Comment on the picture, Lebanese search for their belongings in a building destroyed after Israel’s raid on southern Lebanon on September 23
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Israel launched new raids on various areas of Lebanon after a day of heavy raids that killed more than 550 people, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, while Hezbollah targeted Israeli airports and military sites.
This morning, Israeli aircraft targeted the village of Yahmar al-Shaqif, near Jisr Lahad, Mahmoudiyah in Jezzine, Aita al-Shaab, and near the city of Tyre, as well as cities and towns in the Baalbek region in southern Lebanon.
On the other hand, Hezbollah bombarded Kiryat Shmona in the Upper Galilee with “volleys of rockets,” starting fires in various places.
Israel’s Army Radio reported that a heavy explosion targeted Kiryat Shmona with about 50 missiles from Lebanon, causing damage to buildings.
The radio reported that 9 people with minor injuries were taken to Nahariya Hospital after the recent bombing in the Western Galilee, and that 6 fire crews were sent to put out fires that started in buildings in Kiryat Shmona.
Hezbollah also announced that the supply stores of the 146th Division were bombed at the Naftali base, northern Israel, near the Lebanese border, after “Fadi 1 and Fadi 2” missiles with which the party targeted a Military Airport Megiddo, west of Afula. , early today.
Comment on the picture, UNICEF says 35 children have been killed in Israel’s raid on Lebanon and many are still missing under the rubble
“Monday was the bloodiest day in Lebanon since 2006, the last time Hezbollah and Israel actually went to war,” Lebanon’s health minister said on Monday.
Israeli airstrikes, which hit areas in southern and eastern Lebanon, forced tens of thousands to leave their homes on the border.
Roads starting from Sidon, Lebanon’s third largest city by population, all the way to the Ras al-Nabaa district in the capital, Beirut, witnessed a terrible traffic jam, as people fled the heavy raids towards temporary shelters in Beirut.
The evacuation journey from the south to Beirut took around 17 hours, according to what the BBC’s team in Lebanon was told by one of the displaced people, who described the journey as “tiring,” and confirmed that the Israeli strikes “aimed at the main road and forced those fleeing to take smaller roads.”
As for Beirut, it saw less traffic than usual, due to several companies closing their doors, while schools are being used as centers to shelter displaced people.
Air traffic disruption
Qatar Airways said it had suspended its flights to and from Beirut, and the arrivals board at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport showed many flights had been cancelled, bringing -include Turkish Airlines flights from Istanbul, Air France from Paris, and Royal Jordanian Airlines from Amman. .
Agence France-Presse reported that German airlines Lufthansa, Air France and Delta have suspended their flights to Beirut in recent days, and the services of some airlines have also been affected. to Israel and Iran.
Last week, Qatar Airways and National Iranian Airlines banned passengers from carrying pagers and radios on board flights to Beirut after a wave of communications device explosions in Lebanon.
In the context of international reactions to the exchange of bombs between Israel and Hezbollah, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan emphasized the need to push both parties to “stop the cycle of violence and wider war that avoid.”
Sullivan said in statements to the American newspaper “The New York Times” that Washington has a path to reach an agreement, but he described this path as “winding and frustrating.”
As for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he asked the Lebanese people to “take Israel’s warning seriously,” addressing them by saying “Israel’s war is not yours, but Hezbollah’s.”
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said that the Israeli army is “crushing” Hezbollah’s infrastructure, built over decades, in the strikes that Israel launched today in Lebanon, noting that “the leader of the terrorist group, Hassan Nasrallah, is now alone. ” recipe.
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2024-09-24 10:42:08
