Nine people were killed today, Tuesday – including two journalists and a member of the… Hizb allahAs a result of an Israeli bombing of southern Lebanon, while the party said that it bombed a base, a military factory, and an Israeli intelligence force.
Al-Mayadeen Channel mourned “the martyrs, reporter Farah Omar (25 years old) and photographer Rabih Al-Maamari (40 years old), as a result of treacherous Israeli targeting” in southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese army said – in a statement – “As a result of the Israeli enemy’s continued attacks on the southern border areas, two journalists from Al-Mayadeen TV and a citizen were martyred in hostile bombing.”
The official National News Agency reported that “three citizens were martyred in a hostile bombing of the Tayr Harfa al-Jebin triangle,” near the border with Israel.
Later, the Israeli army announced that its soldiers “acted against a threat resulting from a missile launching area for the Hezbollah terrorist organization, in the Al-Jabain area.”
The army said, “We are aware of an allegation related to journalists who were killed in the area as a result of Israeli fire,” noting that the area “is witnessing active hostilities, and an exchange of fire is occurring.”
Before noon on Tuesday, an Israeli raid targeted a house in the border town of Kafr Kila, killing an 80-year-old woman and wounding her granddaughter, a Syrian national, according to what the National Agency reported.
Targeting a car
In Tire district, the agency reported that 4 people were killed as a result of “the Israeli enemy targeting a car” while it was traveling on a side road between the towns of Al-Sha’iyatiya and Al-Qulayla.
Agence France-Presse quoted a Palestinian official in the Rashidiya Palestinian refugee camp as saying that among the dead was Khalil Hamid Al-Kharaz, a senior leader in the camp. Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades In Lebanon, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation).
The Hamas movement did not officially ban any of its members, but a member of its political bureau, Khalil Al-Hayya, said – in a press conference in Beirut – in response to a question about whether the four dead were from Hamas, “What happened today is a new crime added to the crimes of the Zionist occupation.”
Al-Hayya said that Hamas will announce on Wednesday “the end of investigations into the matter, but we condemn this aggression,” noting that “a clear statement will be issued and will disclose the nature of the assassination, who are those present (in the car), and what are their names and nationalities.”
A Lebanese security source said – without revealing his identity – that the bodies of the car’s passengers were “charred.”
On the other hand, the Lebanese Hezbollah announced, on Tuesday, the death of one of its members as a result of wounds he sustained in confrontations with the Israeli army on the southern Lebanese border.
In a brief statement, Hezbollah mourned the wounded Ibrahim Badie Hamza from the town of Jemmaymah in southern Lebanon, “who rose as a martyr on the road to Jerusalem,” according to the statement.
Thus, Hezbollah’s death toll rises to 78 since last October 8.
Hezbollah is bombing
In terms of bombing and confrontations, Hezbollah announced on Tuesday that it had bombed a base, a military factory, and a gathering of soldiers in northern Israel.
Hezbollah stated – in separate statements – that it bombed with missiles a factory belonging to the Israeli company Rafael Military Industries in the Shlomi area, and it was directly hit and fire was seen breaking out in it.
He pointed out that “this came in response to the enemy (Israel) bombing of the aluminum factory in the Al-Kfour area, north of the city of Nabatieh.”
The party said – in another statement – that it “targeted with guided missiles a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers inside a house in the Avivim settlement, which led to its members being killed and wounded.”
The party added – in a third statement – that it bombed the Israeli military base of Beit Hillal with Grad missiles, which led to a direct hit on it.
The party indicated – in a fourth statement – that it had targeted, with two guided missiles, a force from the “War Brigade” affiliated with Israeli military intelligence, on the outskirts of the Al-Manara colony, and its members were killed or wounded.
He pointed out that his attacks came “in support of the steadfast Palestinian people.” Gaza strip In support of his brave and honorable resistance, and in response to the enemy’s targeting of journalists at Al-Mayadeen TV and civilian homes.”
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– Al Jazeera Egypt (@AJA_Egypt) November 21, 2023
Intercepting drones
On the other hand, the Israeli occupation army said that it intercepted several marches in the Western Galilee after they crossed the border from southern Lebanon.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent said that an Israeli artillery shelling targeted the town of Alma al-Shaab in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli Channel 12 reported that two anti-armor missiles were fired towards the Israeli town of Avivim on the border with Lebanon.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent also said that Israeli air defenses were intercepting targets in the airspace of Kiryat Shmona, while Israeli Army Radio said that sirens were sounding in Kiryat Shmona and its environs.
Since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, following Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, and on a daily basis, the Israeli army has exchanged intermittent bombardment with Hezbollah and Palestinian factions in Lebanon, leaving dead and wounded on both sides of the border.
These confrontations continue in the wake of a war launched by the Israeli army 46 days ago on the Gaza Strip, resulting in 14,128 Palestinian martyrs, including more than 5,840 children and 3,920 women, as well as more than 33,000 injured, 75% of whom are children and women. , according to the government media office in Gaza.