Lebanon rescue team pulls out body of person killed in Byblos
The body of a slain Lebanese national has been retrieved from under the rubble of a destroyed home in Lebanon’s Byblos, the National News Agency reports. It cited the civil defence agency as saying the body was moved to the CHU Notre Dame des Secours Hospital.
At least 51 people have been killed and 223 wounded in Wednesday’s relentless attacks by Israel, according to the Lebanese health minister.
Lebanese rescue teams pull out 3 bodies from destroyed homes
The Lebanese civil defence agency says it pulled out the body of a woman killed in continuing Israeli air raids on a house in the village of Maaysra, in the district of Keserwan.
Rescue teams also pulled out the bodies of two people – a husband and wife – from a different residence.
All bodies were taken to hospital morgues, and efforts are continuing to pull more victims out and look for survivors, the agency said.
Syria faces influx of people fleeing Israeli bombing: UN
The Middle East cannot afford another displacement crisis, the United Nations refugee agency has warned.
“Thousands of Lebanese and Syrian people are fleeing Lebanon for Syria in desperation as Israeli air strikes continue to devastate civilian lives,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) chief Filippo Grandi said in a statement.
UNHCR is ramping up efforts to address the situation. “Hundreds of vehicles are backed up in queues at the Syrian border. Many people are also arriving on foot, carrying what they can. Large crowds – including women, young children and babies – are waiting in line after spending the night outdoors in falling temperatures,” said the statement.
It said the attacks are “extracting a terrible toll”, driving tens of thousands from their homes.
“It is yet another ordeal for families who previously fled war in Syria only now to be bombed in the country where they sought shelter,” Grandi said. “We must avoid replaying these scenes of despair and devastation.”
Israel air strikes hit new areas of Lebanon
Israel expanded the zones in Lebanon it’s been striking with attacks for the first time on the beach resort of Jiyyeh, just south of the capital Beirut. It also hit Bint Jbeil, Tebnin and Ain Qana in the south, the village of Joun in the Chouf district near Sidon, and Maaysrah in the northern Keserwan district.
As many as 500,000 people may have been displaced in Lebanon, its foreign minister said. In Beirut, thousands of people displaced from southern Lebanon are sheltering in schools and other buildings.
At least 51 people were killed and 223 wounded in Israeli air strikes and artillery fire on Wednesday.
More than 20 killed in Israeli attacks on string of villages in Lebanon
At least 22 people have been killed and 48 others wounded in Israeli strikes on several towns, the Lebanese National News Agency reports.
The attacks targeted:
- Maaysrah village in Ftouh Keserwan
- Joun village in the mountainous Chouf district
- Ras Osta village in the Byblos district
Lebanon’s Nabatieh region targeted, 20 killed in Israeli attacks
At least 20 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on towns and villages in Nabatieh governorate, Lebanon’s National News Agency reports. Eighty-eight others were wounded, it said, citing medical sources.
Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill 72, wound nearly 400: Health Ministry
Israeli attacks on Lebanon killed 72 people on Wednesday, the Health Ministry says. Israeli air strikes killed 38 people in southern Lebanon, 12 in the eastern Bekaa region, and 22 in three towns north and south of the capital, Beirut.
Nearly 400 people were wounded, it said in a statement.
Several killed in Israeli air strike on Baalbek’s Younine
At least nine people have been killed and 11 others wounded in an Israeli air raid on the town of Younine, in southern Lebanon’s city of Baalbek, the National News agency reports. Search-and-rescue efforts for survivors in the rubble of destroyed buildings are ongoing.
