8 Martyrs in Raids on Beirut and Metn, Hezbollah Targets Military Barge with Cruise Missile

The intensity of field tensions in Lebanon escalated with the death of eight martyrs and the injury of dozens in a new wave of Israeli airstrikes targeting populated areas. Medical sources reported that the shelling focused on the Jnah area in Beirut's southern suburbs, as well as the Ain Saadeh hills in the Metn district, leading to widespread property destruction and panic among civilians.

Regarding the details of the deadly toll, official sources confirmed that the Jnah area raid alone resulted in the martyrdom of five people, including a girl under fifteen years old and two Sudanese nationals. The raid also caused injuries to 52 others, including eight children, who were transferred to nearby hospitals for necessary treatment.

In the Metn district, warplanes targeted the Ain Saadeh hills area, resulting in the martyrdom of three citizens, including two women. Field reports indicated that the shelling also caused three injuries among women, while rescue teams continue to remove rubble and search for potential survivors in the targeted sites.

According to data from the Lebanese Ministry of Health, the total number of victims of the ongoing Israeli aggression since early March has risen alarmingly. Official statistics recorded up to Sunday evening the martyrdom of 1461 people and the injury of 4430 others, amid continuous violent shelling targeting Lebanese villages and towns daily.

On the ground, Israeli warplanes launched a series of intensive raids, totaling eight, on various neighborhoods in Beirut's southern suburbs since the morning hours. The targets included the neighborhoods of Ruwais, Bir Hassan, Musharrafieh, and Hay Madi, reflecting an expansion of Israeli military operations deeper into Lebanese territory.

In response, Hezbollah announced an escalation of its military operations, confirming 23 qualitative attacks against Israeli targets since dawn on Sunday. The most prominent of these operations was targeting a military barge in the Mediterranean Sea using a naval 'cruise' missile, after a precise monitoring and tracking operation that lasted for several hours.

Hezbollah clarified in its statement that the targeted barge was stationed 68 nautical miles off the Lebanese coast and was preparing to carry out attacks. While the party confirmed achieving a direct and accurate hit, Hebrew media sources claimed that the shelled vessel belonged to the British Navy, which contradicts the Lebanese narrative.

Regarding ground and border confrontations, Hezbollah intensified its shelling of northern settlements, targeting the settlements of Nahariya and Metulla with successive rocket salvos. It also announced targeting ten gatherings of occupation soldiers and vehicles, including sites in the Malkia settlement and the Ajal plateau, in addition to fierce clashes in the towns of Ainata and Khiam in southern Lebanon.

The operations also included targeting nine military sites and strategic infrastructure, including the Meron air surveillance base, the Zar'it barracks, and a logistical base belonging to the occupation army. Rocket barrages hit the settlements of Yesud HaMa'aleh, Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Katzrin, and the occupied city of Safed, activating sirens dozens of times.

For its part, Hebrew sources acknowledged material damage after a drone launched from Lebanon fell on a house in the 'Shomrat' settlement in northern occupied Palestine. This coincided with sirens sounding in a wide area of the Upper and Western Galilee, amid a state of security and military alert among occupation forces to confront the increasing attacks.

We targeted an Israeli military barge 68 nautical miles off the Lebanese coast with a naval cruise missile after precise monitoring.