Israeli drone kills two fishermen in southern Lebanon’s Tyre city
Just behind me – 20-30 metres [65-98 feet] from where we are standing – a drone targeted a couple of fishermen. They were immediately killed. We saw this with our own eyes.
This is part of a pattern of strikes that has been taking place in recent weeks here in Tyre and extending towards Beirut’s southern suburb and the Bekaa Valley.
Since 2am [00:00 GMT], we have heard loud artillery shelling, part of the ongoing Israeli ground invasion. It seems overnight the Israelis were able to push towards al-Bayada.
From where we are, we’ve been seeing fierce engagement between Hezbollah fighters and Israelis. We have documented at least two launches of antitank missiles towards Israeli tanks.
With the Israelis having these positions on al-Bayada, it seems they are now trying to cut off the coastal lines in Naqoura. There are also intensive battles on the eastern side, in Khiam. If Israeli forces are able to take Khiam and Naqoura, then the whole border line will be under Israeli control.
Translation: From the targeted location on Tyre beach, southern Lebanon.
These two fishermen used to come here every day. They would cast their nets and wait for some fish to sell to whoever remains in the city. Today, they were hit with a drone and killed. Emergency services rushed to the beach and tried to take the bodies to the hospital.
This is not an isolated situation. It is a pattern. Yesterday, six civilians were killed in this area, including two paramedics. Three other paramedics were killed near Jezzine. A lot of civilians who have nothing to do with the war – just trying to help or trying to live – are being killed.
Intense Israeli shelling, air attack reported in southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil area
About 50 artillery shells have fallen within two hours on the residential neighbourhoods of the Bint Jbeil village in southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil district, according to the country’s National News Agency (NNA).
Israel also shelled the Beit Yahoun village in the Bint Jbeil district and carried out an air attack against the Kounine village, the agency said.
Death toll rises from Israeli strike on central Beirut
At least 15 people have been confirmed killed so far from the early-morning Israeli strike that slammed into a building in central Beirut’s Basta neighbourhood, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
As we reported earlier, a total of 63 people have been wounded. “Efforts to remove the rubble are ongoing,” the ministry added. “A large amount of body parts … are being identified,” the ministry said in a statement. “The final death toll will be determined after DNA tests are carried out.”
Firefighters battle flames after a building was hit in the attack
At least five killed in Israeli attack in south Lebanon’s Roummane
At least five people have been killed in an Israeli attack on the village of Roummane in the Nabatieh governorate of southern Lebanon, according to the country’s National News Agency (NNA).
Israeli aircraft also carried out four raids in the Tyre district: two on Bazouriyeh, one raid on the town of al-Shaitiyah, and one raid on the town of al-Bayada, all in southern Lebanon, NNA said.
Israeli artillery hits Lebanon’s Tyre and its outskirts
There were air strikes on the outskirts of Tyre earlier today, but more recently there have been relentless artillery attacks. This is a new aspect of this war since Israel started its ground invasion of Lebanon.
We’re talking about massive destruction in the city and its outskirts. Buildings are destroyed, the roads are in very bad shape and there’s debris everywhere. Many of the people of these areas decided to leave.
By the coastline, smoke can be seen rising from al-Bayad, which has now become the focal point for intense exchange of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah.
Hezbollah says they’ve repelled the first wave. We’re hearing machinegun firing, and Hezbollah has also been using antitank missiles. Israeli forces are trying to take the coastline and close the roads to Naqoura and encircle it from the north, and we know they’re already trying to get in from the east.
The two fishermen who were killed earlier along the coastline are the latest part of a pattern of killing civilians. Yesterday, two paramedics were killed, along with multiple civilians in Jezzine. In south Lebanon, three other paramedics and the director of a hospital were killed.
At least six killed in Israeli raids on Lebanon’s Nabatieh, Bekaa
The Lebanese Health Ministry says at least five people have been killed and three wounded after renewed Israeli air raids on the town of Roumine, in the southern district of Nabatieh. Two of the wounded are in critical condition, it said.
The ministry added that one person was killed and two others wounded as a result of another Israeli raid on the area of al-Fikani in the Bekaa Valley.
