Above photo: Reuters.
Several civilian homes have been struck by Israeli warplanes over the last few hours.
Over 180 people have been killed in a massive wave of Israeli airstrikes targeting southern and eastern Lebanon on 23 September.
Lebanon’s Ministry of Health: The death toll of the Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon has risen to 182 and over 700 injuries. pic.twitter.com/wuf1Dh42ha
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) September 23, 2024
“These raids have led, until the issuance of this statement, to 182 martyrs and 727 wounded, including children, women and paramedics among the martyrs and wounded,” the Emergency Operations Center of the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Monday afternoon. The toll is expected to continue rising.
Israeli airstrikes are also targeting the Bekaa region in eastern Lebanon. Hundreds of strikes have taken place in the last few hours.
Several civilian homes have been targeted and destroyed in several villages, including Sohmor in the Bekaa and several areas in the south, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported.
BREAKING:
Israel is carpet bombing civilian homes all across South Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley.
At least 58 towns and villages have been hit.
This is terrorism—plain and simple. pic.twitter.com/83IE1dFzBr
— sarah (@sahouraxo) September 23, 2024
Over 100 killed—mostly women, children, and medics—and 400 wounded in today’s Israeli bombings of South Lebanon.
This is a massacre of civilians. pic.twitter.com/c81RTMHBnN
— sarah (@sahouraxo) September 23, 2024
“The Israeli enemy continues to intensify its raids on all areas, valleys and outskirts of towns in the western sector [of south Lebanon],” NNA said.
Hezbollah’s military media announced on Monday, as the airstrikes were ongoing, that its fighters targeted “the reserve headquarters of the Northern Corps, the reserve base of the Galilee Division and its logistical warehouses in the Amiad base, and the military industries complexes of the Rafael Company in the Zevulun area north of Haifa with dozens of rockets.”
The Israeli army sent text messages to Lebanese citizens in south Lebanon and the Bekaa on 23 September, telling them to “stay away” from Hezbollah sites.
The messages came as Israel carried out brutal and indiscriminate airstrikes across south Lebanon and the Bekaa on Monday morning.
The illegitimate regime of israel is carrying out violent bombings in South Lebanon terrorising and targeting civilians. pic.twitter.com/CTKweSXRQE
— Arya – آریا (@AryJeay) September 23, 2024
The targets included Aitaroun, Maroun al-Ras, Al-Bissariyeh outskirts, areas between Roumine and Deir al-Zahrani, Baflieh, areas between Anqoun and Maghdouche, Houla, Majdal Selm, Al-Sultaniyeh, areas between Haboush and Kfarreman, Toura, Aita al-Shaab, Braashit, Harith, areas between Deir Qanoun and Halousiyeh, Khiam, Jibchit, and areas between Ansar and Al-Zarariyeh.
“The Air Force will launch wide and powerful attacks across Lebanon during the early afternoon hours,” an Israeli security source told Yedioth Ahronoth on Monday.
Hezbollah struck deep within Israel early on 22 September, targeting the Ramat David airbase and a Rafael military industry site in the Haifa area. The strike on Rafael was announced as an “initial” response to Israel’s terror attacks against Lebanon last week, which involved the detonation of thousands of communication devices across the country.
The operations were Hezbollah’s deepest strikes into Israel since the 2006 war.
Israel assassinated two top Hezbollah commanders and several fighters in a strike on Beirut on 20 September, which killed several civilians, including women and children.
Update:
BREAKING: Israeli Airstrikes Throughout Lebanon Have Now Killed 492 People, Injuring 1,645!
The scale of this attack replicates how Israel bombed Gaza during the first phase of the war.
The U.S. government fully supports this & just gave Israel 20bn in weapons to do this.
— Robert Inlakesh (@falasteen47) September 23, 2024