Israeli forces conducted widespread airstrikes early Saturday on multiple areas in southern Lebanon, coinciding with renewed shelling of the southern suburbs of Beirut, leading to several casualties, according to the National News Agency and the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
The Israeli strikes targeted the towns of Majdal Selim, Kfar Aabida, Al-Haniyeh, Tulin, and Adloun, as well as the city of Nabatieh, where the strikes hit residential and commercial buildings, as well as a fuel station, causing extensive destruction in these areas.
Details of the Incident
The National News Agency also reported strikes on border towns, particularly the town of Taybeh, coinciding with an attempted advance by Israeli forces towards the Litani area. Regarding the casualties, the agency reported the deaths of 5 Syrians and injuries to 8 others due to an Israeli drone strike targeting the town of Al-Haniyeh in southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced the death of a paramedic and injuries to 4 others in an airstrike that targeted an ambulance in the town of Kfar Tebnit, while local reports indicated the deaths of 4 paramedics in a separate strike that hit an ambulance in the eastern Zawtar area in the Nabatieh district.
In the south, the Ministry of Health reported that an airstrike on the town of Sarafand resulted in the death of one person and injuries to 17 others. The Israeli bombardment extended to dozens of towns and areas, mostly in southern Lebanon, in addition to a strike on the town of Labaya in the Bekaa region of eastern Lebanon.
In Beirut, Israel renewed its airstrikes on the southern suburbs on Friday night and Saturday morning, with the Israeli army confirming it targeted what it described as