Hezbollah issued a strongly worded statement asserting that "Israel", driven by entrenched hostility and extreme brutality, conducted a series of large-scale aggressions targeting civilian populations across Lebanon.

The movement said that dozens of intense airstrikes hit residential areas in Beirut’s Southern Suburb, the capital itself, as well as Saida, South Lebanon, the Bekaa, and Mount Lebanon, killing 254 and injuring 1,165, mostly women, children, and elderly individuals.

"With its blind hatred, habitual criminality, and boundless brutality, now an entrenched characteristic of its nature, the Israeli enemy today carried out a series of roaming massacres against safe civilian populations," the statement stressed.

Hezbollah described the aggression as savage and said it amounts to repeated war crimes, accusing "Israel" of targeting crowded civilian areas, markets, and shops during busy hours. It further emphasized that the aggression is a form of retaliation against civilians following the failure to break the will of Hezbollah's popular base or force them into submission.

Israeli massacres increase the Lebanese people's resilience 

The statement added that the people have instead grown more resilient and committed to resistance, saying that the aggression has only strengthened their determination despite the heavy sacrifices involved.
 
“Our honorable people and the sons of this land have proven that the brutality of this aggression has only increased their resilience, steadfastness, and adherence to the choice of resistance, no matter how great the sacrifices,” the statement declared.

Hezbollah further noted that the rampant aggression reflects the Israeli frustration, stating that it is “a clear expression of the failure suffered by the enemy after its catastrophic inability to achieve any of its objectives and schemes across various fronts.

'Israel is in a state of systemic collapse'

The statement further portrayed "Israel" as being in a state of systemic collapse, marked by operational confusion, strategic disarray, and institutional collapse, along with its military forces, which it said have been significantly weakened by sustained strikes carried out by the fighters of the Islamic Resistance.

“The blood of the martyrs and the wounded will not be in vain, reaffirming our natural and legal right to resist occupation and respond to its aggression,” it added.

Hezbollah concluded by assuring that the Israeli massacres would “only increase our determination to continue resistance and confrontation, to restrain the enemy, defend our people and our homeland, and protect our security in the face of ongoing aggression.”

IOF commit harrowing massacres across Lebanon, kill, injure hundreds

A massive wave of Israeli airstrikes hit large parts of Lebanon on Wednesday, including Beirut, the south, and the eastern Bekaa, in a continued brutal Israeli aggression that has left growing numbers of civilian casualties and strained medical services.

Approximately 150 airstrikes were carried out across Lebanon within two hours, underscoring the scale of the Israeli aggression.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that  Israeli occupation forces carried out heavy firebelt strikes on Beirut’s Southern Suburb, targeting densely populated neighbourhoods including Bir Hassan, Haret Hreik, Chiah, Hay al-Sellom, and al-Rihab.

At least three Lebanese people were martyred and dozens more wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Burj Abi Haidar, Beirut.

Elsewhere, in Mount Lebanon, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that an Israeli aggression hit the town of Kaifun, resulting in a massacre.

12 were killed in the attack, and search operations continue for missing individuals under the rubble.

'Israel' commits massacres in South Lebanon

Additional strikes were reported in southern Lebanon, where artillery shelling targeted the town of Majdal Selm, while airstrikes hit the coastal city of Saida.

In detail, an airstrike on a residential building in the city of Saida killed at least six people and injured 25 others, according to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent.

The Israeli occupation also carried out widespread airstrikes in the areas of Nabatieh, Kfar Sir, Kfour, Harouf, Jbaa, Ain Qana, Zibdeen, al-Sharqiya, Doueir, Kfar Joz, Kfar Roummen, Jibshit, Haboush, al-Qusaybeh, and Sir al-Gharbiya. The toll and full extent of the damage and casualties there remain unclear.

The towns of Sarafand, Ansar, al-Sharqiya, Zefta, Houmine al-Tahta, Jwayya, Bissariyeh, Deir al-Zahrani, Deir Qanoun al-Nahr, and Adloun also came under attack.

In Adloun, three girls were martyred when an Israeli airstrike hit a home.

Later, a drone strike targeted a car in the city of Tyre.

'Israel' unleashes brutal aggression on Bekaa

In the Bekaa, Israeli warplanes carried out repeated strikes on multiple civilian areas, including Douris, Karak, Shmestar, Hosh al-Rafqa, and areas surrounding Tarayya and Hermel. One of the strikes reportedly hit a center affiliated with the Islamic Health Authority in central Hermel, resulting in casualties, though no official toll has yet been released.

Elsewhere in the Bekaa, at least 10 people were martyred, and dozens were injured in a brutal Israeli aggression on the town of Shmestar, where Israeli warplanes targeted a funeral procession.

Lebanon’s Health Minister said hospitals are “overwhelmed with martyrs and wounded individuals,” as medical facilities across the country struggled to cope with the influx of casualties. 

Israeli aggression on Lebanese capital

The airstrikes also extended to several neighborhoods within the capital, Beirut, where the Israeli occupation carried out sporadic strikes targeting the areas of Cola, Barbir, al-Manara, Ain al-Mraisseh, Corniche al-Mazraa, Moussaitbeh, Basta, Choueifat, and Ain el-Tineh. Residential apartments and buildings in several of these areas were struck.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Beirut later reported that an Israeli strike targeted a car in Khaldeh, south Beirut.

Health Ministry issues urgent appeals for blood donations

A statement issued by the Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health urgently calls on citizens to clear the way for ambulances so they can carry out their work 

The statement added that heavy traffic congestion, caused by the unprecedented wave of airstrikes in terms of number and intensity carried out by the Israeli enemy, is hindering rescue operations.

Hospitals across Lebanon have issued urgent appeals for blood donations, warning of a sharp influx of wounded civilians and increasing pressure on already stretched healthcare facilities. Medical staff described chaotic scenes in emergency departments as they struggled to cope with the rising number of casualties.

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