Israel says more than 100 targets attacked across Lebanon, no mention of civilian casualties
Israel’s military said its jet fighters hit more than 100 targets throughout Lebanon on Tuesday, claiming that dozens of “terrorists” were eliminated.
Hezbollah rocket launch sites were among the targets hit, the Israeli military said in a post on social media that did not mention civilian casualties resulting from its widespread bombing of civilian areas in Lebanon.
In Gaza, Israel’s military said its forces continue to operate in the Jabalia refugee camp, which has been under military siege for more than three weeks. Tens of thousands of Palestinians are believed to be trapped there under heavy bombardment and without access to food, water, or medicine.
Death toll from Israel’s attack on Lebanon’s Haret Saida rises to 10
As the Israeli military expands and intensifies its bombardment, civilian casualties are mounting. There were two strikes in the Sidon area. We are at one of those locations, in Haret Saida, where a residential building was destroyed.
So far, nine bodies have been pulled from the rubble. An 18-year-old survived and is now in hospital. She was pulled out alive, but what people here are telling us is that a girl who they believe to be 17 is still stuck underneath the rubble and believed to be dead. So in this strike alone, 10 killed. This is a densely populated area. These are residential buildings.
People who were here were displaced from southern Lebanon. They came to this area in search of safety.
This is not the first time Haret Saida has been targeted. On Sunday, there was another attack not very far from here, about a kilometre [0.6 miles], and eight people were killed in that strike.
Now, the Israeli military says it is going after Hezbollah members who are in civilian areas, but human rights groups are saying that attacks like this – when you have so many civilian casualties – are just unlawful. In fact, among the dead here were children.
And yesterday, we were reporting from Baalbek. That’s in eastern Lebanon, and it was a very violent day there with more than 60 people killed. So the trajectory of this war is only escalating.
Drone explosion hits factory in Israel’s Nahariya: Report
A drone that exploded in Israel’s northern industrial area of Nahariya hit a factory producing aircraft components, a report from the Israeli Army Radio has said.
In a separate statement, the Israeli military said it shot down three unmanned aircraft in the country’s north that crossed from Lebanon. Firefighters were working to put out a fire that broke out in the Ziv Bridge area.
Earlier today, the Israeli army said it detected a surface-to-surface missile launched from Lebanon which broke up in the air. A drone was also intercepted, it said.
Israeli attacks on medics in Lebanon ‘apparent war crimes’: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says it has documented three attacks involving “apparent war crimes” in which the Israeli army “unlawfully” struck medical workers and healthcare facilities in Lebanon.
These included attacks on paramedics at a civil defence centre in central Beirut on October 3, and an ambulance and a hospital in southern Lebanon on October 4, killing 14 paramedics, the group said.
Since cross-border fire between Israel and Hezbollah started in October last year, Israeli air strikes have killed at least 163 health and rescue workers across Lebanon. They also damaged 158 ambulances and 55 hospitals, the report said citing figures from the Health Ministry.
“The Israeli military’s unlawful attacks on medical workers and hospitals are devastating Lebanon’s already frail healthcare system and putting medical workers at grave risk,” said Ramzi Kaiss, Lebanon researcher at HRW.
“Strikes on medical workers and healthcare facilities also compound risks to injured civilians, severely hindering their ability to receive urgently needed medical attention,” he added.
HRW urged Israel’s allies to suspend the transfer of arms to Israel “given the real risk that they will be used to commit grave abuses”.
