Death toll in yesterday’s central Beirut attack rises to 29
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says at least 29 people have been confirmed killed and 67 injured in the Israeli attack on the Basta al-Fawqa neighbourhood. The predawn attack was unleashed without any warning from the Israeli military, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.
More Israelis wounded in rocket strikes from Lebanon
Three Israelis were injured in a new rocket barrage from Lebanon as heavy bombardment continues between Israel and Hezbollah.
The Israel Hayom newspaper said a rocket hit a factory in Maalot-Tarshiha in western Galilee, causing damage. A woman also sustained light injuries from rocket shrapnel in the area.
Two more Israelis were wounded after a rocket struck a building in Petah Tikva, east of Tel Aviv, according to Channel 12.
The attack led to a temporary halt in flights at Ben Gurion International Airport in central Israel, the public broadcaster Kan reported. Later, Channel 14 said about 250 rockets were launched at northern Israel from Lebanon.
At least 340 Hezbollah projectiles launched from Lebanon
Israeli Army Radio says 340 missiles, rockets and drones were launched from Lebanon since the morning. It was Hezbollah’s heaviest barrage in months. Some of the rockets reached the Tel Aviv area in the heart of Israel.
Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said it treated seven people, including a 60-year-old man in severe condition, after rocket fire on northern Israel.
Israeli forces again hit southern suburbs of Beirut
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting Israeli warplanes launched “successive raids” on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
‘Massive destruction’ after Israeli air strikes pound Beirut
Lebanon’s state media report a plethora of Israeli air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs after the Israeli army gave short notice for civilians to flee. Loud explosions were heard with car alarms going off throughout one street in Lebanon capital.
“A series of violent strikes are targeting Haret Hreik, Bir al-Abed and Ghobeiri in the southern suburbs of Beirut,” the official National News Agency (NNA) reported.
The raids “caused massive destruction over a large geographical area” of the Kafaat district, NNA said. There were no immediate reports of casualties in Sunday’s strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, which have been largely emptied of their residents during the fighting.
Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee earlier warned the military would strike “Hezbollah facilities and interests” in southern Beirut.
Hezbollah claims it destroyed six Israeli tanks in Lebanon’s south
The Lebanese group says it destroyed six Israeli Merkava tanks in Lebanon’s south, five in the strategic coastal area of al-Bayada where Israeli troops later retreated from a key hilltop position.
Hezbollah fighters “destroyed” five Israeli tanks on the eastern outskirts of the town of al-Bayyaada, where heavy ground battles have raged for days.
The group also knocked out a sixth Merkava tank in the Deir Mimas area close to the border, it said in separate statements.
