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Lebanon Civil Defense says one staff killed in Beirut
The organisation says one of its staff has been killed while providing emergency services in southern Beirut, in the aftermath of the intense Israeli attacks on Friday evening.
Another staff member is in critical condition, Lebanon’s Civil Defense added.
In a separate statement, Lebanon’s Health Ministry called on hospitals in Beirut and Mount Lebanon to stop admitting non-emergency cases until the end of next week to make room for patients from Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Hezbollah announces more attacks on Israel
In statement released successively on the group’s Telegram channel, Hezbollah claimed its third, fourth and fifth attacks of the day on Israeli positions.
It said that it targeted a group of Israeli soldiers at the “al-Sadah” military site with artillery shells, and fired rocket salvoes at the northern Israeli towns of Sa’ar near the Mediterranean coast and Rosh Pina near the occupied Golan Heights.
More on latest Israeli attacks on Lebanon
One of the latest Israeli air raids targeted a house in the town of Blat in southern Lebanon’s Marjayoun district, according to the Lebanese state-run National News Agency (NNA).
The agency also reported that an Israeli aircraft attacked the outskirts of the Tayr Debba town in the southern district of Tyre, and a car on the Dahr al-Baydar mountain pass that links Beirut and Damascus on the edge of the Bekaa Valley.
There was also a raid on the coastal line near the southern town of Aadloun against a building, NNA said. It was not yet clear if these attacks led to any deaths.
Lebanon blocked Iranian plane after Israeli threat
We earlier reported that Beirut’s airport had asked an Iranian plane to not to enter Lebanese airspace and not to land.
Now, the country’s National News Agency says that the control tower at Beirut airport informed the Iranian plane, which was a cargo plane, that it had received a threat from the Israeli military that it would be bombed if it landed.
The plane then turned back towards Tehran.
Reuters news agency reports that Lebanon’s Transport Ministry stopped the plane from landing after Israel warned air traffic control at the airport that it would use “force” if the plane landed, according to a source at the ministry.
The source told the agency it was not clear what was on the plane. “The priority is people’s lives,” the source added.
Israeli forces say 140 Hezbollah targets hit in Lebanon since evening
The Israeli army says it struck more than 140 Hezbollah targets since Friday evening, including infrastructure that was “embedded underneath residential buildings in the area of Beirut”.
The latest wave of attacks on Beirut levelled multiple residential buildings in the densely populated southern suburb of Lebanon’s capital, with Israel being accused of using “bunker-busting” bombs.
The nonstop Israeli bombardment has forced thousands of people from their homes onto Beirut’s streets.
