Lebanese PM says 1.2 million people displaced
PM Najib Mikati says the number of people displaced by Israeli attacks in Lebanon has now risen to 1.2 million.
In a statement, the caretaker prime minister also said there was an immediate need for a ceasefire.
Syrians, who were living in Lebanon and returned to Syria due to ongoing hostilities, carry belongings at the Jusiyah border crossing, at the Syrian-Lebanese border, Syria, Wednesday
Hezbollah says it destroyed three Israeli tanks
The Lebanese group says it targeted the Merkava tanks with guided rockets in the village of Maroun al-Ras on the eastern side of the border. Earlier, Hezbollah claimed a deadly ambush against Israeli troops in the same area.
Hezbollah pushes Israeli forces back as civilians flee
As we previously reported, Hezbollah has said its fighters earlier today were able to repel and inflict losses on Israeli troops in Odaisseh and Yaroun.
“Those are two very serious incidents and Hezbollah are now very confident because they have managed to push the Israelis back,” said Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan, reporting from Hasbaiyya in southeastern Lebanon. “They are seeing this as a strategic victory.”
Meanwhile, one of the main roads in the area out that is being used by fleeing local residents was bombed again today. “A lot of people have fled those areas and they are doing so in fear and in panic,” said Khan, who noted the road has repeatedly come under attack in recent days.
“That’s one of the only ways out of southern Lebanon under those evacuation orders and Israel has bombed it not just once, not just twice, but three times in 48 hours,” he said.
Every time, he added, the Lebanese army patched it up, but in the latest attack one of its engineers was wounded. “Would you want to travel along that road if you thought there might be an air strike any moment?” asked Khan. “It’s really putting fear and panic into people.”
Three killed in Israeli attack on Damascus
Syrian state media is reporting that at least three civilians have been killed and three wounded in an Israeli strike on the capital Damascus.
Hezbollah announces attack on Israeli infantry unity
The Lebanese group has said that after surveilling Israeli soldiers sheltering in a house outside the Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, its fighters detonated an explosive device in the building and then targeted it with bullets and rocket-propelled grenades.
Hezbollah said all members of the unit were either killed or injured, without specifying the number of casualties.
