Lebanese health officials said Thursday an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in Beirut killing at least six people and wounding seven others
Lebanese health officials said Thursday an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in Beirut, killing at least six people and wounding seven others.
The Israeli military said it was conducting operations targeting Beirut, continuing attacks it says are aimed at the Hezbollah militant group.
Israel announced Wednesday the death of eight of its soldiers who were killed in fighting with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, a day after it started what it says is a «limited» ground operation to destroy militant infrastructure there.
«We are in the midst of a tough war against Iran’s axis of evil that is seeking to destroy us», Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video message offering his condolences. «It won’t happen, for we’ll stand together. And with God’s help, we’ll win together. We’ll return our hostages in the south. We’ll bring back our residents to the north. We will ensure Netzah [the eternity of] Israel.’
Israel begins ‘limited’ operation against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon
Iran attacks Israel
Tensions have dramatically escalated in the region since late Tuesday, when Iran unleashed an unprecedented barrage of around 200 ballistic missiles aimed at Israel.
Iran conducted the attack on the eve of the Jewish New Year in retaliation for a series of successful Israeli attacks on its proxies, including the assassinations of Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July and the head of Lebanese Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut last week.
A projectile is seen in the sky after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct.
