Lebanon has accused Israel of “war crime”Friday October 25 after the death of three journalists killed in the middle of the night in a strike he described as “deliberate”as the Israeli army intensifies its offensive against Hezbollah, supported by Iran. Here's what to remember from the day.
Three journalists dead in southern Lebanon
At least eight Israeli strikes targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut, after a call to evacuate from the Israeli army which has been shelling Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon for a month, announced the Lebanese national agency (ANI). AFP images showed plumes of gray smoke rising above the area and correspondents at the scene heard several loud explosions.
Earlier, Lebanon on Friday accused Israel of “war crime” after the death of three journalists killed in the middle of the night in a strike he described as “deliberate”. The strike targeted Hasbaya, a town in southern Lebanon located in a previously untouched Druze majority region, where the teams of several media outlets had set up a month ago to cover the war. The Israeli strike is “under analysis”, the Israeli army declared in the evening. The Israeli army “carried out a strike against a Hezbollah military structure in Hasbaya in southern Lebanon [et] while the terrorists were inside”, the army explained. “It’s a tragedy, a disaster for journalism”reacted on France Culture, Jonathan Dagher, head of the Middle East office of Reporters Without Borders.
Two dead in northern Israel after Hezbollah rocket salvo
Two people were killed by a rocket explosion in an Arab town in northern Israel, the hospital where the victims died said. “A man and woman were pronounced dead at Galilee Medical Center after being transported there in critical condition” from the Arab town of Majd al-Krum, the hospital said in a statement.
The Israeli army, for its part, reported that“around 45 projectiles fired by Hezbollah” had been spotted “crossing from Lebanon” in Israeli territory since the morning, including 30 in the Majd al-Krum region.
The Lebanese Hezbollah movement also claimed to have fired missiles at Israeli soldiers near two border villages in southern Lebanon, where Israeli troops have been carrying out ground incursions for almost a month. On the outskirts of the town of Adaysseh, Hezbollah fighters fired two “guided missiles” on a group of Israeli soldiers and then on the vehicle that came to their aid, the Shiite movement said. A similar attack targeted a tank near the village of Hula, before Hezbollah fighters opened fire with automatic weapons and fired rockets.
More than 500,000 people have fled to Syria
More than 500,000 people in Lebanon have crossed the border into Syria since the country became the scene of a war between the Hezbollah movement and Israel, the government crisis management committee reported. “From September 23 to October 25, General Security recorded the passage of 348,237 Syrian citizens and 156,505 Lebanese citizens to Syrian territory”the committee said in a press release.
The suspension of flights extended
Air France and its low-cost subsidiary Transavia have extended the suspension of their flights to Tel Aviv until October 29 and to Beirut until November 30 inclusive. “due to the security situation”a spokesperson reported on Friday. “The resumption of operations will remain subject to an assessment of the situation on site”argues Air France, adding that solutions “deferral and reimbursement” would be offered to the customers concerned.
Hamas accuses Israel of storming hospital in Gaza
Hamas authorities accused the Israeli army on Friday of storming the last operating hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, causing the death of two children, and of carrying out strikes on the territory. Palestinian, killing a total of at least 38 people. After more than a year of war between Israel and the Islamist movement, northern Gaza is experiencing its “darkest hours”alerted the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk.
Israeli forces “search” Kamal Adwan Hospital and “pull inside” services, and “two children died in intensive care” after they are there “target” equipment, announced the Hamas government's Ministry of Health. According to him, the army “detains hundreds of patients, medical staff and displaced people” refugees in the establishment. The World Health Organization was concerned that it had lost contact with this hospital. The army declared “check” this information.
