UNIFIL still accuses the IDF of having “deliberately” attacked its positions in Lebanon

INTERNATIONAL – An attack “deliberate”. And « bulldozer » of the Israeli army has “ demolished » this Sunday October 20 a “ observation tower and fence » of a UNIFIL position in Marwahin in southern Lebanon, the UN peacekeeping mission announced in a statement.

“Despite the pressure on the mission (…) peacekeepers remain stationed in all positions”according to the press release. “ We will continue to carry out the tasks for which we have been mandated”namely “ monitor and report » of the situation on the border between Israel and Lebanon, adds UNIFIL.

Incidents have increased in recent days between the UN force and Israel, which has earned the Jewish state a barrage of international criticism. The IDF has not responded to these new UN accusations as of this writing.

This Sunday was also marked by four Israeli strikes against “ files of Al-Qard al-Hassan » in the southern suburbs of Beirut, according to the Lebanese news agency Ani. The financial company Al-Qard al-Hassan is involved in financing Hezbollah’s terrorist operations”declared on X Avichay Adraee, the Israeli army spokesperson for the Arabic-speaking public.

Strikes near Beirut airport, Lebanon says

Another strike targeted the same group in eastern Lebanon, after Israeli calls for the population to evacuate the area around the offices of this organization, under American sanctions. In Saida, in the south, an AFP correspondent saw people hastily fleeing from the vicinity of a site of this organization.

A Lebanese security source also reported in the evening strikes that fell near Beirut international airport, where commercial flights are maintained despite Israel’s military operations against the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon.

This source, speaking on condition of anonymity, reported two strikes. An AFP video journalist saw plumes of smoke rising near the airport.

Earlier, the army announced that it had targeted a “ command center » Hezbollah near the capital and carried out airstrikes on dozens of locations in the south. More than 50 towns were bombed in this border region of Israel, according to Ani, which also reported that the Israeli army there “ dynamite » houses in villages.

A drone intercepted by Israel in Syrian space

At war on two fronts, the Israeli army also continued its offensive against Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip, where an Israeli strike killed at least 73 people the day before in Beit Lahia, in the north, according to emergency services, a record contested by Israel.

Israel also announced on Sunday evening that it had intercepted an approaching drone in Syrian airspace. from the east ». The “ Islamic resistance in Iraq »a nebula of pro-Iranian armed factions, regularly claims drone fire on Israel.

Hezbollah, for its part, claimed responsibility for rocket attacks in northern Israel, targeting in particular three military bases near Haifa and Safed, as well as against Israeli troops in southern Lebanon.

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