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On Monday night, an Israeli attack targeted a Hezbollah military base in the Bekaa Valley region of eastern Lebanon.
The Israeli army said its air force hit several weapons depots belonging to Lebanon’s Hezbollah in the Bekaa Valley.
The attack did not cause death, according to two security sources told Reuters, but the Lebanese Ministry of Health counted eight injuries, including six Lebanese citizens, and two children from Syria.
The official National News Agency said that “towns in the Baalbek region of the Bekaa region of eastern Lebanon were subjected to three hostile attacks from Israel on Monday night,” without specifying the targets of the raids.
In a statement, the Israeli army said: “After the attacks, explosions were heard, indicating that there was a large amount of ammunition in the warehouses.” “
The French news agency cited a source close to Hezbollah, who requested anonymity, that “Israeli attacks in the Bekaa region targeted military bases belonging to Hezbollah.”
The Israeli army had previously said that attacks in the Deir Qanun and Taiba regions in southern Lebanon targeted Hezbollah’s military commander.
Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for the Israeli army, told Arab media that Hussein Ali Hussein worked in the rocket and missile unit in the Yarin area of the Hezbollah group.
On Saturday, the Israeli army said it targeted a Hezbollah weapons warehouse, killing ten people, including two children.
Last July, Israeli strikes targeted another weapons warehouse belonging to Hezbollah in the Adloun region of southern Lebanon, according to three sources cited by Reuters.
Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging attacks since the Lebanese group declared itself a “front of support” for the Palestinians in the Gaza war that has been raging between Hamas on the one hand and Israel on the other. other side since October 7 last year.
Since then, around 622 people have been killed in Lebanon, including 416 Hezbollah militants and 132 civilians, according to Reuters.
There is a growing fear that an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel will lead to an extension of the cycle of conflict in the region.
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2024-08-20 00:22:30
