Israel launched an airstrike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday as it continues heavy airstrikes in Lebanon following a dramatic escalation on Monday.
Israel said the Beirut strike, which targeted the city’s southern suburbs, killed Ibrahim Qubaisi, a senior Hezbollah commander. Hezbollah later confirmed that Qubaisi was dead.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said that at least six people were killed and 15 were wounded in the attack, which marked the third time Israel bombed Beirut within one week.
Last Friday, an Israeli strike killed 55 people in the Lebanese capital, including a senior Hezbollah commander and at least three children and seven women. On Monday, Israel targeted Beirut as it also launched its heaviest bombardment of southern and eastern Lebanon.
Israel claimed the Monday strike on Beirut killed Ali Karaki, the head of Hezbollah’s southern command, but Hezbollah denied the claim and said he was moved to a safe area.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Tuesday that since Israel began its escalation on Monday, 569 people, including 50 children, have been killed. Lebanese Health Minister Dr. Firass Abiad said the “overwhelming majority, if not all,” of the people killed on Monday were civilians. Israel targeted residential areas, claiming Hezbollah missiles were hidden inside civilian homes.
Israeli airstrikes also continued in southern and eastern Lebanon on Tuesday. Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets into northern Israel in response to the escalations, claiming it targeted military sites.
Hezbollah also said it used a new rocket, known as the Fadi-3, for the first time. “In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance, and in defense of Lebanon and its people, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance, on Tuesday … bombed the Samson Base (a command preparation center and regional preparation unit) with Fadi-3 rockets,” Hezbollah said, according to The Cradle.
I have no wish for any kind of war, however, people have a right to defend themselves….And above all, to resist Occupation!
" people have a right to defend themselves" They do and that is what Israel is doing. For 11 months Lebanon has fired on Israel. Israel fired back more or less at the same. Now Israel has had enough.
You continuously like to leave out the elephant in the room. Namely, the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
No, that's how he defines "defend". Exterminate now, regret never.
Only for the ASI, though. Special Pleading is Major Burns' favorite logical fallacy.
I would not wait for pay back time. I'd be fleeing Tel-Aviv right now.
….more like get out of Israel while one is still alive.
Here's an interesting thing about that. All these countries are telling their citizens to get out of Lebanon, yet here is China a couple of days ago, telling its' citizens to leave Israel immediately. Does President Xi know something the rest of us don't?
Yes. That Iron Dome, and USA P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act missiles, won't do the trick in defending everything everywhere all at once.
So Xi is only 11 months behind the US State Department, which issued a travel warning and started chartering evacuation flights from Israel last October?