Israel resumes airstrikes on southern Beirut

11/07/2024 / By Richard Brown

Israel renewed its campaign of airstrikes on southern Beirut on Nov. 1, escalating violence after several days of cautious calm in the Lebanese capital.

The areas bombed consisted mostly of suburbs directly to the south of Beirut’s city limits, including Haret Hreik, Ghobeiry, Mrayjeh, Ruwais and Tahouitet al-Ghadir. Other areas targeted include the Al Mujtaba Complex, the Hadi Nasrallah Highway and an old road leading to the Beirut International Airport.

Strikes also hit the villages of Ain El Remmaneh and Al Qammatiyeh, resulting in at least three deaths and five injuries in Al Qamatiyeh, and at least one death in Ain El Remmaneh after an Israeli airstrike hit a residential apartment building.

The airstrikes were preceded by low-flying Israeli drones that created loud sonic booms over Beirut late on Oct. 31. Earlier, Israeli forces had issued evacuation orders for several neighborhoods in the suburb. The bombardment continued through the night and into the early hours of Friday, targeting southern and eastern Lebanon.

Since Oct. 31, more than a dozen fatalities have been reported in the south and Beqaa region.

Over 2,000 Lebanese killed by Israeli airstrikes and ground invasion

The ongoing violence has resulted in approximately 2,000 deaths and over a million people displaced, both internally and externally, due to Israel’s extensive military actions against Lebanon, which began last month.

In response, Hezbollah has intensified its resistance, launching daily rocket attacks on Israeli settlements and military positions, while confronting Israeli ground forces in southern Lebanon, inflicting significant casualties. (Related: Israel claims there are secret tunnels filled with gold under Lebanese hospital – but it’s all a hoax to justify bombing civilian infrastructure.)

Hezbollah recently issued evacuation orders for more than two dozen Israeli settlements and ramped up its rocket assaults, killing eight individuals in Israel on Thursday, Oct. 31, alone.

As the Lebanese resistance fiercely battled Israeli troops trying to advance into the region, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described ongoing ceasefire negotiations as “premature,” asserting that the conflict would continue until “victory” was achieved.

In Gaza, the death toll from Israeli airstrikes rose sharply, with 25 fatalities, including five children, reported as bodies were recovered. Sixteen fatalities were initially reported from strikes on the central Nuseirat refugee camp, but further reports indicated that the toll continued to rise. Among the victims were an 18-month-old child and a 10-year-old sister; their mother remained missing, and their father had previously been killed by an airstrike.

Strikes also targeted a motorcycle in Zuwaida and a house in Deir al-Balah, resulting in four additional deaths and bringing the total to 25. While the Israeli military confirmed it had killed armed militants in central and southern Gaza, it did not comment on the specifics of these strikes. The ongoing offensive in Gaza has claimed over 43,000 Palestinian lives since the escalation began on October 7, according to health officials, who emphasize that more than half of the dead are women and children.

The Health Ministry in Gaza reported that 55 people were killed in the past 24 hours, with 196 more wounded. Approximately 43,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed since Oct. 7, 2023.

Watch this video discussing Israel’s recent attack against a civilian fishing port near the Beirut Airport.

This video is from the FreePalestineTV channel on Brighteon.com.