Israeli bombing in Aalmat, north of Beirut, leaves 23 dead

The Israeli attack on the city of Aalmat, north of Beirut, left 23 dead on Sunday, including seven children, reported the Lebanese Ministry of Health, which has published updated reports since the end of the morning. “The attack by the Israeli enemy against Aalmat, in the Jbeil region, left 23 dead, including 7 children, and six wounded”the ministry specified, adding that this risks increasing even further, “human remains” having been pulled from the rubble.

Images from Agence France-Presse (AFP) showed rescuers searching with their bare hands for the rubble of a completely razed house, while an excavator removed the stone blocks in a Shiite town located on the predominantly Christian mountain, about thirty kilometers away. from Beirut. The Israeli army has repeatedly attacked residential buildings that Lebanese media say sometimes house people with ties to Hezbollah among the displaced.

Present at the scene of the attack, Hezbollah’s deputy in the region, Raed Berro, denied that members of his group were in the building. Important figures of the movement. “normally they are on the front line… not in the rear”he told AFP. “Under the rubble there are only children, old men and women”he added.

The area was cordoned off by Lebanese security forces and members of Hezbollah, an AFP correspondent at the scene confirmed. Dozens of people packed their belongings into their cars and fled the town.