Israeli attacks storm Beirut, southern Lebanon, ahead of expected ceasefire

‘Terror targets’

In the Litani River region, the military said that “soldiers raided several terrorist targets, engaged in close combat with terrorists, located and destroyed dozens of launchers, thousands of missiles and weapons storage facilities hidden in the mountainside.”

A second statement said the air force struck “approximately thirty Hezbollah terror targets in southern Lebanon.”

These included “the launcher used yesterday (November 24) to fire projectiles in the Western Galilee area, weapons storage facilities, terrorist infrastructure sites, command centers and additional launchers.”

The military published a series of statements on November 25 detailing attacks against Hezbollah across Lebanon, including the Dahiyeh area in southern Beirut.

“Over the past week, the IDF (Israeli Armed Forces) attacked approximately 30 Hezbollah terrorist targets in the Dahiyeh area of ​​Beirut,” the army said in another statement, adding that it also included command centers of Hezbollah’s intelligence unit.

The war in Lebanon followed almost a year of limited cross-border firefights initiated by Hezbollah.

The Lebanese group said it was acting in support of Hamas, following that of the Palestinian group October 7, 2023 attack on Israelthat caused the war in Gaza.

Lebanon says at least 3,768 people have been killed since October 2023, most of them in recent weeks.

On the Israeli side, hostilities in Lebanon have killed at least 82 soldiers and 47 civilians, authorities say. AFP, REUTERS