Shafaq News/ Israeli air and
artillery strikes targeted Beirut’s Southern Suburbs (Dahyeh) early Thursday,
while airstrikes, believed to be Israeli, also hit the Syrian city of Homs.
Israeli Attacks On Lebanon
Footage showed a cloud of smoke
rising from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahyeh.
Israeli evacuation warnings were
issued for residents of Chouaifet El-Aamroussieh, Ghobeiry, Haret Hreik and Bourj
el-Barajneh.
An Israeli airstrike hit the Mrayjeh
area minutes after an airstrike targeted a building in Haret Hreik in Dahyeh.
Many areas are bombed either without
evacuation warnings or only shortly before the warning, leaving residents with
little time to evacuate.
In southern Lebanon, Israeli
artillery struck the areas around Al-Jibbin and Marwahin. Additionally, Israeli
airstrikes targeted the eastern outskirts of Naqoura, while Israeli warplanes
launched two missiles at the town of Deir El-Zahrani, one of which failed to
explode.
Furthermore, Israeli artillery
targeted Wadi Al-Saluki and Wadi Al-Hujair, while
cluster artillery fire targeted the Litani River channel near the village of
Dbayeh.
Lebanon's Health Ministry reported
that the Israeli bombardment had led to 3,365 deaths and 14,344 injuries since
the war began, including women and children. Over 1.2 million residents have
been displaced.
Hezbollah’s Retaliatory Operations
Hezbollah continues its attack on
Israel, "in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in Gaza, in
solidarity with their brave and honorable resistance, and in defense of Lebanon
and its people," according to the group.
In a series of statements, the
Lebanese party said its fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli forces on the
eastern outskirts of Markaba with a rocket salvo, causing “confirmed”
casualties. They also targeted another gathering in the settlement of Sasa and
another between the towns of Houla and Markaba, also with a rocket barrage.
Hezbollah fighters also attacked the
Jal Al-Alam border site and a logistical base for the 146th division of the
Israeli army (northeast of the Netiv HaShayara settlement, east of Nahariya), with
a rocket barrage.
Israeli media reported that sirens
were heard at Mitzvah and Ras al-Naqoura in Western Galilee.
Syria Explosion
In a separate incident, the Syrian
Arab News Agency (SANA) reported an explosion in the southern skies of Homs,
stating that “air defenses were intercepting a hostile target in the same
area.”
These attacks follow Wednesday's
Israeli airstrike on the area of Qusayr in the southern countryside of Homs
province in central Syria. "The Israeli aggression targeted a bridge in
the village of al-Jubaniyah in the Homs countryside,” SANA affirmed.
For years now, Israel has been
carrying out strikes on Iran-affiliated targets in Syria, however, these raids
have drastically surged since the Gaza war started on Oct. 7.
This is an updated story…