Israel bombed Beirut and deepens the war in Lebanon against Hezbollah

After the attack carried out in the morning, Israel performed 11 bombings consecutive in the south of Beirut, bastion of Hezbollahwithin the framework of its offensive against the Shiite movement. Lebanon denounced that the israeli attacks In the last 24 hours they killed 37 people. Last week the death of the leader of the organization was confirmed, Hassan Nasrallah, in an Israeli offensive.

“Israel bombed the southern suburb 11 consecutive times”said a source close to the Lebanese Shiite movement on Thursday night. The information was corroborated by AFP correspondents in the capital, who said they heard loud explosions. The bombing was so violent that it set off vehicle alarms and shook buildings in and around Beirut.

The Israeli Army’s Arabic spokesman, Avichai Adrai, earlier warned the city’s communities to evacuate residential buildings in the neighborhood. Borj el Brajnéenwhere they plan to continue the attacks. “For your safety and that of your family members, you must evacuate this building and neighboring buildings immediately and stay away from them at a distance of no less than 500 meters,” he said on his “X” account.

Israel vows to intensify bombing in Lebanon

The army of Israel He promised this Thursday that he will continue dealing “hard blows” to Hezbollah in Lebanon, where its troops are engaged in ground combat supported by aircraft attacks against militants of the Islamist movement.

After an offensive intense bombing against the pro-Iranian organization in Lebanon, that killed several leaders of Hezbollah and left more than 1,000 dead throughout the country, according to Lebanese authorities, the Israeli army deepened the attacks. On Friday, a bombing killed the head of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah.

“Sayed Hassan Nasrallah reunited with his fellow martyrs (…) whose march he led for almost thirty years”, the armed group announced in a statement. Hezbollah, archenemy of Israel, officially announced the death of his bossmore than 19 hours after Israeli forces bombed its headquarters

Almost a year after the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip, triggered by the attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on October 7, 2023 on Israeli soil, Israel announced in mid-September that the “center of gravity” of the conflict had shifted north, to the Lebanese border.

Israel claims it seeks to weaken Hezbollah – which began hostilities against Israel in support of its ally Hamas in October last year – to allow the return of tens of thousands of displaced people. The Lebanese army said Thursday that, for the first time in a year, it responded to Israeli gunfire in southern Lebanon after the death of two of its soldiers.

Israel warned that it will respond to Iran’s attack

Fears of an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East intensified after Tuesday Iran launched almost 200 missiles against Israel and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu promised that the Islamic Republic will pay for his “big mistake”.

The leaders of the countries of the G7 – Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Japan and the United Kingdom – expressed “their deep concern about the deterioration of the situation in the Middle East.” “A dangerous cycle of attacks and reprisals risks fueling an uncontrollable escalation,” they warned.

Spain, Russia, France, Greece and Brazil were the last countries to begin the evacuation of their citizens from Lebanon this Thursdaywithin the framework of the operations organized since the beginning of Israel’s ground incursions.

The agency United Nations for Refugees (UNHCR) indicated on Monday that About 100,000 people, mostly women and children, fled to Syria from Lebanon after Israeli aerial bombardments. About 80% are Syrian and 20% Lebanese.

Some 210,000 Palestinian refugees live in camps and irregular facilities in Lebanonaccording to the United Nations children’s agency, Unicef.