'Israel' strikes east Bekaa in Lebanon, injuring eight
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Lebanon's Health Ministry said the strikes in the east Bekaa area "injured eight people, including six Lebanese citizens, a five-year-old Syrian girl, and a fifteen-year-old Syrian girl."
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Photo of one of the Israeli strikes on the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, August 19, 2024 (Social media)
The official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) correspondent in Baalbek reported that towns in the Baalbek district were subjected to three hostile Israeli strikes on Monday evening.
The first strike targeted the Dhour al-Ayron area in Sarin al-Tahta, the second struck the outskirts of Nabi Sheet in the Al-Qouz area, and the third hit the Sahliyya region between the towns of Tamnine al-Tahta and Qsarnaba.
Hostile drones continued to fly over the area.
NNA also reported that hostile warplanes carried out an airstrike targeting open ground with two missiles on the outskirts of Mansouri-Boyout al-Seyyad in Southern Lebanon.
Lebanon's Health Ministry said the strikes in the east Bekaa area "injured eight people, including six Lebanese citizens, a five-year-old Syrian girl, and a fifteen-year-old Syrian girl."
According to Al Mayadeen's correspondent, an Israeli warplane also raided targets in the town of Taybeh, Southern Lebanon.
Beirut files UN complaint over Israeli breach of sovereignty, airspace
Lebanon's permanent mission to the United Nations submitted a formal complaint on Monday against the Israeli air violations of the country's airspace.
"[These violations] constitute a flagrant violation of Lebanon's sovereignty and airspace, and of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 (issued in 2006)," as quoted by the Lebanese National News Agency NNA.
The Israeli air force hostilities violate international humanitarian law provisions to ban "all methods of collective punishment and psychological intimidation .. through terrorizing all civilians and spreading panic," especially among the most vulnerable parts of society, such as children, the mission added.
Since the onset of the Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip in October 2023 and the escalation along the Lebanon-occupied Palestine border area, the Israeli air strikes on southern towns and villages and the killing and wounding of civilians have become frequent.
Lebanon has filed several official complaints to the UN against the Israeli aggressions and crimes in the past ten months.
