Israel far from achieving ground assault objectives in south Lebanon
Israel is not close to its goal of controlling about 500 square kilometres (193sq miles) of territory between the Lebanese border and the south of the Litany River, a military analyst says.
The army is not doing well in the town of Khiam close to the border, Elijah Magnier told Al Jazeera.
“It is trying to push on the western flank, because the advance of the Division 146 along the coastal road gives more protection from the seaside and the navy. But for that, it needs to control the high ground and make sure it is ‘cleaning’ the resistance forces between Chamaa, Naqoura and al-Bayada – which it has not yet achieved.”
Magnier added there are large areas in Bint Jbeil, Marjayoun, and Labbouneh that are still not under Israeli military control.
“Israel is trying to gain time by saying it wants a ceasefire and hopes it can achieve those operational goals in the next couple of months. The job of the resistance is to harass the invasion forces and make sure they cannot stay in any high ground or static position.”
Israeli air raid on residential building in Lebanon’s Baalbek kills 7
At least seven bodies have been pulled from under the rubble of a residential building hit by Israeli jets in the town of Shmustar in eastern Baalbek, Lebanon’s Health Ministry says. This was the third air raid on the town so far today and rescue efforts are ongoing, it added.
Death toll from Israeli attack on Lebanon’s Baalbek rises to eight
“The Israeli enemy strike on Shmestar killed eight people, including four children, and nine others were injured, including four in critical condition,” a ministry statement said, giving a preliminary toll.
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Another 7 people killed in Israeli strikes on east Lebanon towns
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says at least seven people were killed in Israeli attacks on several towns across the eastern Baalbek region:
- In Bouday, five people were killed, and five others were wounded, two of them critically
- In Flawiye, one person was killed and two others were wounded
- In Brital, one person was killed
- In Ras el-Ain, eight people were wounded
- In Haour Taala, three were wounded
One killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon’s Tyre
According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, at least one person has been killed in an air raid on Tyre. It added that 16 others were wounded, three of them critically.
Israeli attack kills 2 in southern Lebanese village
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says two others were injured in the strike on Ain Baal, east of the main city of Tyre. Israel has intensified attacks in the Tyre area as ground troops advance on the western sector of the border.
On September 23, Israel launched an intense air campaign against Lebanon in the south and the east and in southern Beirut. A week later, it sent ground forces across the border.
Two dozen dead in Israeli assault on eastern Lebanon
At least 24 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on the Baalbek-Hermel region, Lebanon’s Health Ministry announced, adding 45 people were injured. An Israeli attack on the city of Sahmar, in the western Bekaa region, resulted in two people wounded, it added.
The Health Ministry says more than 3,650 people have been killed in Lebanon since October 2023, with most deaths recorded since September this year.
Israeli military says Beirut’s Dahiyeh hit dozens of times this week
The Israeli military claims it hit a Hezbollah military headquarters when it attacked the Dahiyeh area of Beirut multiple times earlier.
During this week its warplanes bombed “dozens” of munitions warehouses, military buildings, and other Hezbollah infrastructure in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, it said.
Dozens of people, many of them civilians, were killed across Lebanon today during intensified Israeli attacks that have soured ceasefire prospects.
Hezbollah claims deadly attack on Israeli troops in south Lebanon
The Lebanese group announced its fighters destroyed a Merkava tank with a guided missile on the eastern outskirts of the town of al-Bayada. The attack led to casualties among the tank’s crew, it said.
Hezbollah also said it attacked the area of Meron in northern Israel with a “rocket salvo”.
