third time today.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a precision-guided missile attack at 2:15 p.m. on an Israeli Air Force base east of the city of Haifa, 35 kilometers from the Lebanese-Israeli border, "which also includes a training school for air force technicians."
The operation is part of the "Khaybar" operations carried out, which began shortly after the assassination of Hezbollah's former secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah.
The party also claimed responsibility for an attack at 2:30 p.m. on the town of Kiryat Shmona in northeastern Israel. Warning sirens sounded in the Haifa area and northern Israel, Haaretz reported.
Lebanon's Foreign Ministry welcomed the decision taken the day before by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for "war crimes and crimes against humanity."
In a statement, the ministry said that "this important judicial decision restores the legitimacy of international law, the concept of justice, and international laws, including international humanitarian law." He added that the decision is "a fundamental step towards justice and a clear condemnation of the crimes perpetrated by Israel against civilians."
These arrest warrants show that "the era of impunity is over," the ministry added without commenting on the arrest warrant issued against the head of Hamas' military wing, Mohammad Deif, presumably assassinated by the Israeli army in mid-July.
Here's an update on the latest Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon, reported by our correspondent:
- A person was killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting a motorcycle in Nabatieh al-Fawqa.
- Two Israeli airstrikes targeted the vicinity of Ghazieh (Saida) and Zahrani.
The health ministry in Gaza has warned that all hospitals in the Palestinian territory would cease to operate or operate at reduced activities "within 48 hours" due to a lack of fuel, the entry of which it says is blocked by the Israeli authorities.
"We are issuing an urgent warning that all hospitals in the Gaza Strip will stop operating or reduce their services within 48 hours due to the obstruction of the entry of fuel by the occupation," Marwan al-Hams, director of field hospitals for the ministry, said at a press conference.
Hezbollah also claimed several operations against invading Israeli soldiers:
- It launched an exploding drone attack at 12:30 p.m. on Israeli soldiers stationed in Yarine (Sour district)
- For the fifth time today, it launched a rocket attack on Israeli soldiers on the eastern outskirts of Khiam (Marjayoun).
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for several rocket attacks at noon, against Israeli soldiers gathered in the towns of Menara (opposite Lebanese Houla), Malkiya (opposite Lebanese Aitaroun), Sa'sa (west of Safed), and in the Dovev barracks (opposite Lebanese Rmeish).
Hezbollah also claimed to have carried out several attacks on Israeli positions in the Israel-occupied Syrian Golan: at 1:45 p.m. against the Habushit site, which it described as the headquarters of a company of the 810th Hermon Brigade, with a salvo of rockets. At the same time, the party launched missiles at an Israeli warning site located at the top of Mount Hermon, described as an "important intelligence gathering center belonging to the 210th Golan Division."
Despite the increased Israeli attacks and threats in southern Lebanon, many have returned to their land to tend to their olive groves.
L'Orient Today spoke to Southerns who decided to return and harvest their olives. "If you're a Southerner, buying olives and olive oil is unthinkable," write Ghadir Hamadi and Amelia Hankins. Read more here.👈
Nearly 230 health workers have been killed in Lebanon since the start of the war, most since the Israeli escalation on Sept. 23, the World Health Organization stated.
"There have been a total of 187 attacks on the health sector since Oct. 7, with 226 dead and 199 wounded in total. Almost 70% of all deaths occurred after September," the World Health Organization's representative in Lebanon, Abdinasir Abubakar, said at a press briefing.
Four Italian peacekeepers were wounded in southern Lebanon in a strike on a base of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), an Italian government source told Reuters. UNIFIL has not yet officially commented on this attack.
The Israeli government is expected to renew on Sunday the limitations it imposed on the Qatari Al Jazeera channel and Lebanese Al Mayadeen and their activity in Israeli territory, Haaretz reported.
Update from southern Lebanon from around 1:30 p.m., reported by our correspondent:
- An airstrike targeted the outskirts of Ghazieh, in the Saida district, bombing the Sfeir neighborhood, near agricultural fiends.
- An Israeli drone strike targeted Seer al-Gharbieh, in the Nabatieh district.
- The Israeli army destroyed homes in the southern and eastern districts of Khiam (Marjayoun), using explosives. The sounds of detonations and gunfire echoed in the village.
- Israeli artillery shelled the outskirts of Ain Baal and al-Hosh (Sour district).
- The Lebanese Army cut off the road leading to the checkpoints set by the Israeli army in the Khardali area and at the entrance to Deir Mimas, in the Marjayoun district.
(Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient Today)
Israeli strike on Chiyah neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs, following an evacuation warning to the Chamas building.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for two attacks on Israeli soldiers, in Tal Nahas on the outskirts of Kfar Kila (Marjayoun district). One at 9 a.m., with rockets and the second at 9:15 a.m., using artillery shells.
The party also claimed responsibility for a fourth rocket attack at noon against Israeli soldiers stationed on the eastern outskirts of Khiam (Marjayoun district).
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Friday that Israeli strikes on the city of Palmyra this week killed 92 pro-Iran fighters, after a United Nations representative said they were likely the deadliest to date.
