IRGC consultant dies from injuries after Israeli attack on Syria’s capital: Report
Iran’s Student News Network reports that a consultant working for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has died from injuries sustained in an Israeli air attack on Damascus on Monday.
It identified the consultant as Majid Divani without giving further details.
The attack appeared to be the same one reported by Syrian state media, which said on Tuesday that three civilians were killed and nine others injured in an Israeli air raid on Damascus.
Syrian air defences intercepted “hostile targets” over the vicinity of Damascus three times in a row in one night, following explosions heard in the capital, state media said on Tuesday.
Hezbollah claims five more attacks
The Lebanese armed group says “a salvo of rockets” targeted Israeli soldiers in the Sasa settlement and “a salvo of Falak missiles” was directed at the Ramim military barracks.
Separately, the Israeli city of Tiberias was bombed with rockets, according to the group’s statement on Telegram.
It also claimed a shelling of Israeli soldiers in the Raheb military site, which was targeted twice before today.
The fifth attack came in the Misgav Am forest with a rocket salvo targeting Israeli soldiers, the group said.
Lebanese soldier killed in Israeli attack on the south
The Lebanese army says an Israeli attack has killed one soldier and wounded another while carrying out a rescue and evacuation mission with the Lebanese Red Cross in the town of Taybeh in the Marjayoun district.
Belgian journalists injured in Beirut bombing
Two Belgian journalists were injured in Lebanon while reporting on overnight air raids in Beirut, their employer says.
VTM correspondent Robin Ramaekers suffered facial injuries and cameraman Stijn De Smet was being treated for a leg wound, according to a statement by the broadcaster’s parent company, DPG Media.
“Last night there was a bombing in central Beirut. When Robin and Stijn wanted to run a report on that, they got injured,” the firm said, adding the pair were being treated in hospital. “Both are now in safety and are being cared for.”
The circumstances of the incident were not yet clear, the company said. Belgium’s Foreign Ministry said it was closely monitoring the situation.
Israel claims Hezbollah transporting weapons from Lebanon to Syria
The Israeli government is warning that Hezbollah is bringing in weapons across the Syrian border.
The Israeli military hit various points along the border, but they’re now looking at the international border crossing, the one that thousands of people are using to leave Lebanon and head into Syria.
They are claiming that this is the main border crossing that Hezbollah is using to transport what the Israeli army calls combat equipment.
It is urging the Lebanese government to search these vehicles. They know very well that the Lebanese government and the Lebanese army simply do not have the power to do that over Hezbollah. This is the group that you can argue is stronger than the state these days.
It gives a very dangerous, concerning message because Israeli forces have multiple times in the past targeted civilian sites causing civilian deaths.
Wouldn't it be the other way around? The border between Lebanon and Syria is 394km long. There are also 13 sea ports. Harassing the airport and the international border crossing seems more to harass civilians...
