Lebanon: Several new Israeli attacks

Lebanon Several new Israeli attacks

Updated 08.11 | Published 08.08

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During the night, several attacks were carried out by Israel against Lebanon.

At the same time, air raid alarms have begun to wail in several parts of Israel.

During the night, Israel carried out several attacks against different parts of Lebanon. On the one hand, the densely populated parts of the southern capital Beirut and the Bekaa Valley area in the eastern parts of the country have been targets, reports The Times of Israel. A witness told Reuters how smoke rises in the city’s suburbs.

During the night, Israel’s Defense Forces, the IDF, stated that it had killed several high-ranking members of Hezbollah’s leadership.

“The Israeli Air Force struck and eliminated the terrorist Muhammad Ali Ismail, commander of Hezbollah’s rocket force in southern Lebanon, and his deputy, the terrorist Hussein Ahmad Ismail,” they wrote in a statement during the night of Saturday.

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full screen Photo: Hussein Malla / AP

It is also claimed that additional commanders have been killed.

Yesterday afternoon, Sky News reported that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of the attacks on the militia headquarters in Beirut, located in the southern parts of the city. There have been various reports, but it is unclear whether Hassan Nasrallah was killed or not.

A source close to Hezbollah states that the leader is “okay”, but the militia has not yet made an official comment on the attack, TT reports.

Hospitals are evacuated

The explosions completely destroyed six buildings in the Haret Hreik district. Lebanon’s National News Agency says six people were killed and 90 injured.

In connection with Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health stated that a hospital in the southern suburbs now needs to be evacuated as a result of the attacks. In addition, the hospitals in the city that are not affected by the airstrikes are asked to stop accepting patients who are not in need of emergency care.

Air raid warning over Israel

At the same time, the air traffic alert went off in several places in northern Israel to warn of incoming robots. In Haifa, the Sea of ​​Galilee and in the northern West Bank.

In connection with the air raid alert, the Israel Defense Forces announced that it will now launch a fifth wave of attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon, writes the Times of Israel.

The text is updated.

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full screen Photo: Hassan Ammar / AP

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