UPDATE ON THE SITUATION – Friday morning, new strikes targeted the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, after a call to evacuate published by the Israeli army.
New strikes targeted the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Friday morning while sirens sounded in northern Israel, calling on the population to take shelter from jets of «projectiles» came from Lebanon. Le Figaro takes stock of the latest events linked to the conflict.
Lebanon studies US ceasefire proposal
Lebanon is studying an American ceasefire proposal, two Lebanese government officials told AFP on Friday, almost two months after the start of the war between the Israeli army and Hezbollah.
A senior Lebanese official told AFP that US Ambassador to Beirut Lisa Johnson had presented a 13-point plan to the Prime Minister and the head of Parliament. In case of agreement on this “American proposal”, “there will be a 60-day ceasefire”said this official, stressing that Israel had not yet provided a response.
New strikes on Beirut
New strikes targeted the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Friday morning, causing a cloud of gray smoke above Beirut, according to images from AFPTV, after a call to evacuate published by the Israeli army.
The Lebanese national news agency Ani reported two strikes carried out by “an Israeli drone” in the Ghobeiry district, before a “very violent third strike” carried out by Israeli aircraft which destroyed a building near the neighborhood municipality. Earlier Avichay Adraee, an Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army, called on residents of Ghobeiry to leave the area, saying they were “near Hezbollah-affiliated facilities and interests”.
The southern suburbs, one of the strongholds of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement targeted for several weeks by the Israeli army, has been largely emptied of its residents, even if sometimes, during the day, some return to inspect their homes or businesses. The Lebanese agency Ani also reports Israeli airstrikes carried out overnight on the town of Nabatiyé (south).
Israeli army confirms targeting Nabatiyé area
For its part, the Israeli army said Friday morning that it had targeted the Nabatiyé area the day before “command centers” of the elite Hezbollah Al-Radwan unit as well as rocket launchers who carried out fire on northern Israel on Thursday.
She also reports the triggering of sirens in northern Israel, particularly in Haifa Bay, claiming to have intercepted “two projectiles” came from Lebanon on Friday.
Hit by a strike, a building collapses in Beirut
A building in the southern suburbs of Beirut hit Friday morning by a new strike collapsed in a cloud of gray smoke, reported an AFP photographer. In a series of photos taken by the photographer, a projectile from the sky hits the building on its lower floors, causing a ball of fire and the structure collapsing in a cloud of smoke. The Lebanese National Information Agency (Ani) reported a “second violent raid carried out by Israeli enemy aircraft” targeting the Ghobeiri sector, near the Tayouné roundabout and opposite Horch Beirut, the largest park in the Lebanese capital. of Beirut hit Friday morning by a new strike collapsed in a cloud of gray smoke, reported an AFP photographer.
In a series of photos taken by the photographer, a projectile from the sky hits the building on its lower floors, causing a ball of fire and the structure collapsing in a cloud of smoke. The Lebanese National Information Agency (Ani) reported a “second violent raid carried out by Israeli enemy aircraft” targeting the Ghobeiri sector, near the Tayouné roundabout and opposite Horch Beirut, the largest park in the Lebanese capital.
Islamic Jihad releases new video clip of Israeli hostage Trupanov in Gaza
Islamic Jihad broadcast a new video clip of Israeli hostage Sacha Trupanov on Friday morning, two days after the broadcast of a first video.
In this extract, the young man, identified on Wednesday in the video by his relatives, addresses the leader of the ultra-Orthodox party, Shass Arié Dery, member of the government coalition, so that he contributes to his release and that of others hostages still in captivity in Gaza.
Syrian agency Sana reports Israeli strike on Damascus
An Israeli strike targeted the upscale neighborhood of Mazzé in Damascus on Friday, the official Syrian press agency Sana announced, the second raid of this type in two days. “An Israeli aggression targets Mazzé”indicated the Sana agency, referring to the district housing embassies, security institutions and UN headquarters in the Syrian capital. The day before, similar strikes targeted this same neighborhood, as well as the town of Qoudsaya in the suburbs of Damascus. These raids left 23 dead, according to an updated report from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH).
Thursday’s attacks coincided with a visit to Damascus by senior Iranian official Ali Larijani, an adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Mr. Larijani met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to discuss “regional developments and Israeli escalation” against the Palestinians and Lebanon.
