Israeli security minister clears further operations in Lebanon
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Israeli Security Minister Yoav Gallant reveals he had approved additional operations in Lebanon in light of the ongoing aggression.
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Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in the southern village of Kfar Rouman, seen from Marjayoun, south Lebanon, Wednesday, September 25, 2024 (AP)
Israeli Security Minister Yoav Gallant announced on Thursday that he had authorized a fresh series of military operations against Lebanon in light of the ongoing aggression on the country.
"I have approved the next set of operations that will be executed by the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] in the northern arena. We continue to eliminate Hezbollah terrorists, dismantle offensive infrastructure, and destroy rockets and missiles," Gallant said in a post on X, leaving out that the strikes have overwhelmingly targeted civilians and civilian areas.
Gallant added that the Israeli aggression on Lebanon aims to return northern Israeli settlers to their settlements after they were sent south or abroad by the Islamic Resistance's operations in northern occupied Palestine in support of Gaza.
The Israeli occupation forces Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi referred to the offensive as "Northern Arrows." According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, the Israeli bombardments have resulted in over 600 deaths. In response, Hezbollah has launched dozens of rockets toward northern occupied Palestine in defense of the people of Lebanon.
The Israeli occupation military committed several massacres between Wednesday night and Thursday morning as the aggression on Lebanon continued for the fourth day.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that 23 Syrian workers, including children, were martyred in an Israeli air aggression on Wednesday night on the town of Younine in northern Bekaa, located in northeastern Lebanon.
The Israeli airstrike targeted a building housing Syrian workers and their families.
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The town's mayor, Ali Qassas, said that in addition to the 23 martyrs, eight others were wounded, including four Lebanese who suffered from minor injuries.
Also in Bekaa, an airstrike that targeted a residential building in the town of Karak in the Zahle district killed 11 people, the correspondent said.
Five people remain under the rubble of the destroyed building, the correspondent added.
Additionally, four members of the same family were killed and nine others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted their home in the town of Shaath, located in the Baalbek district of eastern Lebanon, according to our correspondent.
