Two Israeli soldiers killed in Iraqi drone strike, Israel says
An Iraqi drone strike killed two soldiers in northern Israel, according to the military officials.
According to the officials, the drone strike yesterday morning was launched by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. The group has launched several attacks over the last year in solidarity with Palestinians.
“This is the first time they have resulted in any sort of casualties,” said Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut. “The numbers are quite significant … It’s the first time since 1973 that any sort of Iraqi attack has killed an Israeli soldier.”
The soldiers, members of the Israeli military’s Golani Brigade, were killed while at a base in the Golan Heights. Israeli officials had previously said they had been killed “in fighting” but later clarified that they died as a result of the strike.
At least 25 others were injured in the attack.
Israeli army says it struck Hezbollah posts, intercepted 70 rockets
In its latest bulletin, the Israeli army said it struck weapons warehouses and Hezbollah infrastructure, including its intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
The army said it gave warnings to “reduce harm to those not involved” – a statement it has said multiple times since stepping up its bombing campaign in Lebanon more than two weeks ago. Meanwhile, the Lebanese Health Ministry has counted more than 1,700 people killed in the Israeli attacks.
The Israeli army also said it detected at least 70 rockets launched from Lebanon – all of which fell in open areas causing no casualties.
Death toll in Israeli attacks on Lebanon rises again: Ministry
Lebanon’s health minister has said that 2,023 people have been killed “since the start of Israeli aggression on Lebanon”.
The dead include 127 children and 261 women, along with 9,526 wounded.
Many people displaced from Dahiyeh have relocated to central Beirut
There have been at least four strikes in the last few hours. Eleven strikes took place yesterday, and we’ve been hearing strikes daily. The majority of them are in the southern suburbs of Beirut [Dahiyeh].
I have spoken to people from the areas of Dahiyeh, and they’ve been showing me pictures of the homes that they left. Some of them are still intact, but they’re surrounded by destroyed homes and buildings, and many of them are just expecting theirs to be next.
So those areas are completely emptied out, and those people are now piling into central Beirut, many staying with family or friends or in hotels.
The weather is currently quite warm, but of course, we’re going to be heading into the winter months, and with about 1.2 million people displaced across the country, it’s really putting a lot of pressure on already fragile infrastructure here.
