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Miami Herald
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Israeli strikes hit Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon
TEL AVIV, Israel - The Israeli army said on Friday that it had carried out a series of airstrikes on Hezbollah facilities in southern Lebanon. According to the Israel Defense Froces (IDF), the facility, used by the militia to "manage its fire and defence array," was part of an underground Hezbollah site that was previously targeted in Israeli strikes. "In recent days, the IDF identified attempts by the Hezbollah terror organization to restore the site and therefore the terror infrastructure in the area was struck," the military said. The IDF added that the "presence of this site and the attempts to re-establish it constitute a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon." Lebanese media broadcast footage showing columns of thick smoke rising from the targeted hills near the city of Nabatiyeh area, which is 54 kilometres south of Beirut. Lebanese security sources confirmed to dpa that at least five heavy airstrikes struck the area. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Local media said residents in Nabatiyeh sought shelter amid the sound of loud explosions. Coinciding with the strikes, Lebanese security sources said an Israeli drone hit an apartment in Nabatiyeh al-Fawka. There was no immediate details on the incident from the Israeli army. At the end of November, Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire following more than a year of mutual cross-border fire. The agreement stipulated, among other things, that Hezbollah withdraw behind the Litani River, roughly 30 kilometres north of the Israeli-Lebanese border. ------------ Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
CBC
27-01-2025
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- CBC
2-year-old girl killed in her home by Israeli military
Israeli forces shot a two-year-old girl in the head in her West Bank home on Saturday while she was eating dinner with her family, according to health officials and family members. The Palestinian Health Ministry says Laila Muhammad Al-Khatib was shot dead during an Israeli military raid on the village of Ash-Shuhada, just south of Jenin. "They started to shoot at us through the windows without any warning," Ghada Asous, the toddler's grandmother, said. "All of a sudden, the special forces raided us and were shooting through the windows." Media reports say the girl's pregnant mother also sustained light injuries. Images from the scene showed bullet holes in the home's windows. A funeral was held on Sunday. The Israel Defense Froces (IDF) say troops on a counterterrorism operation had fired at a structure where suspected militants had barricaded themselves. It said in a statement that it was reviewing reports that uninvolved civilians were injured. Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine director with Human Rights Watch, told CBC News the group has documented a wide range of unlawful killings of children and other civilians in the West Bank. "In this particular case, it speaks to a pattern of such a reckless disregard for Palestinian life that bystanders and others are often regularly caught up in the killings," he said. WATCH | Israeli forces kill at least 9 Palestinians in West Bank raid: Israeli forces kill at least 9 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank 6 days ago Duration 2:19 Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in a major operation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said is intended to 'defeat terrorism.' It's sparking fears the paused Gaza war will be resumed there. Shakir says the recent escalation of Israeli military violence in the West Bank has been "dramatic" and "alarming." An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinian militants in the city of Tulkarm on Monday, according to Hamas and Israeli military officials. In Jenin, further north, a major operation with hundreds of Israeli troops backed by armoured vehicles, drones and helicopters, looked set to go into a second week, with smoke rising above the refugee camp adjacent to the city. The raid in Jenin, which is seen as a hub for Palestinian resistance groups, started the day after a ceasefire took effect in the Gaza Strip. Armoured bulldozers and diggers have destroyed buildings and roads in the camp — a crowded township built for descendants of Palestinians who fled or were forced from their homes in the 1948 war amid the creation of Israel. Thousands of people have left their homes. At least 16 Palestinians have been killed in Jenin and surrounding areas since the start of the operation a week ago, including four claimed as fighters by Hamas and the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad. The International Court of Justice in The Hague said in July that Israel's occupation of the West Bank violates international law, writing in a non-binding advisory opinion that Israel should end its presence in occupied Palestinian territories as rapidly as possible. Israel has rejected the findings.
