Israeli army confirms air attack on southern Lebanon’s Shebaa
We reported earlier that Israel’s warplanes targeted a number of locations in southern Lebanon, including Shebaa. The Israeli military has now confirmed the Shebaa attack, claiming the target was “a terrorist cell” of Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group.
A separate strike in the Shebaa area destroyed a weapons warehouse used by Hezbollah, it said.
Hezbollah confirms rocket attacks on northern Israel
Hezbollah has launched a volley of Katyusha rockets into northern Israel, prompting sirens to go off but inflicting no casualties across multiple areas near the border with Lebanon.
The Lebanese group said the attack was targeted at an Israeli military headquarters in Beit Hillel. Some of the rockets were intercepted, the Israeli military said.
Hezbollah has claimed five attacks on Israeli positions so far today, having also claimed artillery shelling and other assaults on areas along the border, including the occupied Kfarchouba hills.
🚨 Large Red Alert [15:20:43] - 10 Alerts:
• Confrontation Line — Metulla, Ma'ayan Baruch, HaGoshrim, Kfar Giladi, Kiryat Shmona (×2), Beit Hillel (×2), Kfar Yuval, Tel Hai
Population in the area: 52,000 pic.twitter.com/ALRzLuzKs0
— ILRedAlert (@ILRedAlert) August 18, 2024
Algeria to supply Lebanon with fuel amid extensive blackouts
Algeria has promised to immediately begin supplying Lebanon with fuel for its faltering power plants, a day after Lebanon’s electricity company announced its supplies were exhausted.
Algerian state radio said in a statement the North African nation will assist Lebanon, but did not give any detail.
Lebanon, which is on the brink of all-out war with Israel and facing economic challenges, has battled chronic electricity problems for decades, with its cash transfers to the state electricity company contributing to the country’s huge public debt.
The company, Electricite du Liban (EDL), on Saturday announced a complete nationwide power outage, including at critical facilities such as the airport, saying power would come back gradually when more supplies were secured, either through a swap agreement with Iraq or other sources.
