Israel threatens residents in Lebanon’s Baalbek
Israel has issued forced displacement orders to residents in buildings in the Douris area of Lebanon’s Baalbek.
“You are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the IDF (Israeli army) will operate in the near future,” Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on X.
“For your safety and the safety of your family members, you must evacuate the building and its surroundings immediately and stay away from them for a distance of no less than 500 meters within the next four hours.”
People trapped under rubble in Lebanon’s Khiam for days
They are optimistically calling this a rescue effort to try to get to those people trapped under the rubble, but they’ve been trapped under the rubble for days now. So this may be a recovery operation rather than a rescue one.
The Israelis have made it incredibly difficult for emergency services to get into the town of Khiam. It’s under intense, constant shelling and air strikes. We’ve seen air strikes come in throughout the morning as well in which Israel said it killed two Hezbollah leaders, although Hezbollah hasn’t commented on that.
Three killed, 9 wounded in Lebanon’s city of Sidon: Ministry
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says three people were killed and nine others wounded in an Israeli strike on Haret Saida, a densely populated area near the southern city of Sidon.
“The Israeli enemy’s raid on Haret Saida resulted in an initial death toll of three people killed and nine others injured,” the ministry said, adding there was no evacuation warning before the attack.
Strikes hit east Lebanon after Israel forced displacement order: Report
Several strikes have hit Lebanon’s eastern Baalbek region after the Israeli army told residents to leave or risk being harmed, an AFP correspondent says.
The correspondent reported at least three strikes on the area, which has seen heavy air raids in recent days by Israel, which has been at war with Hezbollah for more than a month.
Israel still not allowing Lebanese authorities to recover bodies
There were more air strikes in a number of different places in the south and east of Lebanon. There was a large strike on what looks to be a residential building on the outskirts of the city of Sidon, in an area called Haret Saida.
So far, we are hearing reports of at least three people killed in that strike and at least nine others injured. Sidon has been struck multiple times – twice in the last few days, an indication of an escalation further north than the main theatre of operations for the Israelis further south.
We’re also getting pieces of information with respect to two families that are buried underneath the rubble following an Israeli air strike almost a week ago now in the town of Khiam, in southern Lebanon.
It’s understood that 21 people are missing. We’re now hearing that five bodies have been recovered. At least another 16 are still missing.
Nobody is expecting anybody to still be alive following that attack. The civil defence and the Red Cross are saying that this highlights the lack of access Israel is giving them. They’re been waiting to get to this site for a long time.
Hospital in Lebanon’s Baalbek sustains damage due to Israeli strike nearby
The director of Baalbek Government Hospital, Dr Abbas Shaker, has said that the facility sustained damage following an Israeli raid on a cafe a few dozen metres away in the Ras Al-Ain neighbourhood.
Shaker said no injuries were reported and noted that the hospital is operating without any hindrance to its work.
In a video verified by Al Jazeera, which showed glass scattered on the ground, Shaker said: “I assure our people in Baalbek Al-Harmel that the damage to the hospital is minor and within 24 hours, the broken glass will be replaced, and there is no hindrance to our work, and we assure you that we are still operating at full readiness”.
