'Israel' renews morning airstrikes on Beirut's Southern Suburb
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The brutal Israeli attacks have severely damaged buildings across several residential neighborhoods, leaving behind scenes of destruction and rubble.
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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike targeting a neighborhood in southern Beirut on November 22, 2024. (AFP)
Israeli warplanes carried out Friday a series of airstrikes on the Southern Suburb of Beirut, reducing several residential buildings to rubble.
The brutal strikes appear to be part of "Israel's" retaliatory actions against areas inhabited by the Resistance's popular support base following battlefield setbacks.
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes targeted the areas of Haret Hreik, al-Hadath, and al-Kafaat.
The Israeli occupation military issued three separate warnings, announcing plans to strike three residential buildings in the targeted areas.
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It is worth noting that these warnings have been unreliable, as the number of strikes launched during every round of raids has been consistently higher than the number of individual warnings issued. Moreover, dozens of buildings have been struck with no previous warnings.
Despite Israeli claims that their strikes target buildings affiliated with the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, emerging footage documenting the aftermath of these airstrikes and eyewitness statements continue to prove otherwise.
The strikes caused significant destruction, with smoke and dust billowing over the targeted areas.
South Lebanon, Bekaa under Israeli attack
Israeli warplanes also targeted the towns of al-Jmaijmeh, Aynatha, Roumine, and Deir al-Zahrani in southern Lebanon.
In a rare escalation, the outskirts of Zebdine, Choukine, Harouf, and the area between Harouf, Jibchit, and Choukine were hit by artillery shelling late Thursday night, marking the first such attack since the 2006 July War, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Earlier Thursday, Israeli occupation forces conducted five airstrikes across the northern Bekaa Valley, leaving more than 47 people killed and 30 wounded, in a deadly surge of Israeli aggression that has significantly escalated tensions in the region.
Israeli aggression on Lebanon continues unabated; toll reaches 3,583
The ongoing Israeli aggression across Lebanon has resulted in the martyrdom of at least 3,583 people and wounded 15,244 in Lebanon since October 2023, with 25 martyrs and 121 injuries reported on Wednesday, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported on Thursday.
The Ministry later released a preliminary report on the death toll caused by the Israeli aggression on Thursday only. The toll was distributed as follows:
- Seven martyrs, 24 injured in the Nabatiyeh Governorate
- 5 martyrs, 26 injured in the Southen Governorate
- 40 martyrs, 52 injured in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
According to Al Mayadeen's correspondent, the Israeli occupation committed five massacres on Thursday that killed 34 people and injured 28 in a non-final toll.
Our correspondent in Lebanon's Bekaa area reported that six members of the same family were killed in the town of Maqneh, eight were martyred in Amshaka, at least 11 were martyred in Nabha, and three in the village of Masnaa al-Zahraa, west of Baalbek.
The raids targeted several towns today in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, including Younin, Beit Shama, the outskirts of Nahle, Brital, Maqneh, al-Safri, the outskirts of Bouday, Flewa, Beit Msheik, Nabha, Amshaka, al-Taybeh, Hawsh al-Rafiqa, and Qalad al-Sabaa.
The toll of the Israeli aggression on the Lebanese Bekaa Valley has reached 1,182 raids to date, resulting in 839 martyrs and 1,399 wounded, according to the Palestine Today Agency.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Bekaa, eastern Lebanon, reported that about 40 were martyred and 30 were wounded in 18 raids that targeted the northern Bekaa regions on Thursday.
