“100 people were killed and more than 400 wounded” in the Israeli raid on southern Lebanon

The strikes in the south coincided with “intense attacks on the Bekaa region” on the Syrian side of eastern Lebanon.

A source close to Hezbollah said the raids “targeted many sites in the mountainous areas of western and eastern Lebanon, all the way to the Hermel region.”

Lebanon’s Ministry of Health called on hospitals in the south and east to suspend non-emergency operations.

“Civilians in Lebanese towns located in or near buildings and areas used by Hezbollah for military purposes, such as those used to store weapons, must immediately move away from a threat to their safety,” it said. Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari in a press conference.

He said the army would launch “more intense and precise attacks against the terrorist targets that have been widely deployed across Lebanon.”

Hagari said that Hezbollah has “turned southern Lebanon into a war zone, and is hiding weapons inside civilian homes and thus making citizens living in south Lebanon to danger. “

He continued, “For twenty years, Hezbollah has planted weapons in southern Lebanon, and it has also planted cruise missiles inside civilian homes.”

The spokesman of the Israeli army for the Arab media, Avichay Adraee, called on “residents of villages in Lebanon who live inside or near the buildings and houses in which Hezbollah hides its members -army to evacuate them immediately for their safety.”

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said that military operations will continue “until we reach a point where we can ensure that the communities of northern Israel return to their homes.” “This is our goal, this is our mission, and we will use the necessary means to achieve it.”

His ministry said Gallant assessed the readiness of the home front against a backdrop of security developments in northern Israel.

Gallant said: “We are in a new phase of the war, which requires control and adherence to public guidance. “

Israeli Army Chief Herzi Halevy also vowed to “hit any party that threatens the citizens of the State of Israel.” “

But the United States, Israel’s main ally, said that the military increase “is not in Israel’s interest,” and President Joe Biden confirmed that Washington is doing its best to avoid an extension of the conflict.

For his part, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati denied the “destructive plan” amid intense Israeli attacks in eastern and southern Lebanon on Monday, at a time when the Israeli army announced that it had attack on more than 300 Hezbollah targets.

Mikati said at a cabinet meeting: “The ongoing Israeli attack against Lebanon is a war of destruction in every sense of the word and a destructive plan aimed at destroying Lebanese towns and cities.”

He urged “the United Nations, the General Assembly and influential countries… to stop (Israel’s) aggression.”

Hezbollah also announced the bombing of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems facilities north of Haifa in Israel, as well as the bombing of three Israeli military bases with dozens of missiles.

Lebanese people in the capital, Beirut, and several regions received warning phone calls through the fixed network, originating from Israel, asking them to evacuate their places quickly, according to the official Lebanese News Agency.

The official agency said: “The office of the Minister of Information in the caretaker government, Ziad Al-Makari, received a call when the answering machine asked to evacuate the building. “

The Israeli army called on residents in Lebanon to “stay away” from Hezbollah positions, threatening to launch “more intense and detailed raids.” “

In a statement issued later, Lebanon’s Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makari, said of the messages Israel sends to Lebanon to evacuate its positions, “This method is not strange to the enemy of Israel, who seeks every way in. his mind war.”

The communication system in place in Lebanon prevents receiving any communication from Israel, as the two countries are officially in a state of war and hostility.

Imad Kreidieh, CEO of Ogero, the Lebanon-based landline operator, explained, “Israel is bypassing communication systems by using a friendly country code, which explains why the Lebanese get calls via the fixed network.”

Citizens said on Monday that they had also received text messages on their cell phones, including an evacuation request, from numbers that had never been seen before.

Khaled, who refrained from giving his full name and lives in Beirut, told Agence France-Presse: “I received a text message saying: If you are in a building where members -Hezbollah army, stay away from the city until further notice. “

Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, said at the funeral of the leader Ibrahim Aqeel, on Sunday, whom Hezbollah called killed in the Israeli attack, “We have entered a new phase called the open account battle,” as he said. out, according to what was reported by the website of the Lebanese channel Al-Mayadeen from the God party, “It will not be determined how to deal with the aggression of Israel on sub- southern cities of Beirut.”

Clashes escalated over the past week, as Israel targeted a meeting of leaders in Hezbollah’s Radwan unit in the southern suburbs of Beirut, killing prominent officers in the unit.

This operation followed the explosion of wireless communication devices known as “pagers” used by Hezbollah members, which led to dozens of deaths and thousands of injuries, amid accusations from the party that Israel was responsible for the attack

On the other hand, in response to Israel’s escalation, on Sunday, Lebanon’s Hezbollah carried out a missile attack targeting military industrial plants of the “Rafael” company.

The party indicated, in a statement, that they “bombed the military industrial facilities of the Rafael Company, which specializes in electronic methods and equipment, located in the Zovulon district, north of the city of Haifa, with dozens of Fadi 1, Fadi 2, and Katyusha rockets.”

The party also announced that they targeted the Ramat David center and airport for the second time with dozens of missiles.

Hezbollah’s targeting of these areas is a development in the party’s activities against Israel, as this is the first time that the party has targeted these areas since the conflict between the two sides began on October 8, 2023.