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Hezbollah and Israel: Israeli attack on Beirut’s southern outskirts shortly after evacuation warning – BBC News

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October 21, 2024, 19:40 GMT

Last updated 15 minutes ago

Israeli warplanes launched 13 raids on various areas of the southern bank, including Haret Hreik area, Burj al-Barajneh, Jamous area in Hadath, and Al-Awza’i area for the first time since the current war began.

Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that Israeli aircraft launched an attack near Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Al-Jnah district in the suburbs, killing four people, including a child, and injuring others. according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health. , as well as extensive damage to the hospital.

The Israeli army announced that it had asked residents of buildings in the southern bank, including Haret Hreik and Burj al-Barajneh, to evacuate, indicating that it planned to launch strikes against targets Hezbollah. The army also threatened the residents of some buildings in Al-Laylaki and a boat ramp in Al-Aouzai to evacuate them.

In a related context, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari denied that it targeted the Lebanese Coastal Hospital in the southern bank, despite the army’s claim that there is a cache underneath a hospital “which contains hundreds of millions of dollars in silver and gold belonging to Hezbollah, used to finance the party’s attacks on Israel.”

2024-10-21 20:53:00
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