Hezbollah says it repels Israel soldiers who ‘infiltrated’ near UNIFIL post
Hezbollah says it has forced Israeli forces to retreat after they crossed into Lebanon near a UN peacekeeping post following Israel’s announcement last week that it was conducting ground incursions.
Hezbollah fighters fired at “an Israeli enemy force that infiltrated from behind the international forces’ position in Labboune”, a border village, the group said, adding that it “forced the infiltrating enemy force to withdraw behind the border strip”.
Three people killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon’s Aitit: Report
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reports three people have been killed when Israeli warplanes hit the town of Aitit in southern Lebanon, adding that local Civil Defence crews were able to retrieve the bodies.
This follows reports of two other Israeli strikes on the town of Saksakiyah in the Sidon District and on a house in Joya in the Tyre area.
Casualty information for these strikes was not immediately available.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry updates death toll from Israeli attacks
At least 1,473 people have died in Lebanon since mid-September, when the Israeli army dramatically escalated its attacks, according to the latest figures from the Lebanese Health Ministry.
As of October 8, 2023, at least 2,083 people have been killed, including 127 children and 261 women, and 9,869 have been wounded since Israel and Hezbollah began exchanging fire across the border one year ago today.
The Health Ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count of those killed.
Smoke rises in Beirut’s southern suburbs after a strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Hadath, Lebanon, Tuesday
