Israeli Airstrikes Kill 12 People in Lebanon
Israeli airstrikes target the city of Baalbek, Lebanon, Oct. 10, 2024. X/ @SANAEnOfficial
October 10, 2024 Hour: 6:44 am
Bombing of the Tyre Civil Defense Center killed five employees who were receiving distress calls.
On Thursday, indiscriminate Israeli shelling killed 12 people in southern and eastern Lebanon, while the pro-Iranian Shiite group Hezbollah claimed four rocket attacks in northern Israel.
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Israeli shelling continued overnight and this morning against towns in the south and the Beka Valley in the east. In the western Beka town of Baalbek, four people were killed and one was wounded in an attack by Israeli fighter jets on a building.
“The Israeli enemy aircraft carried out a raid on a building in Hafir area, west of Baalbek, which left four martyrs and one wounded who was rushed to the hospital”, said the Lebanese National News Agency.
In the southern town of Dardaghiya, an Israeli shelling of the Civil Defense Center killed five operational employees of the Tyre Regional Center who were receiving distress calls.
On the other hand, the Shiite group “Amal”, a political ally of Hezbollah, announced the death of two of its militants and a paramedic while “carrying out their duty in defense of Lebanon and the south.”
Hezbollah said it had simultaneously launched projectiles at groups of Israeli soldiers in Beir Halal, Al Marj and Miyan, “in support of the Palestinian people and in defense of Lebanon and its people.”
“In response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of civilian towns and villages, the mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance bombarded the Kiryat Shmona settlement with a large number of missiles at 10:00 on Thursday, October 10,” it added.
teleSUR/ JF Source: Xinhua
