BEIRUT, (PIC)
At least 492 people, including 35 children, have been killed in a day of unrelenting Israeli attacks on Lebanon, according to the country’s Health Ministry.
At least 1,645 were also wounded in the attack.
The attacks have caused widespread chaos and forced scores of people to flee southern and eastern parts of the country as concerns over a full-scale war grow.
The Lebanese National Information Agency reported an Israeli airstrike on several buildings in Al-Kharyib and the town of Al-Saksakiya, resulting in more martyrs and wounded as Israeli warplanes continued shelling wide areas of southern Lebanon.
Lebanese sources reported that Israeli warplanes launched dozens of raids on the towns located in eastern and southern Lebanon, while the Israeli army ordered Lebanese civilians to evacuate any house used by Hezbollah.
Meanwhile, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said that the Israeli army’s escalated military attacks against civilians and residential areas in Lebanon, particularly in the South and Bekaa regions, along with the issuance of evacuation orders, raising alarm in the region.
Urgent international intervention is required to prevent the massacres and other atrocities being carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip for more than 11 months from occurring in Lebanon as well, the Euro-Med said in a statement issued Monday.
Israel’s army carried out over 330 raids in over 117 Lebanese towns and cities today, 23 September 2024, according to the Euro-Med Monitor field team.
These raids were directed towards civilian residential areas in southern Lebanon and various areas of the Bekaa region. As a result, 274 people—including 21 children—have been killed and over 1,024 individuals—including women, children, and paramedics—have been injured as of the early afternoon hours. As of the time of writing, Israeli airstrikes are still in progress, with the frequency of shelling attacks on residential areas rising.
