After the A wave of Israeli bombings hit several points in Lebanon on Monday leaving at least 558 dead, The Israeli Army confirmed on Tuesday that it had again bombed “targets” belonging to the political and paramilitary group Hezbollah both in eastern and southern Lebanon, raising fears of an open regional war in the Middle East.
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According to the Israeli Army, On Tuesday, their strikes targeted Hezbollah weapons storage buildings, command centers and other infrastructure.
On Monday, Israel has already bombed “some 1,600 terrorist targets” in southern Lebanon and in the Bekaa Valley in the east, strongholds of the pro-Iranian Islamist movement Hezbollah.
At least 558 people were killed in these attacks, including 50 children and 94 women, and 1,835 people were injured, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
Tens of thousands of Lebanese have also fled areas bombed since Monday, according to the UN, heading for Sidon, the largest city in the south, or Beirut. On Tuesday, many cars were blocked on the road leading to the capital.
The Israeli operation’s objectives, according to a senior military official who spoke to AFP, are to weaken the threat posed by Hezbollah, push the pro-Iranian movement’s fighters away from the border and destroy the infrastructure deployed by its elite Radwan unit.
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Hezbollah attacks northern Israeli sites
Israel said on Tuesday it had identified the launching of more than 100 Hezbollah rockets into the north of the country, which preceded a new burst of five projectiles in the Haifa area in which a young Israeli was seriously injured.
“Emergency technicians and paramedics are treating and have evacuated a 25-year-old man in moderate condition with shrapnel wounds to Rambam Hospital,” the Magen David Adom emergency service said.
Six dead in Israeli airstrikes in southern Beirut
At least six people were killed and 25 others wounded Tuesday in a new Israeli bombing of a building in the southern suburbs of Beirut known as el Dahye, the third attack on the area in the past four days.
According to the Israeli press, the main target was the head of Hezbollah’s missile unit, but the Israeli army has refused to comment on the matter.
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