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Express Tribune
4 days ago
- Politics
- Express Tribune
12 Lebanese killed in Israeli strikes
A person looks at a destroyed vehicle, at a site of an Israeli strike, in the town of Almat in Jbeil district, Lebanon on November 10, 2024. File photo AFP Lebanese authorities said Israeli strikes killed 12 people on Tuesday in the Bekaa Valley in the country's east, where the Israeli military claimed attacks on Hezbollah. Israel's military said it struck targets belonging to Hezbollah's elite Radwan force, in its latest attack on Lebanon despite a ceasefire between Israel and the group. A military statement said Israeli fighter jets launched "numerous strikes" on "Hezbollah terror targets in the area of Bekaa". The targets included training facilities used to "plan and carry out terrorist attacks against (Israeli) troops and the State of Israel", it added. The Lebanese health ministry said that "Israeli airstrikes on the Bekaa and Baalbek-Hermel governorates today resulted in the deaths of 12 people and the wounding of 12 others". All the deaths were in a strike on the Wadi Fara area in Baalbek district, according to the ministry, reporting seven Syrians and five Lebanese killed. The state-run National News Agency earlier said that the strike "targeted a camp for displaced Syrians". Hezbollah condemned the strikes, calling them "a major escalation in the context of the ongoing aggression against Lebanon and its people". It called on Lebanese authorities to "take serious, immediate and decisive action" to uphold the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon despite the November ceasefire that sought to end over a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, including two months of all-out war that left the group severely weakened. The military statement said that since Israel had "eliminated" Radwan force commanders in September, "the unit has been operating to reestablish its capabilities". Storing weapons and other "activities" at the sites targeted on Tuesday were "a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon and constitute a future threat to the State of Israel", it added.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
IDF strikes Hezbollah Radwan training camps deep in Lebanese territory
An attack on mere Hezbollah infantry training camps, which lack threatening weapons, shows how up against the wall Hezbollah is. The IDF on Tuesday attacked Hezbollah Radwan training camps around 100 km. deep into Lebanon in the Bekaa Valley, showing that it is now ready to attack the group anywhere in Lebanon, even if high-quality weapons are not in play. After the November 27, 2024, ceasefire with Hezbollah, Israel and the IDF primarily relegated any attacks to keeping Hezbollah forces out of southern Lebanon – enforcing the letter of the law of the ceasefire deal. However, as weeks and months passed since the ceasefire, Israel started to occasionally target specific Hezbollah sites in Beirut or deeper into the country, where the Lebanese terror group was starting to try to restore or reposition its remaining high-quality missiles and rockets. Tuesday's attack was unusual because it did not involve southern Lebanon and did not involve any high-quality weapons. Rather, the IDF said it had attacked Hezbollah's Radwan special forces' training camps and their storage centers for ammunition. Located over 100 km. away, these camps and their regular ammunition present no immediate or even medium-term threat to Israel, given that they would need to try to return to southern Lebanon, which Hezbollah has failed to do to date, before they could even try to conceive of invading Israel. Despite these facts, the IDF stated that the sole reason for the existence of these camps was to train for invading Israel at some point, and as such, it was in Israel's interest to disrupt the training. Also, the IDF noted that the threat was not theoretical, as Radwan is the special forces whose primary goal for years had been to invade the Galilee and conquer portions of it, in a nightmare scenario that could have been worse than Hamas's October 7 invasion. Next, the IDF recalled that in September 2024, it had managed to kill almost all of Radwan's senior commanders, but that IDF intelligence had detected attempts by Radwan to remake itself in these Bekaa Valley camps. Likewise, Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that Israel will strike any attempt by Radwan or other Hezbollah forces to try to rebuild capabilities for invading the Jewish state. All of this takes place as Hezbollah is at a low point in its power militarily and politically in Lebanon versus the other ethnic groups in the country, which also have stakes in aspects of state power. Israel's periodically hitting its capabilities and mid-level commanders from the air, its loss at least for now of Iranian financial support due to Tehran's need to recover from its own war with Israel, and the loss of the alliance with the Assad regime in Syria, have left Hezbollah hounded on several fronts simultaneously, and other Lebanese groups vying to reduce its control over the state.
