New Israeli raids hit Beirut's southern suburbs

AFP , Sunday 17 Nov 2024

New Israeli air raids struck Beirut's southern suburbs in rapid succession on Sunday, AFPTV footage showed, a day after heavy bombardment on the Lebanese capital.

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A church stands behind a destroyed building following an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Hadath neighbourhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs on November 17, 2024. AFP

 

Three strikes hit separate locations in the morning, sending thick clouds of white smoke over the targets, the footage showed.

It followed a sustained Israeli assault on the same area on Saturday.

Shortly before the latest strikes, the Israeli army warned people to leave Hadath, Burj al-Barajneh and Chiyah, claiming they were near "Hezbollah sites and assets".

Lebanon's official National News Agency said "enemy aircraft" launched a heavy strike near St. George's Hospital in Hadath.

Another attack hit a residential building near Mar Mikhail church in Chiyah, the NNA said.

At dawn, the Israeli army targeted villages in southern Lebanon, including seven strikes on Jebchit in less than two hours, the news agency added.

Hezbollah said meanwhile that it had engaged in overnight fighting with Israeli forces near Chamaa, about five kilometres (three miles) from the border with Israel.

The clashes reportedly went beyond the frontier villages.

 

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