Heavy Israeli strikes around Lebanon’s port of Tyre, Bekaa Valley
Another day and night of heavy Israeli air strikes, the heaviest of which were around the port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon.
The Israelis put out a warning in eight areas across the governorate of Tyre – forced evacuation warnings – before these strikes took place. Reportedly, at least 10 strikes.
We cannot confirm exactly what Israel was targeting. But during previous strikes in and around that city in recent days, Israel is saying that it has been attacking various types of Hezbollah infrastructure, weaponry, command-and-control centres and fuel depots.
That area, before this crisis started, had a population of about 250,000. It is difficult to say how many people are still there. But it is safe to say that many of those people could already have moved from areas further south, fleeing fighting in that area.
There are also heavy strikes in the Bekaa Valley for a second consecutive day.
Four Thai nationals confirmed killed near Israel-Lebanon border
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Four Thai nationals were killed and one was injured by Hezbollah’s rocket attacks on northern Israel on Thursday, Thailand’s Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa has confirmed on X.
“I instructed our Embassy in Tel Aviv last night to extend every and all assistance to the injured and families of the deceased, and extend my profound condolences to them for their immense loss,” Maris said.
“Thailand continues to strongly urge all parties to return to the path of peace, in the name of the innocent civilians gravely impacted by this prolonged and deepening conflict,” he said.
The first of Hezbollah’s attacks on Thursday saw rockets strike farmland near the border town of Metula, killing an Israeli farmer and four Thai agricultural workers. A second rocket attack near Kibbutz Afek near the city of Haifa killed two Israeli citizens.
Rockets fired from Lebanon as sirens sound in northern Israel: Reports
Local media in Israel has reported air attack sirens alerting of incoming rockets in the western and upper Galilee areas of northern Israel.
The areas affected include the Israeli communities of Kfar Blum, Amir, Sde Nehemiah, Beit Hillel, Kiryat Shmona, Gosherim, Kfar Yuval, Maayan Baruch, Tel Hai, Kfar Giladi, Menara and Neot Mordechai.
The sound of rocket explosions have also been reported.
Israeli military says it intercepted UAV launched from Syria
The Israeli Air Force has announced that it intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle “launched from the east in Syria” overnight. It said the UAV was intercepted in Syrian territory before it crossed into Israel.
The Israeli military also announced that sirens were activated at 06:39am local time (04:39am GMT) in the upper Galilee area, with about 10 rockets detected crossing into northern Israel from Lebanon.
Some of the rockets were intercepted, while others dropped into open areas. No casualties, injuries or damage have been reported.
Israeli air raids on various areas in southern Lebanon
According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, Israeli fighter jets hit the house of Jawad Nasrallah in the town of Yahmar al-Shaqif in southern Nabatieh and levelled it to the ground.
Nasrallah is the father of two members of Hezbollah who were killed by Israeli forces, the news agency said.
The attack was accompanied by artillery shelling on the neighbourhoods of al-Sharabik and Ras el-Aarid in the southern port city of Tyre, as well as attacks on al-Nabbou, al-Maasara, al-Tarash, and Shushba, the town of Arnoun and the vicinity of Qalaat al-Shaqif towards al-Khardali.
NNA also reports that four drones were observed flying over Yahmar Arnoun, Kfar Tebnit, Zawtar el-Gharbiyeh, Zawtar el-Charqiyeh, Mazraat al-Hamra, and Qalaat Arnoun – all in southern Lebanon.
Three killed overnight in village south of Lebanon’s Beirut
An Israeli military air raid on the village of Qmatiyeh killed at least three people and injured five others overnight, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
