Two killed in Israeli strike in Jounieh, north of Beirut
Lebanese authorities said at least two people were killed in an Israeli strike in Jounieh, north of Beirut, in the first strike on the area since Hezbollah and Israel started trading fire last year.
The Health Ministry said an “Israeli enemy raid” hit a car in Jounieh, with Lebanese state media saying the attack occurred on a key highway linking the capital to the country’s north.
Israel army issues new evacuation call for south Beirut residents
The Israeli army warned residents to leave parts of southern Beirut, a warning usually followed by attacks on those areas of the Lebanese capital.
“Urgent warning to residents of the southern suburb [of Dahiyeh], specifically those in… Haret Hreik neighbourhood: You are located near facilities and interests belonging to Hezbollah, against which the IDF (Israeli army) will be operating in the near future,” a military spokesman wrote on X.
Mayor among four killed in Israeli strike on eastern Lebanon
Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting that an Israeli air raid that targeted an apartment in the town of Baaloul in the Western Bekaa district has killed four people, including the mayor of Sahmar, Haidar Shahla.
Several people were wounded in the attack, the report said. Search and rescue teams are searching for missing people under the rubble.
Lebanon security source says Israel strikes southern Beirut suburbs
At least two Israeli air strikes have hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, a security source says. Footage showed plumes of smoke rising over the area less than an hour after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order.
Israeli army tells residents to leave building in southern Beirut suburbs
The Israeli army has announced new evacuation orders for people living in a residential building and those adjacent to it in Burj al-Barajneh.
“This is an urgent warning to the residents of Dahiyeh, specifically those located in the building marked on the map in Burj al-Barajneh,” military spokesman Avichay Adraee said on X.
“You are located near facilities and interests that belong to Hezbollah that will be targeted by the Israeli army in the near future.”
The Israeli army issued a warning earlier for Beirut’s Haret Hreik neighbourhood, shortly before smoke from Israeli air strikes could be seen above the suburbs.
Israel continuing air assaults on southern suburbs
We have now received the third forced evacuation threat by the Israeli military in the past two hours or so, this time warning the residents of Burj al-Barajneh – a neighbourhood in the southern suburb of Beirut that is very close to the airport.
This is an area that has come under attack in the past. We saw earlier in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood, also in the southern suburb of Beirut, at least four air attacks by Israel.
Now, this is the first time we have seen these kinds of attacks since last Wednesday following comments made by the caretaker Prime Minister Najeeb Mikati a day before, saying he had received assurances from the Biden administration that Israel would rein in its attacks on the capital, Beirut, and its southern suburb.
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US Assured Lebanon That Israel Would Ease Beirut Strikes, Lebanese Prime Minister Says
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