► Deadly Israeli strikes against Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut
Israel said it was carrying out new strikes in Beirut during the night from Friday to Saturday targeting Hezbollah arms depots, shortly after a first deadly raid which targeted, according to the army, the “headquarters” of the pro-Iranian armed movement, in an escalation that is causing international concern.
These strikes target, according to the army, Hezbollah weapons depots hidden under “buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut”. She had shortly before called on the population to evacuate the area.
It had earlier indicated having bombed in this sector, stronghold of the Lebanese Islamist movement, its “headquarters”. Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, was targeted by this strike, according to several Israeli television stations.
► Hundreds of families flee the southern suburbs of Beirut
Hundreds of families crammed into cars fled in disaster during the night from Friday to Saturday from the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, the target of intense Israeli strikes. Following a call from the Israeli army to evacuate, traffic jams formed in the middle of the night in the streets of the capital, usually deserted at this time and plunged into darkness due to lack of power.
On Martyrs’ Square, in the center of Beirut, or on the seaside ledge, men, women and children were sitting on the ground, looking disoriented.
“We were at home when there was this call to evacuate. We took our identity papers, our belongings and we left”said Radwan Msallam, a Syrian refugee living in the southern suburbs. This father of six children aged three to 17 added that he did not “nowhere to go”explaining that he could not return to his country.
► The Israeli army announces having killed several Hezbollah commanders in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army announced on Saturday that it had killed in an air attack the commander of Hezbollah’s missile unit in southern Lebanon, as well as his deputy and several other leaders of the armed movement close to Iran.
Israeli warplanes killed Mohammed Ali Ismail, presented as the unit’s commander, and his deputy Hossein Ahmed Ismail, the Israeli army said on Telegram. “Other Hezbollah commanders and terrorists were eliminated along with them”she added.
► Israel calls on residents of several areas of southern Beirut to evacuate “immediately”
The Israeli army on Friday evening called on residents of several areas of the southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah, to evacuate ” immediately “a few hours after saying he had hit the “headquarters” of the Lebanese Islamist movement.
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► Biden ready to “adjust” the American military presence in the Middle East
Joe Biden a “asked the Pentagon to evaluate and adjust the American military presence if necessary” in the Middle East, while Israel carried out several violent strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, stronghold of Hezbollah, the White House announced on Friday.
The US president, who is spending the weekend at his beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware (east), also hears “ensure that American embassies in the region take all appropriate protection measures”added the White House in a brief statement.
“The United States will take all necessary measures to protect American personnel and American interests in the region”declared for his part the head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken during a press conference.
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