Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
Intense Israeli strikes targeted the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, over the night of October 5 and 6, causing casualties.
Prior to the strikes, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) ordered civilians to evacuate three buildings in the Borj al-Brajneh neighborhood which is a part of the southern Beirut suburbs of Dahieh, a known stronghold of Hezbollah. Colonel Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, said that civilians should move at least 500 meters away from the buildings.
The IDF later announced in a brief statement that it struck several targets of Hezbollah, including weapon depots and other infrastructure.
According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, two people were killed and at least 18 others were wounded in the Israeli strikes on Dahieh.
Following the strikes, the IDF said that several drones launched from Lebanon were shot down by its air defenses before crossing into Israel airspace.
Two projectiles were also launched from Lebanon, setting off warning sirens between the port city of Haifa and the settlement of Hadera to the south. The IDF later said that two “surface-to-surface missiles” were intercepted by its air defenses. Hebrew media reported that the projectiles were precision-guided ballistic missiles. Hezbollah has not yet claimed responsibility.
The clashes on the Lebanese-Israeli border first broke out after the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, with Hezbollah launching attacks in support of the Palestinian enclave. Israel escalated its attacks on Lebanon starting from September 17 and on September 27 it assassinated the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nassrallah. The IDF officially announced the launch of a ground operation in Lebanon on September 30.
All in all, the confrontation has so far resulted in 26 civilian deaths in Israel and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights as well as the deaths of at least 31 soldiers and security officers. On the Lebanese side, over 2,000 people have been killed, including more than 500 members of Hezbollah.
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