Israeli strike closes key Lebanon-Syria evacuation route
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The Israeli occupation escalates its brutal aggression against Lebanon, targeting the Bekaa Valley, Baalbek-Hermel, the South, the southern suburb of Beirut, and the road connecting the Lebanese-Syrian border at the Masnaa and Jdeidet Yabous crossings.
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Traffic jam on the Lebanese-Syrian Masnaa border crossing, undated. (AFP)
The Israeli occupation persists in its brutal and barbaric aggression against Lebanon, launching assaults on the Bekaa Valley, Baalbek-Hermel, the South, and the southern suburbs of Beirut. This morning, the violence escalated, reaching the Lebanese-Syrian border.
In the latest strikes, Israeli warplanes targeted the road connecting the Masnaa and Jdeidet Yabous border crossings with two missiles, as reported by Al Mayadeen's correspondent.
This resulted in the suspension of traffic in both directions between Syria and Lebanon.
Caretaker Transport Minister, Ali Hamieh, informed Reuters that an Israeli strike hit near Lebanon's Masnaa border crossing with Syria, cutting off a road used by hundreds of thousands of people to flee Israeli bombardments in recent days.
Simultaneously, Israeli airstrikes resumed across various towns in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, systematically targeting shops and civilian homes. Our correspondent reported that the raids focused on the outskirts of Baalbek and extended to the towns of Bodai, Shmistar, Hawsh Safiyeh, and others.
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The Israeli raids also extended to the town of Nabi Sheet in the Bekaa, east of Lebanon, and targeted the heights of Janta. In the South, warplanes carried out strikes on the town of Aitat in the morning.
Beirut’s southern suburb has been subjected to continuous and violent bombardment, with relentless airstrikes pounding residential areas. Locals describe the scenes as harrowing, with explosions shaking the neighborhood and reducing buildings to rubble. The air raids, which have… pic.twitter.com/AJYwZQeqYF
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 3, 2024
Intense bombings in Southern Suburb of Beirut
This follows a night of intense violence in the Southern Suburb of Beirut, where Israeli warplanes conducted raids using numerous vacuum and bunker-busting bombs at dawn. The explosions were reported to be louder than the sound of the aircraft striking the building where Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was martyred last Friday.
Circulating grim footage from #Beirut’s southern suburb neighborhood, Mrayjeh, reveals the sheer scale of destruction caused by ongoing Israeli airstrikes just after midnight on Friday.
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 3, 2024
The area, once bustling, is now a scene of devastation, with buildings reduced to rubble and… pic.twitter.com/DY1IY6evcK
The raids focused on the al-Mrayjeh area, Martyr Hadi Nasrallah Highway, and the vicinity of al-Hadath, leading to the collapse of several buildings and facilities. Notable damage included the al-Mrayjeh football field, the police station, and the municipality building.
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