Several attacks in Beirut’s southern suburbs following Israeli calls for evacuation, according to the Lebanese National Information Agency
An Israeli attack targeted the Ouzai neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Monday, shortly after the Israeli army asked residents in several areas to evacuate, according to the Lebanese National Information Agency (ANN). .
“This is the first time that this neighborhood has been attacked since the beginning of the Israeli aggression against Lebanon”in October 2023, indicated the Lebanese press agency, which also reported attacks in the Haret Hreik neighborhood and near Lebanon’s largest public hospital, still in the southern suburbs of the capital.
AFP TV footage showed two plumes of smoke rising from Beirut’s southern suburbs, and Agence France-Presse (AFP) correspondents heard two loud explosions before the attacks.
“You live near Hezbollah-affiliated facilities and interests that the military will attack in the near future”The army’s spokesman for the Arabic-speaking public, Avichay Adraee, had previously stated on X Day, pointing out in particular an area near the Beirut airport.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health had previously reported the death of six people, including a child, in Baalbek, in the east, and four rescuers linked to Hezbollah in the south, in twenty-four hours, in Israeli raids.
