Beirut: Lebanon’s Health Ministry says an Israeli airstrike has killed at least 20 people.
Israeli Airstrike Kills 20 in North Lebanon
It says the strike on Sunday occurred in the village of Aalmat, north of Beirut and far from the areas in the south and east of the country where the Hezbollah militant group has a major presence.
Lebanese Health Ministry says Israeli airstrike kills 20 in the country’s north.
With recent airstrike on Northern Lebanon the death toll has now reached 3,136, with injuries rising to 13,979, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Saturday.
The ministry said in a notice that Israel launched air strikes on many places in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate in eastern Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least 20 people.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued a statement on Saturday saying that in the past week, it launched operations in the suburbs of southern Lebanon, discovering and destroying Hezbollah’s weapons and intelligence facilities.
The IDF also stated that it destroyed about 300 Hezbollah infrastructure facilities, killed some armed personnel and discovered Hezbollah’s underground facilities in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah said on the same day that its fighters fired rockets at Haifa and other places in northern Israel, and attacked Israeli soldiers’ assembly points in many places. Hezbollah also claimed to have shot down an Israeli Elbit Hermes 450 drone.
The ongoing clashes between Israel and Hezbollah began on Oct. 8, 2023 — one day after Hamas launched an attack on Israel. Since Sept. 23 this year, the Israeli army has intensified its airstrikes against Hezbollah across Lebanon, resulting in significant civilian casualties and displacement of residents from many areas.
With AP Inputs
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