Israel’s military declares it hit a Hezbollah weapons storagefacility however Lebanese Health Ministry states house assaulted.
Published On 17 Aug 2024
An Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon hasactually eliminated at least 10 individuals, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has stated, as the Israeli military reported striking a Hezbollah weapons storage center.
The death toll from the strike in the Nabatieh location consistedof “a lady and her 2 kids” and left 5 other individuals injured, 2 seriously, the ministry stated in a declaration on Saturday, including that a property structure was struck.
Israel’s military declared on its Telegram channel that the air force had struck a weapons storagefacility of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah overnight “in the location of Nabatieh”, situated about 12km (seven miles) from the nearby point to the Israeli border.
Earlier, the military published on social media that its fighter jets assaulted “military structures” in the towns of Maroun al-Ras and Aita al-Shaab, more than 50km (31 miles) south of Nabatieh city.
Lebanon’s National News Agency stated a brick mill at the borders of the northern town of Wadi al-Kfour was struck, and amongst the dead were the caretaker of mill, a Syrian nationwide, and his whole household.
Mohammad Shoaib, who runs a slaughterhouse in Wadi al-Kfour, stated the location struck was an “industrial and civilian location”, that had factories producing bricks, metal, and aluminum, as well as a dairy farm.
There was no instant remark from Hezbollah.
The strike is amongst the mostdangerous in Lebanon consideringthat Hezbollah began trading near-daily fire with Israeli forces in assistance of its ally Hamas and in uniformity with the Palestinian individuals because the October 7 attack on southern Israel and Israel’s subsequent war on Gaza.
According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, Israel, Hezbollah and other armed groups in Lebanon exchanged at least 8,533 attacks throughout the border from October 7 to July 31.
Israel performed about 82 percent of these attacks, amountingto 7,033 events, killing at least 601 individuals in