At least one person was killed and 20 others, including eight children, were wounded in Israeli shelling of the eastern Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, for the second day in a row, as part of the fighting that has been going on between Israel for more than eight months and the Shiite Hezbollah militia following attacks carried out by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Israeli territory on October 7. The Lebanese Health Ministry stated that the toll was preliminary, according to the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar TV network, which said Israeli fighter jets launched four attacks on Beka during the night. The previous day, 11 people, including two Syrian girls, were wounded in shelling by the Israeli army, which said the target was “several ammunition depots” deep in Lebanon. In addition, Israeli shelling left four dead and two wounded in the southern Lebanese town of Al-Dujayra, close to the border with Israel. In addition, “a hostile Israeli incursion into the Hamoul (Naqoura) area, which resulted in one person being injured,” and when emergency services responded, “Israel deliberately attacked them, resulting in the injury of (three) workers and damage to the ambulance,” the National News Agency reported. “The Ministry of Health condemns in the strongest terms these repeated attacks on health workers in southern Lebanon, which constitute a very serious violation of international laws and standards applicable in times of war,” the agency said. Late in the day, Hezbollah announced the deaths of four of its members: Mohammad Ghazi Shanin, Ali Ahmad Daqmaq, Ziad Mohammad Qashmar, and Raed Ali Jattab. The Israeli military and Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran and has significant political influence in Lebanon, have been locked in a series of clashes since October 8, a day after Hamas attacks left nearly 1,200 people dead and some 240 kidnapped. Gaza authorities have already reported more than 40,000 dead.
“Unapologetic tv specialist. Hardcore zombie trailblazer. Infuriatingly humble problem solver.”