Beirut touched in the heart. At least 22 people were killed Thursday evening and 117 were injured by two Israeli air raids against the Lebanese capital, rarely hit since open war broke out between Israel and Hezbollah at the end of September, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced. in a final assessment. This toll makes these raids the deadliest in the capital since Israel and Hezbollah were at open war.
One of the strikes targeted a Hezbollah official, a Lebanese security source told AFP. The source was not immediately able to specify who was responsible, but the Israeli air force has already killed around ten Hezbollah executives since September 23, including the leader of the movement Hassan Nasrallah.
One of the two strikes targeted the densely populated residential neighborhood of Ras al-Nabeh and the other the adjacent al-Noueiri neighborhood. This is the third time that the Israeli air force has targeted the capital since September 23, the strikes having so far been concentrated on the southern suburbs, a stronghold of Hezbollah.
A raid in October targeted Hezbollah emergency services, killing seven rescue workers, and another in September killed three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a left-wing Palestinian movement which, like all groups, owns Palestinians, an armed wing.
Smoke columns
In images broadcast live Thursday evening by AFPTV, two columns of smoke rose above the capital of the country of six million inhabitants.
After a year of cross-border firefights, Israel is now waging open war against the pro-Iranian movement in the neighboring country. Since September 23, more than 1,200 people have been killed and more than a million displaced.
