The Israeli army announced new strikes targeting Hebzollah in eastern Lebanon on Saturday, September 28 in the morning, after intensely bombing the southern suburbs of Beirut, stronghold of the Islamist movement, during the night. The army “is currently striking targets (…) belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Bekaa region”in eastern Lebanon, she said in a statement. Hezbollah, for its part, deniedare “allegations” of Israel on the presence of weapons depots in civilian buildings targeted by intensive Israeli raids in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Follow our live stream.
Hezbollah bombs northern Israel. The Lebanese movement said it fired rockets into northern Israel on Saturday, after intense Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut. He said in a statement that it targeted Kibbutz Kabri in northern Israel with Fadi-1 rockets in response to the attacks “Israeli barbarians on towns, villages and civilians in Lebanon”.
Israel claims to have killed Hezbollah commanders. Israeli fighter jets killed Mohammed Ali Ismail, presented as the unit’s commander, and his deputy Hossein Ahmed Ismail, according to the Israeli army, which made the announcement on Telegram. “Other Hezbollah commanders and terrorists were eliminated along with them”she added. According to Israeli media, strikes targeted people Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah.
Hospitals evacuated in south Beirut. Patients from these hospitals will be evacuated to other establishments “unaffected by Israeli aggression”, says the Lebanese Ministry of Health. The latter are called on for their part to “stop receiving non-urgent cases until the end of next week”, ordered the Ministry of Health, which has not yet given an updated toll of victims of the strikes. These bombings also led to the flight of many Lebanese.
Benjamin Netanyahu threatens Iran at the UN. “If you hit us, we will hit you”the Israeli Prime Minister said on Friday at the UN, regarding his Iranian enemy. The leader also announced that operations against Hezbollah would continue, once again dashing hopes of a temporary 21-day truce proposed Wednesday by France and the United States.