SOHR said Wednesday's attack targeted three sites in Palmyra, with one hitting a meeting of pro-Iranian groups that also involved commanders from Iraq's al-Nujaba group and Lebanon's Hezbollah, reported AFP.
The toll has risen to "92 dead: 61 Syrian pro-Iran fighters, 11 of them working for Hezbollah, and 27 foreign nationals mostly from al-Nujaba, plus four from Hezbollah," the Observatory said.
The Britain-based war monitor had previously reported 82 dead, while the Syrian Defense Ministry on Wednesday said 36 people were killed.
The U.N. deputy special envoy to Syria, Najat Rochdi, told the Security Council on Thursday that the raid was "likely the deadliest Israeli strike in Syria to date."
⚡A second Israeli strike targeted Beirut's southern suburbs, after an hour of evacuation warning calls. The strike destroyed a building called "Chamas building," reported al-Jadeed news channel. The building houses clincs, shops and is residential, the local channel added.
Before the strike, the Israeli army fired a drone strike on the roof top of the building in what was called "a warning strike."
Germany is "examining" how to respond to the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said today.
In a statement, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said Germany, which helped draft the ICC Statute, remains one of the court’s “biggest supporters.” However, he also stressed that as “a consequence of German history … we have a unique relationship and a great responsibility to Israel.”
Separately, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Germany was “bound by” the ICC ruling and would examine what it means “for implementation in Germany.”
As for whether German authorities would move to arrest Netanyahu or Gallant were they to visit the country, the matter is currently “theoretical”, Baerbock said.
⚡ An Israeli strike hit the southern suburbs of Beirut, almost an hour after calls to evacuate were issued by the Israeli army. The bombardment was heard in and around the capital.
🔴 The Israeli army issued new evacuation warnings to entire villages in southern Lebanon's Sour district.
In a post on X, Israeli army Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee, issues evacuation warnings for Mansouri, Majdal Zoun, Mazraat Boyout al-Sayyad and al-Hosh. Some of these villages have been subject to previous evacuation warnings and have already been the target of Israeli strikes.
Israeli strikes were also reported on the outskirts of Mansouri (Sour), Shukin (Nabatieh) and Kfar Houna (Jezzine).
Following our correspondent's reports from Deir Mimas that the Israeli army had entered the village, other sources reported Israeli tanks deployed on the so-called "Khardali" road, at the crossroads linking Kfar Kila, Qlayaa and Burj al-Muluk, in the Marjayoun district.
The Israeli army's vehicles are blocking the road, preventing people from passing. Calls have been made to avoid taking that road.
In southern Lebanon:
- Several Israeli strikes targeted Burj al-Shemali and Maashouk, in the suburbs of Sour, after threats issued in the morning by the Israeli army and concerning the entire locality. Shelling also targeted al-Hosh, which has been called to evacuate yesterday.
- Two people were killed in the Israeli drone strike that bombed an ambulance of the Islamic Health Committee in Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain (Sour).
- Israeli strikes bombed Aaitit, in the Sour district.
- Airstrikes and artillery shelling continued targeting Naqoura and the surrounding area in the Sour district
- Fighting between the Israeli army and Hezbollah fighters remained fierce in the outskirts of Khiam, Marjayoun. Israeli machine gun and artillery fire targeted the area, while Hezbollah claimed responsibility for three rocket strikes on invading Israeli soldiers east of the town carried out at 1:30 a.m., 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.
🔴 The Israeli army issued new evacuation warnings to two buildings in the Chiyah neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs.
In a post on X, Avichay Adraee, the Israeli army Arabic-language spokesperson, posted a map detailing two buildings in the Chiyah neighborhood requesting that residents move at least 500 meters from the designated areas. One of the buildings is located between E.S.E.N National Education High School and Abedl Karim Al Khalil School, and the other is faces Speed Gas Station.
One of the buildings overlooks Ain al-Roummaneh neighborhood, a predominantly Christian neighborhood, and faces the Beirut Mall shopping center, while the other is located in a residential area.
The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister meant the "political death" of Israel.
"This means the end and political death of the Zionist regime, a regime that today lives in absolute political isolation in the world and its officials can no longer travel to other countries," Revolutionary Guards chief General Hossein Salami said in the speech aired on state TV.
Local sources in Deir Mimas confirmed to L'Orient Today that the Israeli army entered the village, which is predominantly Christian, during the night.
One resident said he woke up and saw Israeli vehicles and soldiers in the streets of the town, but there were no clashes during the night.
Heavy fighting had taken place the day before on the outskirts of Deir Mimas. The resident expressed fears that the Israeli army would blow up buildings, as it has done in dozens of other villages in the border area. According to the source, 10 families still preside in the village.
In other regions of southern Lebanon:
- Two Syrian nationals were killed in an Israeli drone strike on the road between Debbine and Khiam, in the district of Marjayoun, according to information from our correspondent.
- The Lebanese Army and UNIFIL have completed work to fill in a crater caused by an Israeli strike yesterday on the road between Nabatieh and Marjayoun, near the Khardali Bridge.
