Flames and smoke rise after an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, within the southern suburb of Beirut, Monday, October 21, 2024. (AP Photograph/Bilal Hussein) | Photograph credit score: BILAL HUSSEIN
One baby and three adults have been killed and 24 others wounded on Monday (Oct. 22, 2024) in an Israeli assault close to the primary authorities hospital in Beirut, the Lebanese capital, the nationwide Well being Ministry mentioned in a press release.
Israel’s marketing campaign in Lebanon has displaced greater than 1.2 million individuals on a number of events, in keeping with Lebanese authorities. Israel says it intends to expel Hezbollah fighters from the border area in order that tens of hundreds of Israelis can return to their houses they have been compelled to flee over the previous yr as a result of Hezbollah’s cross-border fireplace in solidarity with Palestinians through the conflict in Gaza.
Extra strikes are coming
Israel mentioned on Monday evening (October 22, 2024) that it deliberate to hold out extra assaults in Lebanon towards a Hezbollah-run monetary establishment that it attacked the evening earlier than and which it says makes use of buyer deposits to finance assaults towards Israel.
At the least 15 branches of Al-Qard Al-Hasan have been attacked on Sunday evening (October 21, 2024) in southern neighborhoods of Beirut, all through southern Lebanon and within the japanese Bekaa Valley, the place Hezbollah has a robust presence. A blow introduced down a nine-story constructing in Beirut with a department inside.
The Israeli navy issued evacuation warnings earlier than the assaults and there have been no reviews of casualties.
Related Press Journalists witnessed assaults on Monday evening (October 22, 2024) within the coastal Ouzai area close to Beirut airport, and Lebanon’s Well being Ministry mentioned an airstrike close to Beirut’s largest public hospital killed 4 individuals, together with a baby, and injured 24. It was the primary assault. to the Lebanese capital in 10 days.
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