From Tuesday evening to Wednesday afternoon, Israeli airstrikes left dozens dead and injured, according to various sources.
The Lebanese Civil Defense, responsible for rescuing the dead and injured, recovered 30 bodies from the rubble of a building in the town of Barja, as reported by the AP news agency. The attack took place Tuesday evening, without prior warning, according to AP.
Barja is located south of Beirut and has not been a regular target of Israeli attacks since the offensive against Lebanon began in late September. Its population is predominantly Sunni, while the Israeli air force has targeted predominantly Shiite areas, where the Hezbollah group enjoys a greater presence and support.
Precisely, this Wednesday Israel attacked the province of Baalbek Hermel, in the east of Lebanon and considered one of Hezbollah’s strongholds. At least 30 people were killed and 35 injured in a total of 20 Israeli bombings against the province, as its governor announced via the social network X. Bachir Khodr did not give further details.
For its part, the Israeli army did not report the attacks against the province of Baalbek Hermel, but reported the launch of 120 projectiles from Lebanon towards Israel until 4:00 p.m. local time (3:00 p.m. in Spain) today .
According to the Lebanese National News Agency (ANN), at least five people were killed in a bombing of the Al Shaiqan neighborhood of the historic town of Baalbek, a town that the Israeli army has ordered to evacuate several times in recent years. last days.
The ANN, cited by the EFE agency, indicated that seven other people lost their lives in the border town with Syria of Mishrifa, where rescue teams also recorded “several injured” and continued the work of clearing the debris, so the death toll could increase.
On the other hand, an early morning air attack on the town of Al Ain, in the eastern Bekaa Valley, left seven more dead, two injured and the “complete destruction of a house”, according to ANN .
In recent weeks, Israel has intensified its bombings against eastern Lebanon and the border areas with Syria, alleging that Hezbollah is stockpiling weapons and ammunition in this eastern region of the country; In the past, he has accused the Shiite group of receiving these weapons from Iran, via Syrian territory.
On Wednesday evening, Israel again attacked the southern suburbs of Beirut, hard hit by planes and where Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah was assassinated at the end of September. The Israeli military reported attacking “command centers, weapons warehouses and terrorist infrastructure in the Dahie area,” as the large neighborhood south of the capital is called.
Since October last year, when Hezbollah and Israel began exchanging fire almost daily, 3,050 people have died in Lebanon and more than 13,000 have been injured, the vast majority in recent weeks, since the army The Hebrew army began its bombing campaign and invaded southern Lebanon. the neighboring country by land.
