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On Saturday morning, Hezbollah announced the bombing of the Capri area in northern Israel with “a volley of Fadi 1 missiles,” in the first attack it claimed after the Israeli raids that targeted the southern suburb.
The party said in a statement that its fighters bombed the “Capri Basaliyah colony with Fadi 1 missiles” in “response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.”
The Israeli army launched a series of Israeli raids during the night hours between Friday and Saturday on areas in the southern suburbs, while sirens sounded on Saturday morning in the Upper Galilee region after ten missiles were launched from Lebanon, according to the Israeli army.
Israeli reports stated that Iron Dome intercepted several missiles launched from Lebanon towards Tel Aviv, and sirens also sounded in a number of West Bank settlements.
According to Al-Manar TV, affiliated with Hezbollah, the Israeli raids targeted the areas of Al-Kafaat, Al-Hadath, Al-Laylaki, Al-Shuweifat, and Burj Al-Barajneh. The attacks caused the outbreak of large fires, and columns of smoke rose in several neighborhoods within the suburb.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that hospitals in the southern suburbs would evacuate their patients after the Israeli raids.
Before these attacks, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari called on residents to leave specific locations, saying that “Hezbollah hides strategic missiles there,” noting that Air Force planes were flying over Beirut airport and that “Israel will not allow any hostile planes loaded with equipment.” Military landing.
The Israeli army spokesman for the Arab media, Avichay Adraee, also called on residents in specific areas of the southern suburb to evacuate the buildings and stay away from them for a distance of no less than 500 meters.
Eyewitnesses told Reuters of hearing more than twenty separate air strikes before dawn on Saturday, and thousands of Lebanese were observed gathering in squares, parks and on sidewalks in central Beirut and areas overlooking the sea, after they were displaced from their homes in the southern suburbs.
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Saw the first hours From the night, a series of Israeli air strikes targeted, according to what the Israeli army said, “Hezbollah weapons stores under residential buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut.”
The army added that it carried out air strikes on Hezbollah “terrorist targets” in the Tire region of southern Lebanon.
The strikes led to the killing of the commander of Hezbollah’s missile unit in southern Lebanon, his deputy, and a number of other party leaders, namely Muhammad Ali Ismail and his deputy Hussein Ahmed Ismail, according to an Israeli army statement.
For its part, Hezbollah did not confirm or deny this information related to the killing of the leaders, while it denied Israel’s “allegations” about the presence of “weapon stores in civilian buildings,” according to what Hezbollah’s media office stated.
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What happened on Friday?
Friday evening, The BBC’s Beirut correspondent, Karen Tarbey, reported that a series of huge explosions occurred that “shook all of Beirut,” about half an hour after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finished speaking at the United Nations General Assembly meetings.
The Israeli army announced that it targeted “Hezbollah’s main command headquarters” in the southern suburbs, and the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation stated that the target of the strikes was Hassan NasrallahSecretary General of Hezbollah.
Israeli Army Radio reported that the army was checking whether Nasrallah was at the targeted location, while Reuters and Agence France-Presse both quoted a source close to the party that Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah “He is still alive and fine,” as did the Iranian Tasnim Agency, which confirmed from security sources that Nasrallah is in a safe place.
A BBC correspondent in Beirut reported that the explosions led to the rise of thick smoke that covered a large part of Beirut, in what was considered the “largest escalation” and the most violent attack since October 8 of last year.
She added, “The size and number of explosions indicate the possibility of a large and perhaps massive number of casualties.”
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in The hours that followed the strikesThe sound of ambulance sirens was heard, as journalists reported a large number of casualties as a result of the raids that targeted the Haret Hreik area in the southern suburb.
Local media broadcast live scenes showing columns of smoke rising from several locations in the southern suburb, while the French news agency quoted a source close to Hezbollah that the strikes leveled six buildings in the Haret Hreik area.
According to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority, bunker-busting bombs were used in these raids.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement that Netanyahu will cut short his visit to New York and return to Israel.
During the night, the Israeli army continued its air attacks on what it described as “Hezbollah targets in Lebanon,” including “rocket launch pads and weapons storage sites.”
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In response to those attacksHezbollah announced that it launched a missile attack targeting the city of Safed in northern Israel, indicating that these attacks come “in support of the Palestinians and in defense of Lebanon.”
The Israeli army confirmed that there was a “direct hit” by a missile fired by Hezbollah at a house and a car in the town of Safad.
BBC correspondent in Israel, Muhannad Tutanji, reported that sirens sounded in several areas, including the Upper Galilee, the Middle Galilee, and the city of Safed.
Tutenji explained that the Israeli Iron Dome system fired several missiles that responded to the missile attack launched by the party from Lebanon.
He added that the Israeli authorities announced the opening of shelters for residents, and residents of the north were asked to adhere to the instructions of the home front and to remain near the shelters in preparation for any response from Hezbollah or Iran.
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“Six killed and 91 people injured.”
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that six were killed and 91 people were injured, an infinite toll, as a result of the Israeli raids, on Friday, on the southern suburb of Beirut.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health indicated that the removal of rubble is continuing until now.
The Lebanese authorities announced the rescue of two young children from the rubble of a building damaged by the Israeli raids on the southern suburb. Rescue teams rushed them to a nearby ambulance, and they appeared to be shaking but conscious.
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Mikati: The Israeli enemy does not care about all international efforts and calls
For his part, the Prime Minister of the Lebanese caretaker government, Najib Mikati, affirmed that “the new aggression proves that the Israeli enemy does not care about all international efforts and calls for a ceasefire, which places the international community before its responsibilities to deter this enemy and stop its tyranny and the war of annihilation that it is waging against Lebanon.” .
The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, said that the Israeli air strikes on Beirut on Friday targeted a meeting of “evil people” planning to launch an attack on Israel.
Danon refused to confirm that Israel targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, but said that Nasrallah is an “evil actor” and a “terrorist” who deserves to be punished.
