IOF commit new massacre in Bekaa, death toll rises to 3,136
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The Israeli occupation bombed various towns in the south and the Bekaa region, committing a massacre in the town of al-Kneisseh and targeting rescue workers in two southern towns.
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Israeli occupation forces strike multiple locations simultaneously in the province of Tyre, South Lebanon, on November 9, 2024. (Social media)
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the death toll from the Israeli occupation aggression on Lebanon has risen to 3,136, in addition to 13,979 injuries, with Friday’s attacks alone resulting in 19 martyrs and 91 wounded.
On Saturday, the Israeli occupation intensified its bombing, targeting areas in the Bekaa region. Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported a preliminary toll of 10 martyrs in an Israeli massacre in the town of al-Kneisseh in northern Bekaa.
The correspondent indicated that search and rescue operations are still ongoing at the site of the massacre in al-Kneisseh, with both martyrs and wounded reported from recent airstrikes on multiple towns in northern Bekaa.
Additionally, the correspondent reported that occupation aircraft conducted airstrikes on the town of Hadath Baalbek, the Tal al-Abyad neighborhood north of Baalbek, and near Qsarnaba in central Bekaa.
Targeting civil service and rescue crews
In the south, the Emergency Operations Center of the Public Health Ministry reported an initial toll of 5 martyrs from the Israeli occupation’s airstrike on the town of Hanaway in the Tyre district.
The center also announced that the occupation’s airstrikes targeted gathering positions rescue workers gather at in the towns of Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ayn and Ain Baal, resulting in 6 martyrs and 2 wounded in the first town, and 3 wounded in the second.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent confirmed that the number of martyrs from yesterday’s Israeli occupation airstrikes on Tyre has risen to 17.
Additionally, the National News Agency reported that the occupation targeted a house in the town of al-Bazourieh and launched airstrikes on the towns of Srifa, Hanin, Kafra, Srebbine, and Rsheif, while also shelling the town of Kawnin with artillery.
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