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Israel issues new threats for southern Beirut

Israel’s military spokesman announced new warnings as its forces continue to bombard the southern suburbs of Beirut. He said that the Israeli military will soon operate in the areas of Haret Hreik and Burj al-Barajneh.

Since early Wednesday, Israeli strikes have levelled half a dozen residential buildings in the Dahiyeh suburb, while killing at least eight people in Dawhet Aramoun, a village located to the south of Beirut.


Israeli air raids targeted Burj al-Barajneh and Haret Hreik in southern Beirut


Israeli jets bomb commercial district in southern Beirut

Israeli warplanes have launched more attacks on the southern suburbs of Beirut, targeting the commercial district of Haret Hreik and the Burj al-Barajneh neighbourhood, Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent reports.

The latest attacks brought the number of attacks on south Beirut since last night to seven, AJA’s correspondent said.

As we reported earlier the Israeli military issued warnings it would target Haret Hreik and Burj al-Barajneh on Wednesday night.


Radio journalist, children killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon

The Union of Audiovisual Media Workers has confirmed that Sakina Mansour Kawtharani, who worked with al-Nour radio station, was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.

Kawtharani was killed in a strike on Joun in the Chouf district, the union reported, without providing a date of the attack. Her two children and other members of her family were also killed in the attack, they said.

On Tuesday, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 12 people were killed in a strike in Joun, although it was not immediately clear if that is the same attack in which Kawtharani was killed.

The killing comes after three journalists were killed in an Israeli strike on a guesthouse in southeastern Lebanon on October 25.