Israel launches airstrikes against Hezbollah targets near Lebanon's Baalbek, one killed
IDF Video Lebanon strike
Israel on Monday (Mar 11) launched fresh airstrikes on what it said wereHezbollah sites near Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek marking the second raid in the region since cross-border hostilities began after the Gaza war.
Fatalities
As peran agency AFP report citing security sources, the strikes had killed one person and injured others.
Bashir Khader, the governor of Baalbek, also confirmed the strikes and the fatality after Israel launched four strikes, reports Reuters.
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Reportedly, one of the strikes hit the southern entrance to the city of Baalbek, at least 2 km (1.24 miles) from ancient Roman ruins, the security sources said.
The three other strikes hit near the city of Taraya, 20 km (12.4 miles) west of Baalbek, they added.
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AFP, on the other hand, reported that "Israeli aircraft targeted a former Hezbollah building near Dar Al Amal hospital." The news agency's security source also said that Israel had "conducted another raid on a warehouse west of Baalbek".
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) also reported Israeli airstrikes, saying they "targeted a residential building in the town of Ansar … south of Baalbek".
"Fire and plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the targeted location," it added.
IDF on social media
On X, formerly Twitter, the Israel Defense Forces reported that its fighter jets struck two sites of the terrorist organisation Hezbollah in the area of Beqaa Valley in Lebanon.
"The sites belong to Hezbollah’s aerial forces that planned and carried out various attacks against Israel," said IDF.
The IDF has also released footage of the attack.
SinceOctober 8, the day after Hamas launched an attack on Israel that left 1,200 people dead,Hamas ally Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged near-daily fire. The strikes have largely remained confined to border regions, but several have hit Hezbollah positions further north in recent weeks, raising fears of a full-blown conflict.
The city of Baalbek, in the Beqaa valley, is a Hezbollah bastion that borders Syria. Previously, onFebruary 26, Israeli strikes targeted Baalbek, located about 100 km (62.14 miles) from the border. In what was the deepest such raid into Lebanese territory since the hostilities began, two Hezbollah members were killed.
Hezbollah has repeatedly said that it would stop its attacks on Israel only after a ceasefire in Gaza. However, in a recent statement, Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant said that any truce would not change Israel's goal of pushing Hezbollah out of southern Lebanon, by force or diplomacy.
According to an AFP tally, since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October, at least 316 people—mainly Hezbollah fighters—and 53 civilians have been killed in Lebanon.
(With inputs from agencies)
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