Israeli strikes on Lebanon – LIVE UPDATES
The Israeli military carried out a series of airstrikes on Lebanon on Monday, reportedly killing nearly 500 people. The strikes, which have been described as the deadliest since the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war, come amid the Jewish State’s expanding campaign against the Lebanese militant group.
Lebanese authorities have reported that over 1,600 people have been injured. The country’s Health Minister Firass Abiad has claimed that the strikes have hit hospitals, medical centers and ambulances.
The government has ordered schools and universities across the country to begin preparing shelters as thousands of people flee from the southern regions of Lebanon.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military claimed to have struck over 1,300 targets, describing them as Hezbollah weapons sites.
23 September 2024
22:52 GMT
The Israeli military stated it had struck “approximately 1,600 Hezbollah terrorist targets” over the past day in multiple series of strikes in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley.
”Over the past few hours, directed by IDF intelligence, the IAF struck hundreds of Hezbollah targets, including launchers, command posts, and terrorist infrastructure in numerous areas of southern Lebanon,” the IDF said in a statement, sharing a video of some of the strikes.
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22:41 GMT
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has called for an emergency United Nations Security Council session to discuss Israel’s major cross-border attack on Lebanon.
“I have requested that an emergency meeting of the Security Council be held on Lebanon this week,” Barrot told the UN General Assembly on Monday, urging all sides to “avoid a regional conflagration that would be devastating for everyone.”
22:26 GMT
Catherine Russell, the executive director of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), has expressed “alarm” over the “ongoing surge of attacks in Lebanon and Israel,” urging all parties to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law.
According to the latest tally from Lebanon's health ministry, Israeli strikes have killed at least 492 people – including 35 children and 58 women – and wounded 1,645 individuals.
”Countless more children are in danger, with thousands of families displaced from their homes and ongoing attacks on civilian infrastructure,” Russell said in a statement.
”Alarming levels of psychological distress have been reported among children in both countries, stemming not only from their sudden displacement but also from the barrage of shelling and air raids that have become their daily reality for nearly a year,” she added.
20:50 GMT
Israel has named its military operation against Hezbollah “Northern Arrows,” the IDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi, announced on Monday evening.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese Health Ministry updated the death toll from IDF strikes to 492, with at least 1,645 wounded in the bombings of Beirut and southern Lebanon.
19:34 GMT
Egypt has called on “international powers and the UN Security Council to intervene immediately” to stop the “dangerous Israeli escalation in Lebanon” that “threatens to drag the region into a comprehensive regional war,” according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry in Cairo.
Egypt has expressed solidarity with Lebanon and denounced “any violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty and territory,” while continuing to work towards a ceasefire in Gaza, the ministry added.
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