At Least 14 Killed in Israeli Strikes Across Lebanon

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Israeli Strikes Continue Across Lebanon and Syria

At least 14 people have been killed in Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon and Beirut, according to Lebanese authorities. The attacks occurred one day after Israel threatened to hit Lebanon’s main border crossing with Syria, forcing its closure.

On Sunday, Israeli forces launched air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, killing at least four people. In southern Lebanon, 10 people were killed in Israeli attacks, including a family of six. A further 39 people were wounded in an Israeli strike on Beirut’s Jnah neighborhood.

Hezbollah claimed to have fired a cruise missile at an Israeli warship 126km off the Lebanese coast, but there was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. The claim has not been verified by Al Jazeera.

Israel launched air strikes across Lebanon on March 2 after Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel in response to the US-Israeli war on Iran. Since then, Israeli forces have launched a ground invasion of southern Lebanon and conducted multiple air strikes.

The Israeli military warned it had begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure sites in Beirut’s southern suburbs without providing evidence for its claims. On Saturday, Israel announced plans to carry out strikes on the Masnaa border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, which serves as a vital trade route for both countries.

The border post was evacuated on the Lebanese side, and the site was deserted early on Sunday with only a few guards still on duty. The Israeli military said traffic through the crossing would be temporarily suspended due to the threat.

Since March 2, Israeli attacks have killed over 1,400 people in Lebanon, including 126 children, and displaced over 1.2 million, according to Lebanese authorities. In southern Lebanon, an Israeli strike killed seven people, including a four-year-old girl and a Lebanese soldier.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun reiterated his call for talks with Israel, saying he wanted to spare southern Lebanon from destruction on the scale seen in Israel’s conflict with Gaza.

Source: Al Jazeera