Early this Sunday, Israeli aviation launched more than thirty bombing raids against different points in the Beirutian suburbs of Dahye, which experienced its “most violent” night in a year of conflict, reported the Lebanese National News Agency (ANN). .
“The southern suburbs of Beirut recorded their most violent night since the beginning of the aggression, being the target of more than 30 attacks, the echo of which was heard in Beirut and whose black smoke covered all suburban areas,” the state media indicated.
The bombings hit at least five different residential neighborhoods in Dahye, as well as a gas station located on the road that connects the capital with the Rafic Hariri International Airport, the only operational one in the country and where flights have been limited for weeks.
At least 23 people killed on Saturday
At least 23 people died and another 93 were injured throughout Saturday in Israeli attacks in different parts of Lebanon, the Ministry of Public Health reported this Sunday.
The government department said in a statement that the victims were registered in the southern provinces of South Lebanon and Nabatieh; the eastern Bekaa and Baalbek-Hermel; as well as at the Mount Lebanon plant, adjacent to Beirut.
For the first time, Israel also bombed the north of the country, where four people died, although the majority of those killed on Saturday were concentrated in the administrative demarcation of Nabatieh, with nine, according to the Ministry.
Israeli Army confirms death of another Hezbollah commander
The Israeli Army also confirmed the death of Hader Ali Tawiil, commander of the Kafr Kila company of the Shiite group Hezbollah, to whom they attributed responsibility for firing “hundreds of projectiles and anti-tank missiles against communities in northern Israel.”
Ali Tawiil died in a bombing by the Israeli Air Force, although the Army did not give any further details, such as his location. However, the company commanded by the militiaman, that of Kafr Kila, corresponds to a town bordering Israel.
Tawiil, led by militants Mohamed Hader and Hassan Ntiir, both also killed in Israeli attacks this week, participated in an anti-tank missile attack that killed a 76-year-old Israeli civilian, Mira Ayalon, and his son, Sgt. reservist Barak Ayalon, in northern Israel.
With this announcement, the numbers of leaders of the pro-Iran group whom Israel has killed in recent days increase, and which military spokesman Daniel Hagari estimated yesterday at more than 30 during a video appearance.
In total, Hagari assured that the armed forces have killed some 440 combatants since launching their “limited” ground incursion into southern Lebanon, in which at least nine Israeli soldiers have been killed so far and one was seriously wounded yesterday.
Israel says it hit a “Hezbollah weapons depot”
On the other hand, the Israeli Army confirmed the launch of a series of night attacks in the vicinity of the city, where it claims to have hit “ammunition warehouses and other terrorist infrastructure,” according to a military statement.
The spokesman for the Arab media of the Israel Defense Forces, Avichay Adraee, detailed in a statement posted on social networks that “measures were taken to reduce the possibility of harm to civilian lives and advance evacuation warnings were sent to residents. “, and added that operations against armed groups operating in the south of the Lebanon.
Previously, from Israel, it was reported that approximately 130 projectiles fired by Hezbollah managed to cross from Lebanon into Israeli territory.
The Shiite Hezbollah militia launched rockets against towns in northern Israel in a new day of clashes in which the Israeli Army responded by bombing the southern suburbs of Beirut on Saturday.
Dahye, a major Hezbollah stronghold
In the last week, its fighter jets and drones have bombed Dahye daily, an important stronghold of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah that had been largely free of attacks during almost the entire conflict that began between the parties in October 2023.
However, within the framework of the strong escalation launched by Israel since mid-September, there have been numerous bombings and attacks that Israel claims are “selective” against Hezbollah leaders, such as the one that killed its general secretary a week ago. , Hasan Nasrallah.
At the same time, Israeli forces have engaged in ground combat within Lebanese territory, in adjacent areas on the border where they have recognized nine dead soldiers, and are maintaining an intense bombing campaign against the south and east of the country, also strongholds of the Shiite group.
Two Hamas leaders killed
Likewise, he announced the death of two Hamas officials in Lebanese territory, without these Islamist organizations confirming the murders so far.
Earlier, the Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Army, Herzi Halevi, insisted on maintaining pressure on Hezbollah in Lebanon “without concessions”, in statements released by his country’s armed forces.
Attempted advance on Oddaisseh
For its part, Hezbollah assured that during the early hours of the morning it responded to an “attempted advance” by Israeli troops in the town of Oddaisseh, on the southern border of Lebanon, where hours before it had already reported another infiltration attempt repelled with an attack. which caused “a massive explosion” that, according to the militia, caused casualties among its ranks.
Since the start of hostilities, Israel’s attacks in the south, the Bekaa Valley and the capital, Beirut, have killed nearly 2,000 people and forced 1.2 million people from their homes, mainly in the south and east of the Mediterranean country.
Some 220,000 displaced people from Lebanon to Syria and new routes
On the other hand, the number of people who have crossed the Syrian border fleeing violence in Lebanon has already risen to 220,000, while their routes have been altered by the Israeli bombing two days ago near the main border crossing, reported the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Since the start of an intense Israeli air campaign against Lebanon two weeks ago, some 220,000 have fled by land to Syria, of whom it is estimated that around 70% are Syrian citizens and 30% Lebanese, with only a few third-party cases. countries, according to a report published by UNHCR.
Beirut / EFE
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