Three children and 7 women among 31 killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut suburb

Ahram Online , Saturday 21 Sep 2024

Israeli strikes on Friday killed at least 31 people in Beirut's southern suburbs, including three children and seven women, Lebanon's health ministry announced on Saturday in a televised news conference.

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Relatives of the victims comfort each other near the site of Friday's Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. AP

 

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Israel said Friday's strike on the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital killed the head of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force, Ibrahim Aqil, and several other commanders.

The latest Israeli attacks came after Israel detontated thousands of pagers and two-way radios this week that killed at least 37 people and wounded more than 3000 across Lebanon, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday said Israel "crossed all red lines" with device explosions, vowing that it will receive "just punishment" for its attacks on Lebanon.

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