🔴 Live: Israel launches consecutive strikes on Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut

by · France 24

Summary:

  • The Israeli army delivered 11 consecutive strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut throughout Thursday night into Friday. Israel over the last three days has launched a ground invasion into southern Lebanon to combat Hezbollah, costing the lives of nine IDF soldiers.
  • Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will lead Friday prayers for the first time in almost five years and is expected to deliver a public sermon following Iran's attack on Israel in late September. 
  • Almost 2,000 people have been killed in Lebanon since Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7 last year, with 1,000 of those coming in the last week. The Lebanese government estimates that around 1.2 million people have been displaced. 

 

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Yesterday's key developments:

  • Israel's military said it had hit Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital.
  • Israel launched a deadly air strike on central Beirut, killing at least nine people at a Hezbollah-affiliated medical facility.
  • The Israeli army issued a new evacuation order in areas of southern Beirutwhere it will target Hezbollah sites.
  • The Iran-backed militant group said it fought off Israeli troops who sought to advance at the Fatima Gate, a former border crossing in southern Lebanon.
  • The Lebanese Red Cross said an Israeli strike killed a Lebanese soldier and injured four of its medics as they were evacuating wounded people from southern Lebanon. 
  • At least 1,974 people have been killed in the recent Israeli offensive in Lebanon, the Lebanese health minister said. 

(FRANCE 24 with AP, AFP and Reuters)