BEIRUT, (PIC)
The Israeli army continued on Tuesday its bloody war on Lebanon for the 30th day in a row, with ongoing air and artillery shelling that targeted the capital Beirut, the eastern Bekaa, and various areas of the country, especially the south, while Hezbollah continued its counterattacks, targeting Tel Aviv and Haifa.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 13 people were killed and 57 were injured as a result of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the vicinity of the Rafic Hariri Hospital, bringing the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on Lebanon to 2,487 martyrs and 11,628 wounded.
Rescue and ambulance crews were still working on removing the rubble in search for survivors, following the Israeli raid that targeted the area around Rafik Hariri University Hospital, the ministry added.
The Israeli air force launched overnight more than 13 strikes targeting several towns and villages in the country, including central, eastern, and southern Lebanon.
The Director of the Sahel Hospital in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Fadi Alameh, said that the hospital evacuated the patient and medical staff, after the Israeli army claimed to have spotted a money cache underneath it.
Alameh refuted the Israeli allegations about Hezbollah storing money underneath the hospital, saying that they are unfounded lies. He expressed his concern over the Israeli intention to use these allegations as a prelude to directly target the health sector.
The Israeli army has been launching airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut and other areas on Sunday evening, claiming they were targeting the sites of Hezbollah’s financial wing in Lebanon.
For its part, Hezbollah announced on Tuesday morning that it had bombarded Tel Aviv and Haifa with rocket barrages, causing Ben Gurion Airport to shut down.
The Israeli Home Front Command in the Israeli army announced that sirens sounded this morning in central Israel, Greater Tel Aviv, Caesarea, Herzliya and areas south of Haifa as a result of rockets being fired from Lebanon.
Hebrew media reported that huge explosions were heard over Tel Aviv, indicating that Hezbollah’s missiles were intercepted.
Media outlets indicated that air traffic was completely halted at Ben Gurion Airport, as the army declared emergency measures in the Tel Aviv area.
On Monday evening, Hezbollah announced that its fighters carried out 21 missile and suicide drone attacks against Israeli targets on Monday in central and northern Israel.
The party announced that it had bombed the Glilot base of the Israeli Military Intelligence Unit 8200 in the suburbs of Tel Aviv.
It said in a statement that the bombing came “in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their valiant and honorable resistance, and in defense of Lebanon and its people.”
Hezbollah added that its air defense unit was able to shoot down an Israeli Hermes 900 drone on Sunday evening.
The Israeli army radio confirmed that 20 missiles were launched from Lebanon towards Tel Aviv, the Upper Galilee, and the northern Golan Heights.
