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| IDF carries out dozens of strikes in Bekaa Valley overnight Monday |
| 2024-09-30 |
| [IsraelTimes] IDF intercepts suspicious target from Lebanon after Hezbollah rockets reach as far as Haifa The IDF said it hit dozens of Hezbollah targets in the Bekaa Valley region of Lebanon overnight. Among the sites attacked were rocket launchers and buildings where Hezbollah was storing weapons, the army said, adding that it also struck other sites in southern Lebanon being used by Hezbollah for terror operations against Israel. The IDF said that it struck 120 Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon on Sunday alone. The IDF said its air defense fighters also successfully intercepted a suspicious aerial target that crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon overnight and that rocket sirens were activated in the area of the northern border town of Ramot Naftali due to falling fragments from the missile interceptor. Israel has turned its focus from Gaza to Lebanon in recent days, carrying out strikes on Hezbollah targets and killing the terror group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on Friday. Israeli drones hovered over Beirut for much of Sunday, with the loud blasts of new airstrikes echoing around the Lebanese capital. Displaced families spent the night on benches at Zaitunay Bay, a string of restaurants and cafes on Beirut’s waterfront. Lebanon’s health ministry reported at least 105 people killed in Israeli strikes on Sunday, with 359 people wounded. It did not say how many were civilians. Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at northern Israeli towns throughout Sunday, including the city of Haifa, with the launches continuing to reach deep into Israeli territory, even after Nasrallah’s killing. There were no reports, however, of any injuries or damage in Israel. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot arrived in Lebanon on Sunday night, the first high-level foreign diplomat to visit since the Israeli airstrikes intensified. Barrot told Prime Minister Najib Mikati that Paris sought “an immediate halt” to Israeli strikes. Does anyone even notice when France speaks anymore? Israeli military operations in Lebanon seek to downgrade Hezbollah’s capacity to attack Israel, eliminate the group’s military leadership and “clean” the border areas from fighters, an Israeli security official said Friday. Israeli leaders say they want tens of thousands of citizens displaced from the north due to Hezbollah’s near-daily attacks to be able to safely return.The military said dozens of its warplanes had also attacked targets of Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on Sunday. Houthi-linked media reports said the strikes killed four people and wounded 33. Separately, Israel’s military said the airstrike that killed Nasrallah had “eliminated” another 20 Hezbollah members. Earlier strikes killed Nasrallah’s right-hand man Fuad Shukr and the head of the elite Radwan Force, Ibrahim Aqil. Israel also said Nabil Qaouk, a member of Hezbollah’s central council, was killed in a strike on Saturday. Hezbollah has yet to officially announce his death, but a source close to the group said Qaouk had been killed. UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi said “well over 200,000 people are displaced inside Lebanon” and more than 50,000 have fled to neighboring Syria. Mikati said up to one million people may have been uprooted, in potentially the “largest displacement movement” in Lebanon’s history. Somehow when Israel is involved, it’s always the worst whatever in history. In northern Gaza, Hamas’s civil defense said Israeli strikes Sunday night killed several people. The IDF said its fighter planes targeted Hamas terrorists operating a command center from a building that was previously used as a school there.The army said it took many steps ahead of time to reduce harm to civilians in the strike, including choosing more precise weapons and conducting aerial observations of the site ahead of time. The United States has urged a diplomatic resolution to the conflict in Lebanon but has also authorized its military to reinforce in the region. US President Joe Biden, asked if an all-out war in the Middle East could be avoided, said “It has to be.” He said he would soon be talking to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Related: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: 2024-09-22 University pro-Hamas round-up for week ending 9/22/2024 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: 2024-07-19 Palestinian factions join Hamas in denouncing HRW's 'bias towards Israel' Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: 2024-06-09 ‘Kill another Zionist now’: Pro-terror demonstrators converge near White House |
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