Hezbollah targets Israeli intel and navy bases
Hezbollah has said it has targeted Israeli positions including an intelligence base, according to the Arab News via AFP.
The attacks, which came on October 22nd, followed a night of heavy Israeli bombardment in south Beirut. Authorities say four people including a child were killed in Israeli strikes in the capital near Lebanon’s largest public hospital.
Hezbollah said it launched a “salvo of rockets” targeting the “Glilot base of the 8200 military intelligence unit,” after claiming attacks on the base the night before.
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Also on October 22nd, the group said it fired rockets at another position in Tel Aviv, and targeted the “Stella Maris naval base northwest of Haifa,” a coastal city in Israel’s north.
Israel’s military said “in central Israel, approximately five projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon. The majority… were intercepted.” It added that “in the Upper Galilee area and northern Golan Heights, approximately 15 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon” with some being intercepted and the rest falling in open areas. Israel has said it is not aware of any casualties.
It also claimed on October 22nd that it had hit a number of Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and command centres overnight
Israel also said on Tuesday that it had struck several Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and command centres overnight, including a key naval base in Beirut. It said it struck about 300 targets in the previous day, including strikes a financial firm linked to Hezbollah.
AFP was told by a Lebanese official that the country’s national airline switched landing strips late October 21st after Israeli strikes near Beirut’s only international airport hit close to the main runway.
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The war in Lebanon has killed at least 2,467 people over the last year, according to authorities in the country, with AFP figure calculating that more than half of the deaths have come since September 23rd when Israel escalated its attacks.
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