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2024-08-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Israel intensifies strikes on Lebanon as China urges evacuation
[NEWARAB] Israeli forces intensified their cross-border attacks on Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
overnight Wednesday-Thursday with a series of 10 raids across eight different southern areas within 45 minutes, Lebanese media reported on Thursday.

The attacks took place around 1am local time, according to security sources, adding that the strikes targeted and destroyed several buildings in the Khiam, Kfarchouba, Mhaybib, Aita al-Chaab, Ghazziye, Ramiye, and Kaouthraiyet al-Sayyed

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...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship. Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged...
, villages that lie about 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) past the Blue Line. No casualties were reported.

The Israeli military said that its air forces had hit more than 10 "Hezbollah targets" in different areas in southern Lebanon.

The army claimed on X that "among the targets attacked were weapons depots, military buildings, and a launcher used by Hezbollah to carry out operations against Israel".

Meanwhile,
...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had escaped from his bonds and overwhelmed his guard using the bludgeon the faithful Filomena had smuggled to him in the loaf of bread...
Hezbollah announced it had targeted Israeli army barracks in northern Israel.

Hezbollah's al-Manar TV reported that the group had hit Israeli army barracks with artillery shells and Katyusha rockets late on Wednesday.

The Lebanese group said the strikes had been in response to Israeli attacks in the Beqaa valley the previous night, which killed one person and injured 20 others.

Another strike on Lebanon's Sidon on Wednesday also killed Khalil Maqdah, described by the Paleostinian Fatah movement as "one of the leaders" of its armed wing in the country.
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