Israel and Hezbollah: Israel says it aims to deprive Hezbollah of its strategic capabilities, but does not want a “ground attack.”

According to the Israeli army, warplanes “attacked, under the direction of the Intelligence Authority, in the suburbs of Beirut, and killed Ibrahim Muhammad al-Qubaisi, the commander of Hezbollah’s rocket and missile system.”

The military statement said Al-Qubaisi was “with several senior commanders of the Hezbollah missile system” at the time of the attack. A later statement said Al Qubaisi was killed “along with at least two other commanders of the missile unit.”

Although Hezbollah has not yet issued any statement confirming or denying the news.

In a separate statement, the army said it launched a massive wave of raids on “dozens of targets” in Lebanon, over two hours.

According to army spokesman Avichai Adraee, warplanes attacked “the Bekaa Valley deep in Lebanon and various areas of southern Lebanon,” adding that the raids are continuing at this time.

The statement explained that Israel’s raids “destroyed dozens of military terrorist structures and military buildings in which combat equipment was stored, as well as dozens of missile launchers that were directed at Israeli territory.”

The statement said Hezbollah fired rockets “from the Bint Jbeil area towards Safad and Rosh Pina,” and the Israeli army also tracked three Lebanese processions, “some of which were captured,” in the Carmel area , where a siren was playing.

In another statement, the Israeli army accused Hezbollah of hiding trucks carrying missile platforms inside homes occupied by Lebanese families.

Avichay Adraee said, “Based on accurate intelligence information, we attacked a building in the village of Siddiqin and destroyed a truck full of platforms and rocket-propelled grenades.”

On the other hand, Hezbollah announced that it had launched an air attack with a swarm of “attack” drones on the “Atlit” military base, which is located on the Mediterranean coast south of Haifa in Israel.

Hezbollah’s statement said the attack targeted the headquarters of the Naval Special Task Force “Shayetet 13” at the Atlit base, “targeting the locations of its officers and soldiers,” adding that the attack “hit the targets correctly .”

This came at a time when the circle of fire between Israel and Hezbollah was widening, as the Israeli army attacked the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday afternoon, while intensifying airstrikes “targeting Hezbollah”. in Lebanon, Hezbollah fired dozens of missiles into northern Israel.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health said, “The Israeli attack resulted in six deaths and 15 injuries.”

The Israeli army warned Lebanese residents not to return to their homes or near “facilities and homes that were or still are armed.”

His spokesman, Avichay Adraee, told Arab media on X, saying: “Don’t go back to them. They are dangerous places where explosives could be bombed again.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday to continue the air campaign “against Hezbollah.”

Netanyahu said in a statement after visiting Israel’s intelligence center: “We will continue to hit Hezbollah… No one will have a home who has a bullet in his living room and a bullet in his house.”

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant warned on Tuesday of further attacks from Israel, saying: “Today’s Hezbollah is not the Hezbollah we knew a week ago, they are heavy hitters.”

On the other hand, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said that Israel is open to ideas to settle the conflict in Lebanon, a day after the United States announced that it was studying some “concrete ideas” with her friends and partners.

“As we speak, there are important powers that are trying to put ideas forward and we are open to that,” Danon told reporters on Tuesday “We do not want to initiate any ground attack anywhere we prefer a diplomatic solution.

According to the Israeli army statement, Al-Qubaisi was responsible for Hezbollah’s various missile units, including precision guided missile units.

Over the years and during the war, he was responsible for launching missile operations towards the home front in Israel.

Al-Qubaisi joined Hezbollah in the 1980s and assumed key military roles, including taking responsibility for the operational system in southern Lebanon and leading the Badr Unit on against the south.

He also led several plots against “Israeli military forces and Israeli citizens,” according to Avichay Ardei.

In a subsequent post, the army said Al-Qubaisi was responsible for a series of operations against Israel, “including the launch of rockets into Haifa today.” “

Israeli army spokesman Avichai Adraee told Arab media that Al-Qubaisi was forming “an element with special expertise in the execution of missiles, including precision-guided missiles.”

Hezbollah issued successive statements on Tuesday, announcing that it had targeted several sites in northern Israel, including the David Military Base, at which Hezbollah fired 90 missiles, in two level.

Hezbollah also fired about 60 missiles from Lebanon at Israel within an hour, causing fire and damage to buildings in northern Israel, according to Israeli media.

Hezbollah said in a statement that it “targeted Samson’s base.” [مركز تجهيز ‏قيادي ووحدة تجهيز إقليمية إسرائيلي] With Fadi 3 missiles, a new missile announced by the party for the first time, according to Reuters.

Police reported that a fire broke out in the Golan Heights after rockets were fired towards the area, and that it damaged buildings in Kfar Manda.

Sirens were ringing in the north of Israel near the Lebanese border, in Safed and the surrounding area, Acre, Carmel, the suburbs of Haifa and the surrounding areas.

Israeli media reported that missile fragments fell in several places in the suburbs of Haifa, Acre, and the Western Galilee.

The police said they were attending several sites where rocket fragments landed in Kroot, near Haifa, Acre, and in the Western Galilee.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant accused the United Nations on Tuesday of shirking its responsibility to prevent missile attacks on Israel by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

This came in response to statements by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, where Gallant said in a post on X that Hezbollah had taken “Lebanon hostage”.

He said of the resolution asking Hezbollah to disarm, “The United Nations does not recognize what it has done, and it is not fulfilling its basic responsibilities, to prevent Hezbollah’s attacks and demand that Resolution 1701 be sent the action. ”

Guterres had said before, “Lebanon is on the edge of the abyss. The people of Lebanon, the people of Israel, and the people of the world cannot bear for Lebanon to become another Gaza.”

On the other hand, Dr. Abbas Al-Halabi, Minister of Education and Higher Education in Lebanon’s caretaker government, announced on Tuesday the extension of the closure of schools and universities until the end of this week throughout the country.

Al-Halabi said that due to the ongoing situation that required the closure of educational, vocational and university institutions in certain areas, and the banning of lessons in other areas, the closure of schools, high schools, institutes, and centers public and private careers. schools are being extended until the end of this week in the governorates of the South, Nabatieh, Bekaa, Baalbek-Hermel, and in the southern bank.

The statement said, “By extending the suspension of lessons in the governorates of Beirut, Mount Lebanon, North, and Akkar, while the suspension of lessons also includes the University of Lebanon and private higher education institutions in all Lebanese regions until this end. week.”

The Lebanese Ministry of Education announced on Monday the closure of schools and universities across the country, and the opening of educational institutions to shelter thousands of displaced Lebanese.