Lebanon calls on international community to support UNIFIL
The Lebanese Foreign Ministry has called on the international community to take a “firm stance” on supporting UN peacekeepers on the Lebanon-Israel border to guarantee “the continuity of its work as well as its safety and security”.
It urged the international community to condemn Israel’s “hostile acts” on the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission, Lebanese National News Agency reported.
“Following consultations with the House Speaker and the Prime Minister, the Foreign Ministry expresses its utter gratitude to the UNIFIL and deep appreciation of the role it has been assuming since its establishment in 1978.”
Israel has launched a series of attacks against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon as it expands its bombardment and ground attacks.
Israeli army dynamites houses in southern Lebanese village
The Israeli military has blown up houses in a southern Lebanese border village as clashes between Israeli soldiers and Hezbollah fighters are reported in the area. “The enemy army blew up houses in the village of Aita al-Shaab,” Lebanon’s official National News Agency said.
Heavy fighting is ongoing between Hezbollah and the Israeli army, “which is trying to advance on the ground” in the region, the report said.Al Jazeera footage shows Israeli tanks stationed on the village’s outskirts.
Dozens of rockets launched from Lebanon to Israel: Army
The Israeli army says about 30 rockets were fired from Lebanon to Israel this afternoon. Aerial warning sirens were heard in the Upper Galilee and Central Galilee areas, a military statement said.
Some of the rockets were intercepted and others crashed in open areas, the army said, adding that there were no casualties.
Lebanon says child among 6 killed in Israeli attacks on Baalbek
The country’s Health Ministry says the air strike on the eastern city hit a building in a densely packed residential area, adding the five people were wounded. “The Israeli enemy strike … in Baalbek killed six people, including a child,” the state-run National News Agency reported, adding that all six were from the same family.
Hezbollah says it targets Israeli military camp in occupied Golan
Hezbollah says it has targeted the Yoav military camp in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights with what it describes as a “large missile barrage”. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army.
Meanwhile, to the west, sirens sounded in the Margaliot and Manara areas of Upper Galilee, according to the Israeli Home Front Command.
Israeli military apologises for strike that killed three Lebanese soldiers
The Israeli military has issued a rare apology for a strike that killed three Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon. In a statement, it said it was not battling Lebanon’s army, adding that its troops believed they were targeting a vehicle belonging to Hezbollah.
Since the war began in October last year, Israeli attacks have killed 2,464 people and wounded at least 11,530 in Lebanon.
