Israel strikes Beirut suburbs after resident evacuation warnings
By KESHET NEEV, JERUSALEM POST STAFFOCTOBER 27, 2024 01:38Updated: OCTOBER 27, 2024 08:11IDF strikes on Hezbollah terrorists and infrastructure in Lebanon. October 27, 2024. (Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
Images of the strikes surfaced approximately two hours after residents of Lebanon's southern suburbs were called to evacuate their homes by IDF Arabic Spokesperson Avichay Adraee
Overnight, Israel Air Force (IAF) jets struck weapons production sites and storage facilities belonging to Hezbollah in Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahieh, the military said on Sunday.
Among the targets struck by the IAF were a military infrastructure used by the terror group's aviation unit and a terror cell in southern Lebanon.
In addition, during an operation of the 146th Division, an IAF aircraft struck a building in which were terrorist who had opened fire at the troops.
Throughout the past day in Lebanon, the IAF struck over 120 terror targets and killed some 70 Hezbollah terrorists.Advertisement
Earlier on Sunday, images published by Reuters showed Israel had hit Beruit suburbs with airstrikes.
Additionally, the Hezbollah-run channel Al-Manar reported on the Israeli strikes shortly afterward, stating that Israel had struck Beruit's suburbs, along with the area of Baalbek, Zrariyeh, and Al-Jamous.
The Reuters images of the strikes surfaced approximately two hours after residents of Lebanon's southern suburbs were called to evacuate their homes by IDF Arabic Spokesperson Avichay Adraee in an X/Twitter post.
Specifically, Adraee noted that residents in the areas of Burj Al-Barajneh and Hadath should leave their homes and stay at a distance of 500 meters before planned Israel strikes.
"You are located near facilities and interests affiliated with Hezbollah, which the IDF will be targeting in the near future," Adraee wrote.Advertisement
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Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs, after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, October 27, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/ Mohamed Abd El Ghany TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Continuous strikes on Beirut suburbs
Israel has conducted several strikes in the area recently and in the last week.
In the early hours of Friday morning, Israel struck Beirut's suburbs.
The Lebanese outlet later reported that one of its photographers, Ghassan Najjar, and one of its broadcast engineers, Mohammad Reda, were among those killed.
