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Fri 31 Jan 2025 10:27 am - Jerusalem Time
Lebanon: Two dead and 9 wounded in Israeli raids on the Bekaa
Two people were killed and nine others were injured in Lebanon, following raids launched by the Israeli army on the Bekaa Valley, east of the country, on Thursday-Friday night.
The Lebanese Civil Defense confirmed that "two people were killed and nine others were injured as a result of Israeli occupation raids last night in the Bekaa Valley," east of Lebanon.
The Lebanese News Agency reported that "the Israeli Air Force launched two raids on the Wadi Khaled area late at night and at dawn," noting that "the first raid targeted a truck loaded with batteries and scrap in the Al-Wawiyat area, and the second targeted the 'Jab Al-Ward' crossing in the outskirts of the town of Hanider."
The Lebanese agency also reported this morning that "enemy warplanes raided the eastern mountain range in the Bekaa at three o'clock after midnight."
15 Israeli violations of the ceasefire on Thursday
On Thursday, the Israeli army committed 15 violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon, bringing the total since the agreement came into effect 66 days ago to 823 violations.
This comes according to statistics based on announcements by the official Lebanese News Agency.
According to various news published by the agency, the Israeli violations of the agreement were concentrated on Thursday in the districts of Marjeyoun, Bint Jbeil, and Hasbaya in the Nabatieh Governorate, and the Tyre District in the South Governorate.
The violations included drone attacks, bombings and bulldozing of homes and buildings, firing artillery shells, flares and an interceptor missile, combing with machine guns, and burning a poultry farm.
In Marjeyoun district, two citizens were slightly injured when an Israeli drone threw a bomb near their motorcycle on the outskirts of Taloussa town.
An Israeli drone also targeted a rescue team from the Lebanese Civil Defense in the town of Taybeh while they were working on the excavators they were using to search for missing people under the rubble.
Civil defense personnel were forced to withdraw from the area for their own safety, while fires broke out in the drilling rigs as a result of the targeting.
Israeli forces carried out an operation to blow up houses and buildings in the towns of Kfar Kila and Taloussa, in addition to bulldozing houses and combing operations with machine guns in the town of Markaba.
An Israeli interceptor missile exploded over the town of Burj al-Muluk, and the Israeli army fired flares in the skies over the town of Adaisseh.
Israeli forces set fire to a poultry farm in the Nazlet Tal Nahas area in the town of Deir Mimas.
In Bint Jbeil district, the Israeli army carried out a bombing operation against houses and buildings in the "Al-Hariqa" area on the outskirts of the town of Aitaroun.
He also shot two citizens while they were inspecting their farm in the town of Rmeish.
In Hasbaya district, Israeli artillery launched shelling targeting the outskirts of Shebaa town.
In Tyre district, the Israeli army carried out bulldozing operations in the towns of Dhahirah and Al-Bustan.
Meanwhile, an Israeli drone threw a bomb at a drilling rig operating in the town of Yarin, without causing any injuries.
The Israeli army announced this morning, Friday, that air force fighter jets attacked a number of Hezbollah targets in the Lebanese-Syrian border area last night.
According to the Israeli military, "IAF fighter jets, based on intelligence directives from the Military Intelligence Division, carried out raids last night on a number of targets belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, which posed a threat to Israeli territory and IDF forces."
He pointed out that "among the targets that were targeted: a military site that includes underground infrastructure for developing and producing combat equipment, in addition to infrastructure for crossing the Syrian-Lebanese border, which Hezbollah uses to try to smuggle weapons into it."
The army added that "the Hezbollah reconnaissance drone, which was on its way to Israeli airspace yesterday (Thursday) and was shot down by the air force, is considered a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon."
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Lebanon: Two dead and 9 wounded in Israeli raids on the Bekaa