An Israeli bombardment with unprecedented intensity destroyed several buildings in the suburbs of Beirut this Friday, September 27, 2024.leaving two dead and dozens injured so far, amid reports that the target would have been the leader of the Shiite group Hezbollah, Hasan Nasrallah.
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The attack, which caused audible explosions throughout the capital and huge columns of smoke visible from a great distance, collapsed several buildings in the heart of the southern suburbs of Dahye, where rescue teams continue their search efforts amid the destruction.
The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health confirmed in a statement that Two people died and 76 others were injured due to the “successive” bombings, but he has already warned that an increase in the balance is expected “in the coming hours” while the rescue operation continues.
The Israeli Army has limited itself to indicating that they attacked Hezbollah’s headquarters, supposedly located under a residential building, But security sources cited by the Hebrew press assure that the target of the attack was the top leader of the Shiite formation.
Week full of bombings
The action against the Dahye takes place in the fifth day of an intense Israeli bombing campaign against southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa Valley, also strongholds of Hezbollah.
The airstrikes have already left more than 700 dead and have forced some 120,000 people to leave their homes, while some 30,000 have crossed the border with Syria fleeing violence, the majority Syrian refugees residing in Lebanon, according to UN data.
Only between midnight and noon this Friday, Another 25 people lost their lives at different points, the Lebanese Minister of Public Health, Firas Abiad, announced at a press conference.
According to the ANN, one of the attacks of the day killed nine members of the same family in a three-story house in Chebaa, in the south of the country, the region most affected by the wave of bombings that began last Monday.
The campaign, unprecedented since the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990), caused so many sudden displacements that many of the hundreds of shelters opened by the authorities are overcrowded and there are not enough resources to cover the needs of the families, several NGOs denounced.
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Source: https://www.noticiascaracol.com/mundo/fuego-cruzado-entre-hezbola-e-israelies-deja-mas-de-700-muertos-en-el-libano-cb20
