Smoke rises from the location of an Israeli airstrike that focused the jap Lebanese metropolis of Baalbek within the Bekaa Valley on October 30, 2024 | Photograph credit score: AFP
Israeli airstrikes bombed the jap Lebanese metropolis of Baalbek on Wednesday (Oct. 30, 2024), killing not less than 19 folks, in response to Lebanon’s Well being Ministry and state information company.
Hours earlier, the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning for residents throughout the town, together with its historical Roman temple complicated listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Web site. Israel mentioned it was attacking websites related to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
In response to authorities estimates, round 1.2 million folks have been displaced by the battle in Lebanon. Lebanon’s Well being Ministry mentioned greater than 2,800 folks have been killed and 12,900 injured since October 8, 2023, when Hezbollah started firing rockets at Israel, scary retaliation. Israeli floor forces invaded southern Lebanon in early October.
The loss of life toll throughout greater than a yr of the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza exceeded 43,000, Palestinian officers reported Monday (Oct. 28, 2024), with out distinguishing between civilians and combatants. The conflict between Israel and Hamas started after Hamas-led militants stormed Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 folks, principally civilians, and kidnapping one other 250.
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