Death toll in Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon rises
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says the Israeli air strikes in Dheira killed four people and wounded two.
Two bombs hit the southern Lebanese village, three medics were also wounded and there was “significant damage” to the ambulance they were in when an Israeli air raid hit the Wadi Hamool area, according to the National News Agency.
The state-run agency also reported that Israeli jets carried out “three consecutive raids” close to midnight on the town of Aita al-Shaab in southern Lebanon.
It said an Israeli drone launched an attack in the town of Hula and the Israeli military fired artillery shells at two more towns in southern Lebanon.
Videos shared online also show a large explosion after an attack in Baalbek, deep inside Lebanon.
Reports indicate explosions in the village of Nabi Chit, in the Baalbek district.
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Hezbollah confirms four fighters killed in Israeli air strikes
Hezbollah says on its Telegram channel that four of its fighters, all from southern Lebanon, have been killed in Israeli attacks. As we reported earlier, Israeli warplanes attacked the village of Dheira with two bombs, with Lebanon’s Health Ministry also confirming four deaths.
Hezbollah claimed 12 attacks on Israeli positions today, which included multiple volleys of rockets and several drones.
The armed Lebanese group also said it fired a surface-to-air missile at an Israeli military jet that had violated Lebanese airspace, forcing it to return.
One killed, 20 wounded in Israeli attack on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least one person has been killed and 20 others wounded in an Israeli attack on the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon at about midnight
The ministry said one person was in critical condition while “eight children and a pregnant woman were moderately wounded”.
A source from a local hospital told the AFP news agency that five children, no older than 10, all from the same family, were among the wounded. The attack came hours after another Israeli strike killed four Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah said it launched “explosive-laden drones” and “intense rocket barrages” at several Israeli positions in the occupied Golan Heights in response to Monday night’s strikes on the Bekaa Valley.
Fire after Israeli attacks on the Lebanese village of Byout El Saiyad in southern Lebanon on Monday
