Weeks of Israeli attacks on Lebanon kill at least 1,645 – Ministry Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least 1,645 people have been killed since Israel escalated attacks on Lebanon in September, while a total of 2,255 have now died after a year of fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli forces. At least 200 people have been killed by Israeli forces as the military siege of northern Gaza enters a ninth day, the director of Gaza’s Health Ministry tells Al Jazeera.
Hezbollah says fighters battle Israeli ‘infiltration’ in border village of Ramyah: Hezbollah said its fighters detonated an explosive device and have clashed in gun battles with Israeli forces who tried to infiltrate Ramyah village in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel.
- Hezbollah said on social media that it had inflicted casualties on the Israelis and that fighting was continuing around the village.
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Let’s bring you up to speed: Lebanon’s Health Ministry has said that at least 15 people have been killed in recent Israeli strikes. In the southern city of Nabatieh, an attack on a market has resulted in at least two casualties and caused a blazing fire, according to the Lebanese Red Cross. A joint statement by 40 countries who contribute troops to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has urged for a halt to Israeli attacks on peacekeepers in the country after five UN personnel were reported injured since Thursday.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has expressed “deep concern” to Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over reports of Israeli attacks on peacekeepers, as well as the killing of two Lebanese army soldiers. Israeli forces have wounded two Palestinians during their storming of the town of al-Issawiya,
northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, with one of the men in “critical condition”. Israel’s assault on Gaza continues, with at least 11 people confirmed killed following strikes in Nuseirat and Jabalia, the Wafa news agency reports.
At least 15 killed in most recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon: As we reported earlier, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said that at least 15 people were killed in Israeli strikes on two areas in the north of the country and one to the south of the capital. The ministry said nine people were killed and 15 wounded in an “Israeli enemy strike” on the village of Maaysrah, located to the north of Beirut. The ministry also reported two people killed, four wounded and unidentified “body parts” recovered following an Israeli strike on Deir Bella, near the northern Lebanese town of Batroun.
Four people were also killed and 18 wounded in a strike on Barja, south of Beirut. Israel also hit the southern city of Nabatieh, where eight people were reported wounded. Rescuers were assessing overnight the actual number of casualties from the attack and a massive fire that broke out after the air strike.