The situation in southern Lebanon's Sour district:
- Israeli strikes targeted al-Hosh, on the outskirts of the city, according to our correspondent.
- The industrial zone was also bombed.
- A building located on Carthage road, which had been the subject of two calls to evacuate the premises published by the Israeli army, was hit by Israeli fighter jets.
In the city of Sour, an Israeli drone strike targeted an ambulance of the Islamic Health Committee (affiliated with Hezbollah) near Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain.
Lebanon's Jamaa Islamiya party said the International Criminal Court's decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former minister, Yoav Galant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity "is proof and confirmation of the criminal nature of this entity that continues to commit crimes."
Jamaa Islamiya called for "the swift implementation" of the decision and called on "all countries in the world" to "put pressure on the entity to stop its massacres and crimes."
Last night in the Bekaa, an Israeli strike on Flaway (Baalbeck district) killed 19 people and injured five others, reported our correspondent.
Incessant, violent Israeli strikes on the Bekaa killed more than 50 people yesterday.
In southern Lebanon today:
- Heavy Israeli artillery fire targeted Naqoura and its surroundings, in the Sour district, reported our correspondent.
- The body of a second victim was extracted from the rubble of a building in Tayr Debba (Sour), hit by an Israeli drone strike earlier. The victim was transported to a hospital in the area by rescue workers from the Islamic Health Committee, affiliated with Hezbollah.
- Two people, killed by Israeli strikes in Kfar Roummane (Nabatieh) several days ago, were recovered from under the rubble of a destroyed building.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, said today that he would invite Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to visit and defy an ICC arrest warrant.
"There is no choice here, we have to defy this decision," the nationalist leader said
Hungary previously said it would not arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin either, who is also wanted by the ICC for the war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children.
Orban is the only EU leader to have maintained close ties with the Kremlin following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and he is also one of the closest partner of Israel in the bloc.
China urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to take an "objective and fair position" a day after it issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas' Mohammad Deif (allegedly assassinated by Israel).
"China hopes the ICC will uphold an objective and just position [and] exercise its powers in accordance with the law," Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a press conference.
China, which like Israel and the United States is not a member of the ICC, said it "supports any efforts by the international community on the Palestinian issue that are conducive to achieving fairness and justice and upholding the authority of international law".
Lin also accused the United States of "double standards" in response to a question about the U.S. opposition to the court's pursuit of Netanyahu, but its support for a warrant against Russian leader Vladimir Putin. "China consistently opposes certain countries only use international law when it suits them... and engaging in double standards," Lin said.
Hezbollah claimed several attacks against invading Israeli soldiers:
- Last night, the party announced their 9th and 10th attacks against Israeli soldiers east of Khiam, launching rockets at them.
- The party also said it attacked Israeli soldiers with exploding drones in Shamaa (Sour) and in Yaroun (Bint Jbeil).
- This morning, Hezbollah announced that it had launched a guided missile at a Merkava tank in Shamaa, killing and wounding its crew, at 11:50 p.m. yesterday.
According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, Thursday's Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least 12 people and injured at least 49 others:
- In South Lebanon governate five were killed and 25 others wounded: three were killed in Shaitieh, one in the al-Buss Palestinian refugee camp, and one in Tiri.
- In Nabatieh governate seven were killed and 24 others wounded: one killed in Hadatha, another in Shakra, one in Deir Srian and four killed in Arab Salim.
Last night, incessant Israeli airstrikes targeted southern Lebanon:
In the Bint Jbeil district: Kafra, Yater, Rshaf and Aidata were bombed.
In the Nabatieh district: One person was killed in strikes on Deir Zahrani; Arnoun, Arabsalim and Rumin were bombed.
In the Marjayoun district: Khiam was bombed.
Israeli artillery fire also shelled southern Lebanese villages:
In the Nabatieh district, villages were the target of artillery fire for the first time: Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Kfar Tebnit, Jabal al-Ahmar, Zebdine and Shoukine were all shelled.
In the Bint Jbeil district: Ayata, Hanine and Kounin were shelled.
In the Marjayoun district: Khiam, Burj al-Muluk and Deir Mimas were also shelled.
This morning, in southern Lebanon, Israeli strikes targeted an area between Kfar Tebnit and Arnoun (Nabatieh district), while artillery fire shelled Kfar Shuba (Hasbaya).
The Israeli army warned that it will bomb a building in Sour, which had already been threatened yesterday without being struck. The building is around 150 meters from the city's waterfront and corniche, parallel to Nabih Berri street, near the al-Rifai mosque.
A few minutes after the first Israeli strike, a second strike targeted the same area in Hadath, near the area of Kafaat.
For the second day in a row, the Israeli army threatened two towns bordering the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sour: Burj al-Shemali and Maashouk. The maps released on Adraee's X platform highlighted the entire area, which includes dozens of buildings.
The day started with early Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, targeting the Hadath neighborhood, near the area of Kafaat.
Around 30 minutes before the strike, Israeli army's Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, issued three evacuation warnings: to the targeted building, a second located near the headquarters of the Lebanese University, and a third in Haret Hreik.
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