Lebanon state media say Israel army blowing up houses in border villages

AFP , Saturday 26 Oct 2024

Lebanese state media said the Israeli army dynamited houses in Lebanese border villages on Saturday.

Kfar Kila
A picture taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjayoun shows smoke rising during an Israeli strike on the village of Kfar Kila on October 25, 2024. AFP

 

The official National News Agency said "the army of the Israeli enemy has since dawn blown up and destroyed houses" in the border village of Adaisseh.

The NNA also reported "large explosions" in the border village of Kfar Kila, saying the blasts were heard across the south as columns of smoke rose above the area.

Lebanese state media has reported several incidents of Israeli blasts targeting houses in border villages in recent days.

Israel's Channel 12 broadcast footage on Friday that appeared to show one of its presenters detonating a building while embedded with Israeli troops in the south Lebanon village of Aita al-Shaab.

Hezbollah says it is fighting Israeli troops at close quarters in Lebanese border villages.

Israel bommbing of Lebanon has left at least 1,615 people dead in Lebanon since mid-September and more than 2,600 since 8 October 2023.

Israeli airstrikes has displaced at least 1.3 million people, according to the International Organization for Migration.

More than 800,000 have sought refuge inside Lebanon while more than half a million have fled to Syria, most of them Syrians, according to Lebanese authorities.

*This story was edited by Ahram Online.

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