“False”… Israel denies stopping or reducing strikes on Beirut and suburbs

A political source denied on Monday that the Israeli government had instructed the army to stop or reduce the strikes on Beirut and its suburbs, describing the revelations in this regard as “false.”

The source confirmed to the correspondent of Al-Hurra that Israel reserves for itself “the right of freedom of action throughout Lebanon according to the objectives of its existence.” “

The Israel Broadcasting Corporation reported on Sunday that the political echelon had instructed the army not to target Beirut and its suburbs, and that the Air Force had not raided there in the past three days.

She said that the head of the US Central Command, General Eric Kurella, who visited the country about a week ago, asked the Israeli Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevy, that the Israeli army would stop attacking Beirut. and the suburb, and the Head of staff raised the request to a political level.

She continued, “Last Wednesday, in a conversation between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden called for the Israeli army to attack Beirut and its suburbs. “

She noted, “Thursday evening, the last attack was made, and since then the Israeli army – under the leadership of the political level – has not attacked there (Beirut and the suburbs).

In response to an inquiry about the credibility of this directive, the spokesman of the Israeli army confirmed to correspondent Al-Hurra that the army is fighting to achieve the objectives of the war according to an organized plan and based on the recommendations of the political level .

Estimates in Israel show that Hezbollah has about a third of the missile capacity it had before the start of last year’s war, which means it can continue to fire hundreds of shells and missiles a day. .

On Sunday night, the Israeli army announced that four of its soldiers were killed in a march attack that crossed the air from the Lebanese region and exploded at a military training center near the city of Binyamina in the center of the country.

58 soldiers were injured in the attack, seven in a serious condition, nine in a moderate condition, and the rest in a minor condition.

Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said, “We will investigate and investigate the incident of a drone entering the base without warning. The threat of drones is the threat we have faced since the beginning of the war, and we must protect better to give. We will analyze this incident, learn and improve.”

From the investigations carried out by the army, it is clear that the march entered the roof of the canteen at the Golani center while he was eating dinner, without warning, which led to a large number of deaths and injuries.

According to what was issued by air defense officials, two planes from the Lebanese region flew through the northern sea area. One of them was captured near Nahariya, while the second disappeared and his location was not confirmed. The drone was not detected by detection and warning systems, and hit the base directly.

For its part, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced, on Sunday, that 51 people were killed and 174 wounded as a result of Israeli raids that targeted various areas of Lebanon on Saturday.

Since Hezbollah and Israel entered into open war on September 23, more than 1,300 people have been killed in Lebanon, according to an Agence France-Presse count based on official data.

The ministry said in a statement that the raids killed 10 people in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, and at least 16 people in Al-Muaisara, Mount Lebanon, an area with a Shiite majority north of Beirut.

Six others were killed in areas not considered traditional Hezbollah strongholds, including two in Deir Bella, 15 kilometers from Batroun, where official media reported an Israeli attack targeting “a house where families from the south took shelter in the town of Deir Bella. “

The Israeli army recently called on residents of 25 villages, including Nabatieh, which includes several hospitals and government departments, to move north, as it intensified its airstrikes. in several regions of the country and they started on the ground into southern Lebanon.

The clashes between Israel and Hezbollah began the day after the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, 2023, with the Lebanese party opening a “front of support” for the Gaza Strip.

Since then, 2,306 people have been killed and more than 10,700 injured, according to the Ministry of Health on Sunday.