Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
More than 20 people, including civilians, were killed or wounded over the night of August 20 and 21 when a series of Israeli strikes hit Lebanon.
In two separate statements, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that its fighter jets struck Hezbollah weapon depots in the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon. A site used by Hezbollah air defense units was also struck in the same area, according to the military.
Other strikes hit a rocket launcher in the town of Abu Shash, a Hezbollah fighter in the Hamoul area; and buildings used by the group in the towns of Ayta ash-Shab, Ramyeh and Tallouseh, the IDF said. All of these towns are located in southern Lebanon, The military also said that it targeted another fighter of Hezbollah in the town of Beit Lif, also in southern Lebanon.
Lebanese media reported that a civilian was killed and at least 20 others were killed as a result of Israeli strikes on Beqaa. It also confirmed that a man was killed in Beit Lif, without confirming if he was a member of Hezbollah. In addition, a Syrian national was reportedly killed in a strike that hit Wazzani.
From its side, Hezbollah mourned five of its fighters in separate statements, but didn’t clarify where or how exactly they were killed.
In response to the Israeli strikes, Hezbollah attacked on August 21 morning the border site of Hadab Yaron with a suicide drone and launched a large barrage of dozens of rockets at the Tsnobar logistical base in the Israeli-based occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
The IDF said that some 50 rockets were launched from Lebanon at the Golan, with some intercepted by its air defenses. Hebrew media reported material damage in the settlement of Katzrin and said that a man was wounded.
Hezbollah and its allies began launching near-daily attacks against the IDF in support of the Hamas Movement and other armed factions in the Gaza Strip after the outbreak of the Israeli war on the Palestinian enclave last October.
The latest deadly wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon will likely push the group and its allies to escalate its attacks against the IDF.
So far, the confrontation has resulted in 26 civilian deaths in Israel and the occupied Golan as well as the deaths of at least 19 soldiers and security officers. On the Lebanese side, more than 700 people have been killed, including 400 fighters of Hezbollah and over 130 civilians.
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i have to comment on the whole truth. israel is committing a genocide. the reason they do this is because they are not only racist and religious fanatics, but also because they are sure that they have the right to do so for the sake of their god. all of america is subordinate, because corporate america (unelected individuals printing money) rules the bottom 350 million people there. it’s not about who’s right or what point of view matters, it’s about a crystal clear double standards.
you have to admit that it’s not about elections and democracy, because they are rigged. maximum corruption is a golden standar, not only in the west, but also in the brics. china, russia, north korea, it doesn’t matter, all of these countries are “ruled” by crazy “politicians”mobs who give not a shit about people. sf very often points to israel and the usa, but what about putin or xi jinping? prygozhin was murdered after being pardoned
russia was on its knees and a us colony before putin put it back on its feet. thanks to the policies of xi and deng china is the biggest economy on the planet by a long chalk. china produces 100 million tons of steel a month, the us just 6. 36% of everything that is made in the world is made in china. china is bigger than the us, eu and japan combined.
apparently, russia can afford to kill all its elite wagner group fighters in africa, because there are so many of them that the kursk problem does not matter at all. putin will mobilize another 100,000 recruits who are eager to die happily for putin’s monster and his corrupted friends like shoigu, peskov, lavrov, gerasimov medvedev and other incompetent maniacs who are only good at taking bribes, plotting against others and doing shit.
spoken like a true telegraph shill.
it is time to get some anti air missiles and shoot down jews from the sky. how is this so difficult? their planes and helis need to be blown out of the sky. make the jew feel pain
been saying that forever. how long has russia been in syria? how many times has syria been attacked by idf? how many of their planes have been shot down? how many would need to be shot down to make a point? how many russians have to die by israeli owned terrorists before they actually do something besides ‘talk’? when does syria get to use the weapons they bought and paid for?
russia is a zionist stooge.
ffs putin, russia has some excellent missiles that would make mincemeat of the jewish airforce and the thieving lying bastards flying the things – that is what the world needs to see. russia putting down its feet and tell war criminal netanyahu that enough is enough!
ain’t gonna happen…ever.
putin loves the antichrist israel and will never attack his zionist masters.
doubt it very much but he knows that an attack on the jews is more or less the same as an attack on the bankrupt disunited states of a. the same applies if heprovides serious weapons to say hezbollah or iran. iran on the other hand have tried the iron dome and knows pretty well that it can be breached leaving the entire illegal settlement like a smorgasbord for its hard core missiles.
the jews should start to learn their prayers, they will need them!