In Israel has no intention of staying permanently in Gaza, says defense minister”>Lebanon, on the night of the 5th, which was the weekend, Israel intensified its bombing against Lebanon, hitting refugee camps deep in the north of Lebanon, and the earth shook with a huge explosion sound in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut.
On this day, the Israeli military intensified its fight against Lebanon by bombing both Hezbollah and Hamas on the same day for the first time.
Because of this, thousands of people in Lebanon, including Palestinian refugees, fled to avoid the war and the expansion of bombing zones.
At the same time, ahead of the first anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip (October 7), protests are taking place one after another in other parts of the world opposing the war in Gaza and demanding an end to the war.
In Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, the Israeli military began large-scale bombing around midnight that night after issuing an order to evacuate residents from residential areas such as Choi Fat and Haret Khreik in the city.
Video taken by AP reporters showed the night sky becoming as bright as day due to the bombing in a populated area of the southern suburbs where many Hezbollah fighters are located.
The Israeli military bombed the Bedawi refugee camp in northern Lebanon starting midday on the 5th, killing a Hamas military commander, his wife, and his two young daughters, as well as his entire family, Hamas armed forces announced.
Hamas later announced that another military commander had been killed in an Israeli bombing near the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon.
Because of these bombings, Lebanese residents suffered extreme damage as buildings collapsed and most of the buildings, including brick walls and stairs, disappeared.
The Israeli military announced that two Hamas military commanders in Lebanon were killed amid intensifying military operations. The Israeli military claimed that since the war against Hamas began, it has already executed several Hamas military commanders and even killed Hassan Nasrallah, the top leader of Hezbollah who lived in Lebanon.
In less than two weeks after Israel began attacking Lebanon, at least 1,400 Lebanese people, including civilians, medical staff, and Hezbollah fighters, were killed. Additionally, more than 1.2 million people lost their homes and became refugees.
Israel says it will completely drive out Lebanon’s armed groups from its border areas and bring home Israelis there.
After several attacks and killings of leaders, including Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah for over 40 years, the Israeli military began an invasion operation in southern Lebanon, claiming it was a “limited ground operation.”
This battle is the worst war with the largest casualties in a short-term battle since the 2006 Israel-Lebanon War.
Nine Israeli soldiers were also killed in the ground battle, but Israel announced that the number of Hezbollah members killed by Israel reached 440.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi held a press conference in Damascus, Syria, and said, “We are working for a ceasefire in both Gaza and Lebanon,” but did not say which countries were mediating.
However, he only revealed that the countries that stepped forward for the ceasefire included Middle Eastern countries and some countries outside the Middle East.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on the evening of the 5th that “Israel has the right and duty to defend the country,” and implied that the attack would continue, saying, “We are not finished with Lebanon (the attack) yet.”
The Israeli military announced that about 90 explosive propellants were fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory. Most of them were repelled by air defenses, but some landed in the northern Arab village of Deira al-Assad, injuring three people, Israeli authorities announced.
In a night air strike that lasted until dawn on the 5th, the Israeli military fired 12 missiles, killing at least six people in Lebanon, Lebanon’s state-run NNA news agency reported.
According to Lebanese government statistics, 375,000 people fled from Lebanon to neighboring Syria during the two weeks of the army’s attack.
AP reporters saw hundreds of Lebanese refugees walking through Lebanon’s Masna border crossing, and saw them walking around the large puddles and ruins left on the road by Israeli military bombings and crouching and hiding from the bombings in various places. witnessed.
Most of Hezbollah’s weapons were imported from Iran via Syria.
Isa Hilal, a Syrian refugee living in Lebanon, said he is now returning to Syria. “It has already been more than two days since I left. The roads are full of refugees and it is very difficult to move around. “I almost died coming here,” he said. The sounds of children crying or whining could be heard everywhere.
Other refugees are holding out in tents next to Beirut’s famous beachfront hotel, Korinche. “We don’t mind dying anymore. “I just don’t want to die at Netanyahu’s hands,” O’Malley Msheikh said.
Meanwhile, in Rome, the capital of Italy, on the weekend of the 5th (local time), thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in the city center, holding Lebanese and Palestinian flags, demanding an immediate halt to the battle in Lebanon and negotiations to end the war.
Foreign media outlets, including the Associated Press, are predicting that anti-war protests and cease-fire protests will take place in more places on the 7th, the one-year anniversary of the start of the Gaza war due to Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel.
[마스나 국경지대( 레바논)= AP/뉴시스]
2024-10-06 00:53:04