10/27/2024–|Last updated: 10/27/202403:59 (Mecca time)
Tonight – early Sunday – Israel launched a series of raids on Beirut’s southern suburbs and announced that the number of its soldiers killed had risen to 15 in two days in fighting in Lebanon, while Hezbollah appealed to residents of 25 colonies. in northern Israel to evacuate, and continued to target concentrations of Israeli soldiers in several locations.
Al Jazeera correspondent reported that 8 Israeli raids targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut this evening, noting that the Hadath neighborhood in the southern suburbs was subjected to two Israeli raids.
The Al Jazeera correspondent said the Israeli raids targeted the surroundings of the town of Baalbek, the town of Sherbin and the highlands of the towns of Shamstar and Harbta in the Bekaa, eastern Lebanon.
The Israeli army had previously called on residents of two neighborhoods in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital to evacuate their homes, citing the presence of “facilities and sites belonging to Hezbollah”.
Prior to this, Israeli aircraft launched raids on towns in southern Lebanon and also bombarded the surrounding towns of Chebaa and Kafar Shuba in the south with incendiary bombs.
On the other hand, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Saturday evening that the death toll due to the ongoing Israeli aggression against Lebanon since October 8, 2023 rose to 2,653 citizens, and 12,360 have been injured since the start of Israeli aggression. against the country.
The ministry said in a statement on Saturday that Israeli raids on Lebanon yesterday, Friday, left 19 dead and 108 injured.
Hezbollah operations
This comes at a time when Hezbollah said it had targeted “a gathering of Israeli enemy forces in the Shomera settlement with a guided missile”, confirming that it had caused confirmed casualties.
Hezbollah also broadcast what it said were scenes of an operation targeting concentrations of Israeli soldiers near the settlement of Yaara in the western Galilee and Kafr Giladi in the Finger of Galilee in northern Israel.
Al Jazeera correspondent reported that sirens were activated in a number of locations, including Shlomi and the western Galilee.
The Israeli Home Front said sirens sounded in Kiryat Shmona, Margaliot, Misgav Am in the Galilee region and in the Kidmat Zvi region in the southern Golan Heights.
The Israeli army said it was monitoring the passage of two marches from Lebanon to the Galilee.
Prior to this, Hezbollah said it had attacked the Israeli airbase “Tel Nof” south of Tel Aviv with a swarm of attack drones, confirming that the targets had been precisely hit. The party said it targeted with missile barrages the “Mishar” base, the main intelligence headquarters for the northern Safed region, and also bombarded with “Krayut” missiles the northern city of Haifa and the settlement from Kiryat Shmona. The party announced that its fighters bombed a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the Al-Mushairfa area of Ras Naqoura, and also targeted a gathering of soldiers near the southern Lebanese town of Aita Al-Shaab .
Israel’s Channel 12 said 125 missiles were detected, fired from Lebanon towards the Finger of Galilee. The Israeli military previously said it monitored the launch of 15 missiles and intercepted 3 drones launched from Lebanon towards Israel.
On Saturday evening, Hezbollah issued a warning to residents of 25 Israeli settlements and asked them to evacuate immediately. The party said in a statement that these settlements have become a place of deployment and stability for enemy forces attacking Lebanon.
Israeli deaths rise
Furthermore, Israeli sources confirmed that 5 soldiers were killed in fighting in southern Lebanon, bringing the number of deaths in the Israeli army to 15 in two days.
In the same context, the Israeli army announced that 61 soldiers had been injured in 24 hours.
For its part, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that the Nahariya municipality and a number of surrounding settlements rejected the instructions of the occupying army regarding the return of education and informed the settlers that education would stay away.
The newspaper reports that deep disagreements emerged between the northern settlement councils and the Home Front after the latter’s decision to resume education.