ARAB AND WORLD
Sun 03 Nov 2024 2:19 pm - Jerusalem Time
New evacuation instructions for Baalbek residents...and 10 rockets fired from Lebanon at Israel
Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation army issued new evacuation instructions for the residents of the Lebanese province of Baalbek, warning of striking it due to the "presence of interests" belonging to "Hezbollah" there.
Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee warned residents of Baalbek and the village of Douris (southwest) via his X account against being “near Hezbollah facilities, as the IDF will act against them.” He attached maps to his posts that included buildings that he called for to be evacuated “and to stay away from them at a distance of no less than 500 meters, within the next four hours.”
The Israeli army announced the launch of about 10 rockets into northern Israel, in the latest barrage of rockets launched from Lebanon.
The Israeli military said it intercepted some of the rockets, while others landed in open ground, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. There were no immediate reports of any casualties.
The Israeli army announced earlier this morning that a suspicious aerial target crossed into Israel from the east, following alerts that were sounded in the southern Golan Heights, starting at 6:45 a.m. local time.
In a parallel context, the Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry announced today that one of its nationals was killed in an airstrike in Lebanon, while Israeli bombing is hampering efforts to recover its citizens.
The Foreign Ministry in Dhaka estimates that between 70,000 and 100,000 of its citizens work in Lebanon.
The first flights organised by the Bangladesh government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration brought back dozens of Bangladeshi nationals from Beirut last month.
Bangladesh's ambassador to Lebanon, Javed Tanveer Khan, said in a statement that Mohammad Nizam, 31, was killed on Saturday afternoon in a strike when he stopped at a cafe on his way to work in Beirut.
The war that has been going on in the Gaza Strip for more than a year between Israel and Hamas has expanded to include Lebanon, where Israel has been carrying out intensive air strikes against Hezbollah since September 23. On September 30, it began “limited” ground operations in the south.
The war has displaced hundreds of thousands in Lebanon, where at least 1,930 people have been killed since September 23, according to a tally based on health ministry data, but the actual number is likely higher.
The Israeli army reports that 38 soldiers have been killed in Lebanon since September 30.
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New evacuation instructions for Baalbek residents...and 10 rockets fired from Lebanon at Israel