Israeli military says Syria strikes targeted at Hezbollah
The Israeli military says the air strikes we reported earlier in the area of Qusayr in the southern countryside of Homs in central Syria hit munitions warehouses and military buildings used by Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force.
It said in a statement that they are part of its many air strikes on Syria in recent months and are aimed at “reducing the transfer of weapons from Iran through Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon”.
The Israeli army, which has also hit the Jousieh border crossing used by civilians to flee Lebanon, again claimed that Hezbollah has been using villages near the border crossings to move weapons.
Israeli forces strike Baalbek: State media
Official Lebanese media report Israeli strikes near Baalbek after Israel issued evacuation orders for the eastern city for the second day in a row. “Enemy aircraft launched four strikes on the village of Duris and the surroundings of the city of Baalbek,” the National News Agency said.
Israel says rocket fired from Lebanon kills 2 people in Haifa region
Israeli emergency services say a rocket launched from Lebanon has killed two people in an olive grove in northern Israel, bringing the day’s death toll to seven.
Medics “treated and attempted resuscitation on a 30-year-old male and a 60-year-old female, who were then pronounced dead”, the Magen David Adom first responders said in a statement.
“A 71-year-old male with mild shrapnel injuries to his limbs was evacuated.”
Multiple Israeli air strikes hit southern Lebanese city of Tyre
A series of Israeli air strikes have hit the al-Housh district in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, Lebanon’s NNA news agency reports.
Al Jazeera’s verification agency, Sanad, has confirmed footage posted online showing the moment of the bombing and dense smoke rising from multiple raids in the area.
The AFP news agency said the strikes on al-Housh coincided with an exodus of civilians from the Rashidieh camp for Palestinian refugees near Tyre, which had earlier received an evacuation warning.
Eastern Lebanon: ‘People here are in a state of shock’
The Israeli military is expanding and intensifying its bombardment in areas where Hezbollah has a presence in eastern Lebanon.
We are in the eastern district of Baalbek. Behind me is massive destruction – at least eight people killed in an Israeli air strike, among the dead two children. People here are in a state of shock.
Civilian casualties are mounting and the communities supporting Hezbollah say they’re being punished. A Hezbollah MP says Israel’s strategy is to “kill and destroy”. On average, there have been two children killed every day over the past five weeks alone.
It appears we are still far apart from reaching a ceasefire, which only means one thing: we are going to see more deadly attacks such as this.
A woman in front of the site of an Israeli air strike in southern Beirut
Civilian deaths in northern Israel as Hezbollah rockets get through
It’s a high death toll among civilians today. The Israeli media are reporting there’s been six or seven people killed in rocket attacks in northern Israel, including foreign workers in the city of Metula and one woman in Haifa Bay.
The Israeli army has failed to intercept many rockets with the Iron Dome not working in these areas. About 30 projectiles were launched by Hezbollah today.
Meetings are ongoing in West Jerusalem between Prime Minister Netanyahu and two US envoys, Amos Hochstein and Brett McGurk. Netanyahu told them the problem is not signing a ceasefire agreement – the problem is the implementation of the deal.
Netanyahu is basically asking for a mandate for Israel to be able to continue to strike Lebanon even after the sides have signed a truce.
Israeli attacks kill 45 in Lebanon in last 24 hours
Israeli attacks killed 45 people in Lebanon in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 2,865 since October 2023, the Lebanese Health Ministry says.
