Israel issues more evacuation orders for southern Beirut suburbs
The army, via its Arabic-language spokesperson, says residents of Haret Hreik and Burj al-Brajneh in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital should flee their homes.
As usual, the spokesperson published a map of these neighbourhoods with buildings he claimed are Hezbollah infrastructure and told residents to stay back “at least 500 metres” (550 yards).
This is the second round of these evacuation orders issued by the Israeli army since daylight today. The orders are almost always followed by air strikes.
Smoke rises from a building hit by an Israeli air strike in Dahiyeh in the southern suburbs of Beirut
Israeli army claims to have hit more than 30 Hezbollah sites in Beirut
Weapons depots, military headquarters and other Hezbollah infrastructure were attacked in the Lebanese capital overnight and this morning, according to the Israeli military’s spokesman.
The statement published on Telegram said that in the past 48 hours, more than 30 Hezbollah targets were hit in several waves of attacks carried out in the Beirut area alone. The Hezbollah sites were located “in the heart of a civilian population”, the army claimed without providing evidence, accusing the group once again of using human shields.
Israeli attacks have been pounding the southern suburbs of Beirut since last night. The raids, once common to the overnight hours, have in recent days and weeks continued into the daytime. Displaced residents, who number in the tens of thousands, are unable to predict when it will be safe for them to return to their homes and tend to their properties.
Israeli, Hezbollah forces clash on outskirts of Lebanon’s Aitaroun village: Report
Israeli ground troops and Hezbollah fighters have been engaged in violent confrontations on the outskirts of the Aitaroun village towards the Ainata village in southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil district, according to the country’s National News Agency (NNA).
The agency said there were confirmed casualties among Israeli soldiers. Elsewhere in southern Lebanon, a farmer identified as Yassin Abdullah Abu Qais was killed in Israeli bombing of the Habbariyeh village.
Israel threatens residents of Beirut suburb Ghobeiry again
Avichay Adraee, the Israeli army’s Arabic language spokesman, has published details of its latest orders for the people of Ghobeiry, a southern Beirut suburb, for the second time today.
“To all residents in the southern suburb area, specifically in the buildings specified in the attached maps and the buildings adjacent to them in the Ghobeiry area. You are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the [Israeli army] will act forcefully in the near future,” he said on X.
The attached maps marked two buildings in red.
At least 9 killed in Israeli attack on building in Lebanon’s Baalbek city: Report
Israeli warplanes have bombed a two-storey building in the Al-Shaab neighbourhood of Baalbek city in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, killing nine people and injuring five others, according to the country’s National News Agency (NNA).
The agency said the rescue teams were still removing the rubble and trying to find more people.
Lebanon’s health ministry said on X that at least three people were killed in an Israeli strike in Baalbek, adding that “body parts were recovered from the site and their identities are being verified”.
