'Israel' kills civilians in previously untouched area in Lebanon north
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The Israeli occupation forces killed Lebanese civilians in the country's north after attacking Batroun, a previously untouched area.
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Lebanese army soldiers deploy around a destroyed building hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Barja, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024 (AP)
The Israeli occupation continues its aggression against Lebanon, targeting the capital Beirut, its Southern Suburb, and various other regions, including the South, Bekaa, Baalbek-Hermel, as well as Mount Lebanon and Metn. The ongoing assaults have led to further casualties and destruction across the country.
Lebanon's Health Ministry said Israeli strikes on three villages had killed at least 15 people Saturday, as state media reported further strikes elsewhere.
Four people had been killed and 18 others wounded in an "Israeli enemy strike" on Barja in the Shouf district south of the capital, according to the enemy.
An Al Mayadeen correspondent reported Saturday the martyrdom of two individuals and multiple injuries, including three children, following an Israeli airstrike on Deir Billa in Batroun, northern Lebanon. Meanwhile, "nine dead and 15 wounded," the Ministry said in a statement, updating an earlier toll of the Israeli strike on the town of Maaysrah in Mount Lebanon.
Southern Lebanon has also suffered from intense bombardment. Israeli airstrikes targeted the towns of Aita al-Shaab, Qouzah, Haris, and Bazourieh, further escalating the violence in the region.
The fatalities from Saturday's attacks add to the growing toll of victims from the ongoing Israeli aggression, which has claimed 2,255 lives and left 10,524 people injured since October 8, 2023. These statistics were confirmed by Lebanon's Ministry of Health as of Friday, October 11, 2024.
According to the ministry, the casualties on Friday alone included 26 martyrs and 144 injured across various parts of Lebanon. The southern region was hit the hardest, with 17 martyrs and 62 injured, including three martyrs and 41 wounded in Nabatiyeh.
In the Bekaa region, one person was martyred and 22 others were injured due to Israeli attacks, while five people were killed and 19 others wounded in the raids on Baalbek-Hermel.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported that several buildings at one of its sites in the southern town of Ramiya sustained heavy damage due to shelling overnight Friday into Saturday. Additionally, one UNIFIL personnel member was injured at a base in Naqoura on Friday night by a bullet of unknown origin, according to the statement.
Lebanon does not seek war, not to tolerate aggression
Lebanese Defense Minister Maurice Sleem said on Saturday that while Lebanon does not seek war, it will not tolerate the continuation of Israeli aggression.
The Lebanese Minister emphasized the need for the international community to exert strong pressure on "Israel" to compel it to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and halt its attacks on Lebanon.
The Resolution was reached in the wake of the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon and calls for the full cessation of hostilities and the deployment of the Lebanese Army to Southern Lebanon, as well as the establishment of a demilitarized zone between the Blue Line buffer zone (between Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territories) and the Litani River.
"Israel" completely disregarded the resolution in the aftermath of the war, continuously violating Lebanese sovereignty with overflights from its aircraft.
His statement comes after the Lebanese Army announced on Friday that two of its soldiers were martyred and three others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a military position in the town of Kafra, South Lebanon.
This comes amid an ongoing Israeli aggression across Lebanon, especially the country's southern and eastern regions, as well as Beirut's Southern Suburb, which has so far killed more than 1,200 people and displaced millions since September 23.
