Israel, after warnings to evacuate Beirut, bombed seven targets overnight. The bombings hit targets in Beirut and according to the Israeli military (IDF), were Hezbollah positions. The targets of the Israeli bombings were even next to hospitals. Revealing the situation in Beirut is a video showing an Israeli rocket hitting an eleven-story apartment building in a southwestern suburb of the Lebanese capital and the building collapsing at the same time.
Desert zone in the southern suburbs of Beirut
The Israeli airstrikes in Beirut came a day after 13 people, including a child, were killed in an Israeli raid in the area of the Rafik Hariri hospital. The southern suburbs, previously a densely populated area, have been almost deserted since the massive Israeli bombardment began on September 23.
The dominant heir Nasrallah is dead
Earlier the IDF confirmed the death of Hashem Safyeddin, considered the most likely successor to Hassan Nasrallah in the leadership of Hezbollah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut three weeks ago.
According to the military, Safieddin was killed along with Hezbollah intelligence chief Hussain Ali Hazima during the October 4 attack.
The strike targeted Hezbollah’s underground intelligence headquarters in Beirut, which the military says was “in the heart of a residential area” in the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital known as Dahiyeh.
The IDF released details of Siafeddin.
Blinken met with Netanyahu
In the meantime, US Secretary of State Anthony Blicken was in the Middle East for the umpteenth time, where he met successively with Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli President Hizhak Herzok and even Defense Minister Yoav Gallad.
He discussed with the Prime Minister of Israel a possible governance framework for Gaza the day after the war, stressing that the death of Yahya Shinuar is an important opportunity for the return of the hostages and to end the war in Gaza.
Netanyahu’s plan for the next day
The fact that Netanyahu talked about the next day is seen as an important step as, for months, Washington has been warning Israel about the absence of such a plan. Benjamin Netanyahu saw it as pointless as long as Hamas remained in power.
Netanyahu promised humanitarian aid to Gaza
Blinken also told Netanyahu that Israel must do more to ensure that humanitarian aid reaches civilians in Gaza, and according to a State Department official Israel has promised to do so. But the assurances the US official cited were absent from the Israeli statement about the meeting, with no mention of humanitarian issues.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense requested US support against Iran
For his part, the Israeli Defense Minister told Blinken that his country expects Washington’s support when it responds to Iran for the missile attack it received on October 1, while he clarified that the army will continue to systematically attack all Hezbollah units .
Blinken is not going to Jordan
Anthony Blinken will continue his tour in Saudi Arabia, while it was announced that he is not going to Jordan as planned.
Source ERTnews, AFP, Reuters, ertnews.gr
