The target was senior Hezbollah commander, whose whereabouts are unknown, while other Israeli bombings leave 42 more dead in the south
MADRID, 23 (EUROPA PRESS)
At least 15 people have died and 63 have been injured during the early hours of this Saturday in an air attack carried out by the Israeli Army against Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, where more than twenty people have been injured, according to information from the Lebanese Civil Defense.
The attack, which has been concentrated in the Basta el Faouqa neighborhood, in the center of the city, where search and rescue teams continue with their emergency operations in an attempt to remove those who died from the rubble alive They have been buried.
Among the main targets of the attack is an eight-story residential building, although several adjacent buildings have also suffered damage, according to the Lebanese news agency NNA.
Both the sources of the Al Arabiya network and the Israeli public broadcaster Kan understand that the attack was directed against a senior Hezbollah official, Mohamed Haydar, a member of the so-called Jihad Council, the organization’s military leadership.
His whereabouts are currently unknown, Hezbollah has not yet commented and the Lebanese deputy Amin Sherri, now close to the Shiite party-militia, has assured the official Lebanese agency NNA that there were no members of the attack at the site of the attack. organization.
ANOTHER 42 DEATHS IN ISRAEL BOMBINGS IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
In addition to Beirut, Israel has attacked several points in southern Lebanon, resulting in another 42 deaths in the last few hours, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health and the country’s media.
In this sense, local sources have confirmed to the newspaper ‘L’Orient le Jour’ that 33 people have died and 18 have been injured in Israeli bombings against at least five towns in the Becca Valley.
In addition, the Ministry has confirmed the death of five people in Israeli bombings on Tyre, which also left 19 injured.
Finally, the Ministry has also counted five dead and five injured in Baalbeck, again in the south of the country.
The authorities estimate that more than 3,600 people have been killed and another 15,300 have been injured in Israeli attacks during the last year, a situation that has worsened following the incursion launched by the Israeli Army on October 1.
The resurgence in hostilities is part of the clashes that began more than a year ago, after Hezbollah attacked Israeli territory following the attacks carried out on October 7, 2023, which led the Israeli Army to unleash a bloody offensive against the Gaza Strip. Gaza, where more than 44,000 people have already died. Additionally, more than 790 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.