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SvennoJ on 23 October 2024
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Another day of death, destruction as Israel bombs Lebanon

As we’ve been reporting, the Israeli military has continued its aerial bombardment of Lebanon over the past 24 hours.

The areas of Haret Hreik, Burj al-Barajneh and al-Laylaki in the southern suburbs of Beirut have all been targeted, Al Jazeera’s Laura Khan reported from the Lebanese capital.

The Wafa news agency also said five people were killed and 21 others were injured as the Ksar al-Zaatar area of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon was bombed, with bodies still being recovered from the rubble.

Air raids also targeted various areas in the south, including Marj Harouf and Sinai in Nabatieh, causing massive destruction, Wafa said.


Israel strikes southern Lebanon’s Khiam: Report

Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting two Israeli air raids on the village near the border with Israel. It said Israeli forces targeted the centre of Khiam.


Israel army issues new forced displacement order for Lebanon’s Tyre

The Israeli army has threatened residents of an area in Tyre, ordering them to leave before military operations against Hezbollah’s alleged facilities in the area.

“Hezbollah’s activities force the IDF to act against it forcefully, as it does not intend to harm you. You must immediately move out of the area marked in red and head north of the Awali River,” the army’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee wrote on X alongside a map showing two specific buildings to be targeted.

“Anyone who is near Hezbollah elements, facilities, and combat equipment is putting his life in danger.”


Civilians flee Lebanon’s Tyre after Israeli evacuation warning

Lebanese civilians have fled the southern city of Tyre after the Israeli army issued warnings for residents to evacuate large parts of the city, which is home to thousands of displaced people.

“The situation is very bad, we’re evacuating people,” said Mortada Mhanna, who heads Tyre’s disaster management unit.

Bilal Kashmar, the unit’s media officer, told AFP news agency that many were fleeing the city and heading towards the suburbs. “You could say that the entire city of Tyre is being evacuated,” he said, adding that the once vibrant southern hub had already been emptied of most of its residents.

Only about 14,500 people were still in Tyre on Tuesday, thousands of them displaced from other parts of the south, he told AFP. “Some families, who had not left the city of Tyre before, began leaving their homes to stay clear from areas that the Israeli enemy threatened to target,” Lebanon’s official National News Agency said.


Iranian medic killed by Israeli air strike in Lebanon: State media

An Iranian medic and war veteran who had been dispatched to Lebanon to treat casualties of Israeli attacks has been killed after an air raid targeted his vehicle, according to state media. Dr Ali Heydari was reportedly killed in Nabatieh in southern Lebanon while he was providing medical assistance.

The member of the Iranian medical mission to Lebanon was a veteran of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and was described as a “defender of the shrine”, a title used for Iranians who have served in Syria.

Translation: The car that was targeted by the Israeli terrorist army and Iranian doctor Ali Heydari was martyred in an ambulance.