Lebanon: Beirut blasted in “most violent” raids since war began
Israeli forces carried out a wave of air strikes in Beirut on 23rd October in one of the most brutal nights since the war escalated in Lebanon, according to the TheNewArab and agencies
A total of 17 raids were carried out, with six buildings levelled, including a residential complex hit by four strikes, “causing a large fire” in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Though TheNewArab did not report any casualties, the Lebanon National News Agency called the attacks “the most violent in the area since the beginning of the war”.
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In South Lebanon, three soldiers from the Lebanese Army were killed by Israeli fire while carrying out a rescue operation in the south according to an army source.
In a statement the Lebanese Army said: “The Israeli enemy targeted Lebanese army personnel in the vicinity of Yater village, in the Bint Jbeil area of the south, while carrying out an operation to evacuate wounded, which led to the deaths of three martyrs, including an officer.”
Israel also hit Syria, targeting a residential area of Damascus and a military site in Homs according to Syrian state news.
They reported the death of a soldier and the wounding of another seven people in Homs after the Israeli army launched an attack from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights and from north Lebanon.
Syrian state media made no mention of any casualties in the Damascus strike but the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights spoke of “human losses”.
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On 24th October Germany said it will provide a further 96 million euros ($103.57 million) in humanitarian and development aid to Lebanon.
According to Reuters, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock made the pledge ahead of a meeting of some 70 delegations in Paris focused on helping the country.
Baerbock said: “We are making it clear that we not only see the suffering in Lebanon these days, we are taking action; we are supporting the people on the ground who, for the most part, want only one thing: to live in safety and peace in the future, just like so many people in Israel.”
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