Four Israeli air strikes hit southern suburbs of Beirut
Our colleagues on the ground are reporting that there have been Israeli air strikes targeting Burj al-Barajneh, Haret Hreik and al-Laylaki areas in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Another night of Israeli attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs
The strikes started around 11pm in Beirut (20:00 GMT). The southern suburbs have been predominantly emptied of people, with thousands forcibly displaced from their homes. We know the areas of Haret Hreik, Burj al-Barajneh and al-Laylaki have all been targeted.
We’ve been seeing this for the past few nights since Saturday evening. There have been heavy bombardments. Some of the worst of them was yesterday in an area called Jnah, where we saw at least 60 people injured and 18 people killed, including children.
The Israelis are saying they are targeting Hezbollah and Hezbollah infrastructure, but clearly, many civilians are caught in the crossfire, and we’ve seen at least 1,952 people killed since mid-September alone and 1.2 million people displaced across the country.
So, even though we did see a lull last week for about five days, it seems they’ve now started this up again.
Israeli says about 140 projectiles fired by Hezbollah today
The majority of the projectiles appear to have been rocket barrages, according to the Israeli military war updates published throughout the day.
Earlier in the day, the Israeli military had reported that a drone also crossed into Israel, triggering sirens in various areas. Hezbollah said it launched “a squadron of suicide drones” at the Eliakim military base south of Haifa and struck its targets.
Iraqi armed groups say launched attack on Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a coalition of Iran-linked groups, says the drone attack was carried out in solidarity with people in Palestine and Lebanon. The coalition said it aimed at an Israeli target in the Syrian Golan Heights, which is occupied by Israel.
The Israeli military has yet to comment.
Earlier this month, Iraqi drones killed two Israeli soldiers in the Golan Heights. Despite its sophisticated air defence systems, Israel has struggled to deal with low-flying drones launched from Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen.