Israel Kills 9 People in Airstrikes on Lebanon

Israeli bombing in Lebanon, Oct. 19, 2024. X/ @elly_bar


October 19, 2024 Hour: 4:33 pm

Over the last month, the Zionist army has been launching an unprecedented air attack on the Lebanese people.

On Saturday, Israeli occupation forces bombed villages and towns in eastern and southern Lebanon, killing 9 people and wounding 10.

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Five people were killed and seven others injured in an Israeli raid on a residential apartment in the town of Baaloul in western Bekaa. The eldest of Sohmor, Haidar Shahla, was among the dead.

Civil defense teams and the Lebanese Red Cross worked to transfer the bodies of the dead and the injuries, including three critical ones, to a hospital in the city of Joub Jannine. The search is still ongoing for missing persons under the rubble, it has been added.

In a separate incident, three people were killed, and another injured in an Israeli raid on the village of Zefta in southern Lebanon, the Public Health Emergency Operations Center said.

Furthermore, a Hezbollah officer was killed, and two of his family members were injured in an Israeli raid on a residential apartment in the town of Chtaura, eastern Lebanon. Meanwhile, Hezbollah bombed the cities of Safed and Haifa Israel with drones and missiles in response to Israeli attacks on southern villages.

It also launched missiles and drones on several Israeli sites in the occupied Golan Heights and northern Israel, such as Avivim, al-Malikiyah military base, Zar’it, al-Marj, Kiryat Shmona, Shlomi, and Ras al-Naqoura, causing casualties.

Over the last month, the Zionist army has been launching an unprecedented, intensive air attack on Lebanon.

teleSUR/ JF Source: Xinhua