The Israeli army says it destroyed several “weapons factories” of the pro-Iranian Shiite militia Hezbollah on Thursday evening. The IDF also presented aerial photographs of the demolition of buildings in the middle of residential areas in a suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Lebanese state media reported that six buildings were razed in at least 17 Israeli attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs. The national news agency called it the “most violent” attacks in the area “since the start of the war.” Video footage from the AFP news agency showed a huge explosion in the suburb of Leylaki, followed by smaller explosions. The Israeli army had previously issued an evacuation warning for the area in Dahiye, where Hezbollah has major influence.
The Lebanese news agency NNA also reported a “new wave of Israeli attacks on villages” in the southern Lebanese districts of Tire and Bint Jbeil. At dawn there was also heavy artillery and machine gun fire in Aita al-Shaab and Ramya in the border area. The television channel Sky News Arabia also reported fighting in the Kafr Kila, Taiba and Udaissa areas in the border region of the two countries.
The Israeli military reported that around 50 rockets were fired from Lebanon into the Galilee region of northern Israel early in the morning. Some bullets were intercepted, others hit the ground. At least three people were injured by falling debris, according to Magen David Adom emergency services.
Units of the Lebanese army came under fire again. Three army members were killed as they tried to evacuate the wounded, the army said in a statement.
Conference in Paris: About 1 billion euros in emergency aid for Lebanon
At an international aid conference for Lebanon in Paris, 800 million euros in emergency humanitarian aid was mobilized for the war- and crisis-ridden country. A further €200 million was pledged to strengthen the Lebanese Armed Forces.
According to the French government, the purpose of the conference was to provide the $400 million (about 370 million euros) requested by the United Nations for the displaced people in Lebanon. Nearly 700,000 people have been displaced by the conflict between the Israeli army and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah militia, according to the UN. The number of deaths is estimated at more than 2,500 and the number of injured at more than 12,000.
Source: Krone
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