Israel, which began a ground operation in Lebanon, struck the south of Beirut once again. The attack led to successive explosions in Beirut. The Israeli press claimed that Hezbollah’s second name, Hashim Safieddine, was targeted. Meanwhile, Hezbollah, which hit Israeli military positions with missiles, stated that they forced Israeli forces that infiltrated the border to retreat. The Israeli army announced that nine soldiers died in the clashes in Lebanon. The Israeli army claimed that they targeted the municipal building in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon and that 15 Hezbollah members were killed in the attack. The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that 1,974 people, including 127 children, have died in Israeli attacks. The Israeli Army once again targeted the capital of Lebanon, Beirut. Explosions were heard in succession in the south of Beirut. Israeli had warned to “evacuate the south of Beirut” earlier the day, and they reiterated this warning approximately an hour ago. Smoke was seen rising from the points hit by Israel. There is no information yet on casualties or injuries following the attack.
Israel’s media claimed that a senior Hezbollah official, Hashim Safieddine, was targeted in the attack. Safieddine is considered the successor to the late Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah. The Israeli army announced that it targeted three locations in Beirut last night. The army stated that they carried out a “pinpoint” attack in Beirut.
The targeted location was reported to be a health center belonging to Hezbollah in the Bashura region. Seven people died, and 11 were injured in the attack.
Heavy explosion sounds were also heard in Dahiye, known as Hezbollah’s stronghold.
Today, the Israeli army announced that they hit the municipal building in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon and claimed that at least 15 Hezbollah members died in the attack. Hezbollah has not issued any statement regarding the attack.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that 1,974 people, including 127 children, have died in Israeli attacks. As reported, 37 people died, and 151 were injured due to Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours. Israel’s Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi stated that they would not allow Hezbollah to re-establish itself in southern Lebanon. The Israeli army also issued a new evacuation warning for residents in 25 towns in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese news agency reported that Israel targeted the Jamous, Kafa’at, and Chyah neighborhoods in the south of Beirut in the coming hours. It was reported that two people died in an Israeli airstrike on the village of Ernun in the southern city of Nabatiye today.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah announced that they launched a rocket attack targeting Israeli forces in the Sa’sa settlement in northern Israel. They also claimed to have targeted the Sakhnin military industrial base in the Haifa Bay in the evening. Yesterday, the Israeli army conducted 12 airstrikes on several neighborhoods in the Dahiye district of Beirut, dubbed Hezbollah’s stronghold.
The air raids targeted the neighborhoods of Hreyk, Esh-Shayyah, Haddis Beyrut, Shuweifat, Al-Amerousiye, Ar Ruwaiss, and Al-Jamous in Dahiye.
The Lebanese army announced that a Lebanese soldier was wounded in the airstrikes in the south of the country while clearing the way at the entrance to the Kawkaba town in the south.
The Lebanese army later announced that they opened fire for the first time on Israel after a soldier was killed. Three Lebanese soldiers have been killed in Israeli attacks so far. Furthermore, the Israeli army announced that eight soldiers were killed in the clashes in Lebanon. They also announced the death of another soldier today, bringing the total number of Israeli military deaths to 9 in Lebanon. Hezbollah, on the other hand, stated that 17 Israeli soldiers have been killed in the clashes. According to the official Lebanese news agency NNA, Israeli warplanes attacked a house in the southern village of Debl yesterday morning.
It was reported that three people died in the airstrike.
Israel issued new evacuation orders for the largely evacuated suburb area after days of heavy bombardment. The compulsory displacement of Lebanese people continues due to Israeli attacks. Hezbollah stated that they encountered Israeli forces that infiltrated into the Adaisseh town in the early morning hours yesterday and forced them to withdraw.
They also reported that their fighters targeted a large infantry force in Misgav Am across the border with rockets and artillery fire.
They claimed to have hit the Amiad base in northern Israel with rockets and announced a missile attack on the Israeli city of Haifa.Appress from southern Lebanon, they targeted Israeli military garrisons in the deep territory of Israel using a three-winged “Jerusalem 5” rocket.
Muhammad Afifi, Hezbollah’s media chief, held a press conference in the Dahiye district in the south of Beirut, which is considered Hezbollah’s stronghold. At the press conference, Afifi stated, “This is just the beginning; we have warriors, weapons, and ammunition to repel Israel.” He claimed that they had killed many Israeli soldiers in the clashes in the towns of al-Adise and Maroun ar-Ras in the south of Lebanon.
Afifi added that Israel had not reported about the dead soldiers, and he expressed that what happened in Adise and Marun ar-Ras was just the beginning, and Hezbollah’s preparedness in the south of Lebanon was at the highest level. Afifi also added that there were no weapons in the buildings targeted by Israel in Dahiye, which had been under Israeli airstrikes since September 23, 2023. Israel, which has been in conflict with Hezbollah since October 8, 2023, carried out hundreds of airstrikes on the southern towns of Lebanon as well as the Bekaa and Baalbek regions on September 23.
According to Lebanese authorities, a total of 1,328 people, including 104 children and 194 women, have lost their lives since the explosion of the communication devices used by Hezbollah on September 17. On September 27, the Israeli army launched airstrikes on Beirut, killing Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah.
Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced within the country due to the Israeli bombardments. While the wave of migration from the southern parts of the country to the capital Beirut and to the north continue, it is stated that more than 100,000 people crossed into Syria.