Israel strikes building in central Beirut
An explosion rang out in Beirut, with a resident of the central Basta Fawqa neighbourhood telling the Reuters news agency there was a strike near that area. AP news agency also reported that Israel struck a building in central Beirut.
Israeli forces reach Lebanon’s Litani River
In a press release, the Israeli army says a number of its ground units had conducted operations in the “area of the Litani River”.
This river represents the boundary line that UN Resolution 1701 stipulates as the furthest south as Hezbollah is allowed to go in Lebanese territory, saying that the Lebanese Army and UN be the only armed presence near the Israeli border.
It is also the line that Israel is demanding Hezbollah pull back beyond in any ceasefire agreement that could be reached in the coming days.
Israeli forces carry out ‘large scale’ attack on Beirut
At least 10 simultaneous Israeli strikes have pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs as a spokesman for the Israeli military says the air force has been carrying out “a large scale” attack on Hezbollah targets there.
The military “is now attacking terrorist targets of Hezbollah in the Beirut area on a large scale”, the Israeli army said on X.
The strikes were the largest simultaneous attacks across Beirut’s southern suburbs so far, according to the Reuters news agency, and came after the Israeli military issued leave-or-die threats for 20 locations in the area, its largest such warning yet.
Seven people killed in intense Israel strikes on Beirut
Seven people have been killed in Israeli attacks on a Beirut building housing displaced people, the National News Agency reports, citing Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
“The Israeli strike on the Nweiri area in Beirut destroyed a four-storey building housing displaced people,” Lebanon’s official agency said. The Health Ministry said seven people were killed and 37 wounded in the bombing of a densely populated area where people displaced by Israeli bombardments have sought refuge.
Civilians wounded in Israel’s attack on Syria
Syria’s SANA news agency is reporting that Israel’s air attack on the town of Qusayr wounded at least two civilians and caused “material losses”. The agency cited a military source.
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), meanwhile, reported that Israeli forces attacked the Al-Jubaniyeh, Al-Daf, Arjoun, and Al-Nizariyeh bridges in Qusayr, in addition to the Al-Hadhur, Mataraba, and Al-Hawsh bridges on the Syrian-Lebanese border.
The Israeli military confirmed the attack earlier, saying it had struck Hezbollah weapons smuggling routes.
Smoke rises as people gather at a damaged site after what Syrian state news agency said was an Israeli strike in the Damascus suburb of Mazzeh, Syria November 14
