Israeli army again issues evacuation orders for an area in Lebanon’s capital
The army’s Arabic language spokesperson tells residents of southern Beirut’s Haret Hreik to evacuate to a distance of 500 metres from a building he claimed is part of Hezbollah’s “infrastructure”.
A map added by the spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, shows a building in the southern suburbs of Beirut very close to Bahman Hospital.
Warnings like these typically preceded massive air strikes. However, Israel has continued to bomb areas in Beirut for nearly the entire day without providing warnings, according to our correspondent on the ground in the city.
Israel continues to strike across Lebanon
In Wardaniyeh, five people have been killed, and at least 12 people have been injured in an Israeli strike there. This is about 40 kilometres (about 25 miles) south of where I am in the capital, Beirut.
It’s slightly inland from the coast, but it’s important to note that it is outside of an area that Israel is trying to completely empty of residents.
In the city of Tyre, which is quite close to the Israeli border, five paramedics were killed. The World Health Organization has warned against the killing of paramedics or any civil service people in these areas, especially those who are trying to help the wounded in this war.
Now, the Israelis said that they are not directly targeting any paramedics or firefighters. However, at least 100 have been killed in the past year, the majority of those in the past two weeks alone.
Syrian state TV reports Israeli attack
An Israeli “aggression” is occurring in Hasiya industrial city in Syria’s Homs countryside, Syrian state TV said early on Thursday.
Israel has been sporadically bombing Syria since it stepped up its campaign of strikes against Lebanon two weeks ago. Earlier this week, an Israeli strike on the capital Damascus killed at least three civilians and wounded nine others, according to Syrian state media.
