Israel multiplies evacuation orders across the territory and targets the Bekaa

After raining a deluge of fire against South Lebanon the day before, the Israeli army turned its guns on the Bekaa on Thursday. Before taking action, its Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, called on the residents of a building in Temnine to evacuate at least 500 meters away. This building is “close to Hezbollah installations”, according to him. According to the published map, it is neighboring the “Yassine pharmacy”, on the main road of the village. These evacuation orders are regularly published by the spokesperson, but generally concern buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut or entire villages in South Lebanon. This is the first time that a specific building in the Bekaa has been called to evacuate since the Israeli army’s expanded offensive began on September 23. Temnine, however, has been hit several times in the past. A little later, similar evacuation orders were issued to residents of other buildings in villages in the Bekaa, such as Saraine el-Tahta, Beit Chama and Sefri. About twenty minutes after the respective warnings, these villages were hit, according to our correspondent in the region Sara Abdallah. Israeli raids also targeted Hrebta and al-Ain, Wadi Faara and Hoch es-Sayed, localities also located in the Bekaa. In this context, the army intelligence directorate and Lebanese special forces arrested an individual accused of collaborating with the Israeli enemy in the Marj region of Western Bekaa, a security source told our newspaper. publication, noting that the arrested man was a resident of Central Bekaa.

In the Chouf also, two strikes took place against the predominantly Shiite village of Wardaniyé, in Ilqlim el-Kharroub. Warnings were issued beforehand, prompting the evacuation of a large number of residents from the village, according to photos shared on social media.

In the South tooIn South Lebanon, the war also continued unabated. On Thursday, a new evacuation order was issued by the Israeli army to the residents of a building in Abbasiyé, nearly eight kilometers east of Tyre. Almost at the same time, an Israeli strike described as “violent” by local residents was carried out on Bourj el-Chemali, at the southern exit of Tyre. In another order, residents of a building in al-Haouch, in the Tire region, were called to evacuate. An Israeli raid also targeted a three-story building located near a public school in Kouthariyet es-Sayyed, near Saida. Another destroyed a mosque in Mejdel Selm, in the Marjeyoun district. Israeli raids also targeted Tebnine, Hadatha, Baïssariyé, Aïta el-Chaab, Aïta el-Jabal, Mayfadoun, Kfarremmane, Ramiyé, el-Hoch, Bir el-Salassel as well as an area located between Nmaïriyé and Charqiyé.Concerning the ground offensive that Israel launched 17 days ago, the Israeli channel N12 broadcast images showing, according to it, the Israeli flag hoisted at the top of a tower in Aïta el-Chaab, in the caza of Bint Jbeil, surrounded rubble. “The Israeli flag at the heart of Hezbollah’s stronghold: the 74th battalion (of the Israeli army) has completed the capture of Aïta el-Chaab,” wrote the channel on its X account, with supporting video. During the 2006 war, the town of Aïta el-Chaab was the scene of a fierce battle between Israel and Hezbollah. The latter announced Thursday that he had targeted Israeli soldiers who were inside Lebanese territory “between Kfar Kila and Adaïssé”, in the caza of Marjeyoun, with artillery fire. He also said he had launched a salvo of rockets at Israeli soldiers who were stationed at the “Metoula barrier”, which faces Khiam, in the same caza. In this context, the Jewish state announced the death of five soldiers in clashes on the ground over the past two days. Eight were also injured, according to the Israeli army.

“The idea of ​​a ceasefire is not dead” In a new general assessment of the Israeli war on Lebanon, the Ministry of Health now counts 2,412 killed and 11,285 injured. On the diplomatic level, the Leaders of the European Union and six Gulf States, meeting at a summit in Brussels, united their voices on Wednesday to call for avoiding a general conflagration in the Middle East. This summit of heads of state and government of the EU and the Gulf Cooperation Council was a first. “We must do everything in our power and mobilize all our diplomatic skills to stop the extremely dangerous escalation” in the Middle East, declared the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at the start of this meeting that she described as “historic”. For his part, the French ambassador to Lebanon, Hervé Magro, declared that “the idea of ​​a ceasefire in Lebanon is not dead” and that efforts were continuing to achieve it. The former president American and Republican candidate for the November election, Donald Trump, declared, during Patrick Bet-David’s podcast, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “did not listen to (American President Joe) Biden” regarding the war in Lebanon and Gaza. “They didn’t want to listen to him… He will listen to me, 100%. Mr. Trump added: “It became more interesting because Israel didn’t listen to Biden and put itself in a pretty strong position. Who would have thought this would happen? Everyone was very afraid of Iran, they are less afraid of Iran now. What they did to Hezbollah and Hamas… the whole pager thing. They were the leaders. »