Israeli bombs Beirut for the first time since the break of fire with Hezbollah, while the deadly hits in gauze continue
Beirut, Lebanon – Israel has launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time from a fragile truce ended the latest Israel-hezbollah war in November. Associated press reporters in Beirut heard a loud flourishing and testified that the smoke raised from the area that the Israeli army warned that they would hit.
The strike came after the Israeli army urgently warned people to evacuate parts of Beirut suburbs, promising to take revenge on the strikes, which he said was launched from Lebanon to northern Israel. Israeli Defense Minister said on Friday that if there is no peace in the northern communities of the Israeli community, there will be no peace in Beirut.
The Israeli defense forces said that the strike in Beirut was aiming for the storage of the unmanned aircraft of Hezbollah in the neighborhood of Dahiyeh, which Israel has long described as the key persistence of Hezbollah. Israel accuses Hezbollah of using civilians as a human shield, and IDF noticed its advanced warning that people leave the area on Friday.
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Hezbollah denied the shooting of rockets on northern Israel, and accused Israel of demanding an excuse to continue attacking Lebanon.
The Lebanese government has ordered all schools and universities in the southern suburb of Hadat Beirut to close in the day. Residents were seen fleeing the area in cars and on foot in front of the strike.
It was the first strike on Beirut since on November 27, 2024, settling a fire between Israel and Hezbollah, a terrorist organization designed for the United States and Israeli, which has long been a strong political force in Lebanon, although Israel has hit the goals in southern Libanon almost daily.
Hezbollah began launching rockets, drones and rockets on Israel the day after an unprecedented terrorist attack of the Federal Ally Hamas, October 7, 2023, which launched the war in Gaza. Israel-hezbollah is left in September in a comprehensive war while Israel performed the waves of air attacks and killed most of the higher leaders of the militant group. The fighting was killed by over 4,000 people in Lebanon and displaced about 60,000 Israelites living in communities near the common border of the country.
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Israeli forces were to withdraw from all the Lebanese territory by the end of January under the trial agreement. The deadline was extended until February 18, but Israel remained at five locations in Lebanon across from the communities in northern Israel. In the meantime, Israel has performed dozens of air attacks on the southern and eastern Lebanon, saying that he attacked Hezbollah, while continuing the attacks of drones who killed several members of the militant group.
Last week, Israeli Air attacks at several locations in Lebanon were killed by six people.
A special coordinator of the United Nations for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plaschaert, said the exchange of fire is deeply worrying. “This is a critical period for Lebanon and the wider region,” she said on Friday.
Israeli strikes on Beirut came while Lebanese President Joseph Aoun first visited Paris as a leader of his country. On Friday, he met President Emmanuel Macron, who, after their meeting, called the Israeli strike a “unacceptable” and “violation of the ceasefire”, which he claimed to “play in the hands of Hezbollah.”
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Aoun called the strike on Friday the continuation of the “violation of Israel” agreement on the interruption of fire, which sponsored the US and France.
Israel continues to bomb Gaza while the humanitarian crisis deepens
Escalation comes 11 days after Israel has suddenly completed its separate agreement Hamas in Gazalaunching a surprising wave of impact in which he killed hundreds of people on a decimated Palestinian territory.
Earlier this month, Israel has stopped the delivery of food, fuel, medicine and humanitarian aid to Gazine about 2 million inhabitants.
Israel vowed to escalate the war Until Hamas returns 59 hostages Still holding on to Gaza – 24 of which are still believed to be alive. Israel requires Hamas to give up power, disarm and send his leaders from Gaza to exile.
Hamas said that only the remaining prisoners would release in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, permanent truce and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
The war launched by Hamas’s terrorist attack has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians There are many women and children in Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health in the enclave. The attack on Israel has seen Hamas and his allies kill about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and take 251 other hostages.
Almost 40 more people were killed in Israeli strikes over overnight stays across Gaza, Palestinian media reported on Friday, including 14 who were allegedly killed on a strike that hit the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gazi. The Gaza Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that 855 people were killed from the continuation of Israeli attacks on March 18th. The data of the Ministry of Hamas is no different civil and combat victim.
The Central Kitchen World Charity Characteristics in the Social Media Post said that one of his volunteers in Gaza was killed in an Israeli air attack on Thursday, which hit one of his kitchens during a meal distribution.
“Our hearts are difficult today,” an organization founded by American-Spanish chef José Andrés, said in a post on social networksadding that six other people were wounded on the same strike. About a year ago, Andrés accused Israeli forces “Targeting us in the Deconflict zone in Gaza. The charity organization acknowledged the rejection of some staff in Gaza in December, after being provided by the Israeli authorities a list of about 60 WCK volunteers for which he was allegedly associated with terrorism.
“WCK should not be understood as individuals are related to any terrorist organization,” a charity organization based in Washington based in Washington DC said at the time. “Before receiving the Cogat’s results [Israeli government] Security check, we had no reason to concern about any of these individuals and, since Israel does not share intelligence with help organizations, we do not know the basis for the decision of Israel to record these individuals. However, we thought this step was needed to protect our team and surgery. “
The World United Nations World Food Program also sounded alarming on Friday to deepen the hunger crisis in Gaza more than two weeks after Israel interrupted most of the humanitarian aid to the territory, and its director in the region told the Al Jazeera network that more than 90% of the population population lacked food safety.
According to the UN Report to Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Israel is obstructed 82% of a convoy for help intended for gauze between March 18 and 24), interfering with help for help.