Israeli forces launched airstrikes in Hezbollah-controlled regions of Beirut for the third consecutive day this Thursday (14), hitting targets in the southern suburbs of the capital.
Columns of smoke rose over Beirut as the attacks continued. Operations also reached Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, where airstrikes and artillery shelling overnight caused extensive damage to buildings and residential complexes, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA).
Five people were killed in airstrikes in the towns of Bazourieh and Jumayjimah, NNA reported.
Lebanese authorities have not yet confirmed the victims of Thursday’s attacks in Beirut’s southern suburbs, which have been largely evacuated. According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health, Israeli strikes have killed at least 3,365 people and injured 14,344 across Lebanon since October 7, 2023.
Understand conflicts in the Middle East
in Lebanon at the end of September. Like Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad are radical groups financed by Iran, and therefore enemies of Israel.
Bombings in Lebanon have intensified in recent months, causing destruction and forcing more than a million people to leave their homes to escape the war. The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has already left dozens of people dead in Lebanese territory.
At the same time, the war continues in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli military is fighting Hamas and searching for hostages who were kidnapped more than a year ago during the radical group’s attack on Israeli territory on October 7, 2023. At the time, more than 1,200 people were killed and 250 kidnapped.
Since then, which also
On a third front of conflict, Israel and Iran exchanged attacks, which despite raising tension, did not evolve into an all-out war.
In addition, the Israeli Army has been carrying out bombings on Iranian-allied militia targets in Syria, Yemen and Iraq.
At the moment, both in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.
With information from Reuters.
