No IRGC advisers present at site of Israeli attack on Lebanon: Tasnim

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Tasnim news agency
20 Sep 2024 21:44

An Israeli strike on a residential building in Beirut's suburb did not target any IRGC members, sources told Tasnim.

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Rescuers work at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the Southern Suburb of Beirut, Friday, September 20, 2024 (AP)

No members of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) where present at the site of an Israeli attack on the Southern Suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, informed sources told the Iranian Tasnim news agency.

Media outlets, citing Israeli military officials, said that Iranian military advisers were present at the point of an Israeli attack on Friday.

However, sources told Tasnim that "the rumor is false and none of the members of the IRGC were present at the target location of the Zionist regime crime."

The Israeli regime launched a raid on a residential building in the suburb of Beirut.

As a result of the strike, a residential complex collapsed and several civilians fell victim to another Israeli war crime.

In detail, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said, in its latest toll, that 12 people were martyred and 66 others were injured as a result of the aggression.

Emergency services are working around the clock to retrieve victims stuck underneath the rubble created by the strike.

Sirens ring across Israeli settlements in Safad area

Almost an hour after the attack, sirens went off in multiple Israeli settlements in northern occupied Palestine, reaching the settlement of Kfar HaNassi and the occupied city of Safad.

At nearly 5:08 pm (local time) Israeli warning sirens rang off in the areas of Rosh Pina, Safad, Ma'ale Yosef, Merom, Mount Hermon, Zar'it, Shtula, Hatzor HaGilit, Amuka, Dalton, Bar Yochai, Safsufa, Kadita, Machanaim, Tzahar, Shomera, Biriyeh, Ayelet HaShachar, and Kfar HaNassi.

Israeli media reports indicate that a large barrage of rockets was launched at occupied territories after Hezbollah had fired more than 150 rockets at Israeli military sites on Friday morning.