BEIRUT, (PIC)
The Israeli army continued on Thursday its bloody aggression on Lebanon for the 46th consecutive day, launching several airstrikes on different areas in the southern suburb of Beirut.
The Lebanese News Agency reported that the enemy warplanes launched nine raids on the southern suburb, targeting several areas.
These raids came shortly after the Israeli army issued a warning to the residents of four neighborhoods in southern Beirut to forcibly evacuate their buildings, one of which is located near Beirut International Airport.
At least 25 people were martyred, and 14 others were injured in two Israeli airstrikes carried out on two towns in central and southern Lebanon, according to the Ministry of Health and the official news agency.
The ministry reported that the raids on the Bekaa and Baalbek resulted in the martyrdom of 40 people and the injury of 53 others.
On the other hand, Hezbollah announced that it targeted for the first time Israel’s Haifa naval base, which includes a fleet of missile boats and submarines in the Gulf of Haifa.
The party also targeted the Bilu base of the reserve paratroopers brigade of the 98th Division of the Israeli army south of Tel Aviv, for the first time, with a squadron of suicide drones.
Earlier, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said in a statement, “The preliminary death toll from the Israeli enemy’s raid on the town of Barja has surged to 20 martyrs and 14 wounded.”
It added that “rescue operations and rubble removal are still ongoing,” which means the number of victims may rise.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army acknowledged on Thursday the killing of a soldier during battles in southern Lebanon, following its nightly raids on various areas in the southern suburbs of Beirut, while Hezbollah announced that it had targeted “for the sixth time” an Israeli force in the town of Maroun al-Ras.
The Israeli army confirmed the injury of another soldier in northern Gaza, noting that its air forces had targeted more than 110 of Hezbollah and Hamas targets in Lebanon and Gaza within 24 hours.
The Israeli Broadcasting Authority explained that the soldier whose death was announced on Thursday was killed by missiles fired by Hezbollah yesterday at Avivim in the Galilee.