Al-Ahram Weekly
4 days ago
- Politics
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Israeli strikes on east Lebanon kill 12: Ministry - Region
Lebanese authorities said Israeli strikes killed 12 people on Tuesday in the Bekaa Valley in the country's east, where the Israeli military claimed attacks on militant group Hezbollah. Israel's military claimed it struck targets belonging to Hezbollah's elite Radwan force, in its latest attack on Lebanon despite a ceasefire between Israel and the militant group. A military statement said Israeli fighter jets launched "numerous strikes" on "Hezbollah terror targets in the area of Bekaa". The targets included training facilities used to "plan and carry out terrorist attacks against (Israeli) troops and the State of Israel", it added. The Lebanese health ministry said that "Israeli airstrikes on the Bekaa and Baalbek-Hermel governorates today resulted in the deaths of 12 people and the wounding of 12 others". All the deaths were in a strike on the Wadi Fara area in Baalbek district, according to the ministry, reporting seven Syrians and five Lebanese killed. The state-run National News Agency earlier said that the strike "targeted a camp for displaced Syrians". Hezbollah condemned the strikes, calling them "a major escalation in the context of the ongoing aggression against Lebanon and its people". It called on Lebanese authorities to "take serious, immediate and decisive action" to uphold the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon despite the November ceasefire that sought to end over a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, including two months of all-out war that left the group severely weakened. The military statement said that since Israel had "eliminated" Radwan force commanders in September, "the unit has been operating to reestablish its capabilities". Storing weapons and other "activities" at the sites targeted on Tuesday were "a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon and constitute a future threat to the State of Israel", it added. Defence Minister Israel Katz said the latest strikes were "a clear message" to Hezbollah and the Lebanese government "which is responsible for upholding the agreement". "We will strike every terrorist and thwart any threat to the residents of the north and to the State of Israel," he said in a statement of the area bordering Lebanon. Katz also vowed to "respond with maximum force against any attempt at rebuilding" Hezbollah's capabilities. Under the November ceasefire deal, Hezbollah was to pull its fighters back north of the Litani river, about 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the Israeli border, leaving the Lebanese army and United Nations peacekeepers as the only armed parties in the region. Israel was required to fully withdraw its troops from the country but has kept them in five places it deems strategic. Follow us on: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Short link:
Nahar Net
4 days ago
- Politics
- Nahar Net
12 killed as Israel says struck Radwan force 'training camps' in Bekaa
by Naharnet Newsdesk 11 hours Israeli warplanes on Tuesday carried out strikes on the Wadi Faara area in northern Bekaa, one of them targeting a Syrian refugee camp, killing 12 people, including seven Syrians, and wounding eight others, Lebanon's National News Agency reported. A security source told Reuters that the dead include five Hezbollah fighters. A Lebanese security source meanwhile told Al-Jazeera that Wadi Faara was targeted by three Israeli airstrikes, with one of them hitting an excavator vehicle. It was not immediately clear if the Wadi Faara raid was part of the 15 airstrikes that Israel carried out in the morning against alleged Hezbollah training camps in the Bekaa region. Israel's military said in the morning that it was striking targets belonging to Hezbollah's elite Radwan force in eastern Lebanon, the latest attack despite a ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed group. "Moments ago, Israeli Air Force fighter jets... began numerous strikes toward Hezbollah terror targets in the area of Bekaa, Lebanon," it said in a statement. "The military compounds that were struck were used by the Hezbollah terrorist organization for training and exercising terrorists to plan and carry out terrorist attacks against (Israeli) troops and the State of Israel," it added. The statement said an Israeli military operation in September 2024 had "eliminated" Radwan force commanders in Beirut's southern suburbs and southern Lebanon, but that "since then the unit has been operating to reestablish its capabilities." "The storage of weapons and the activities of the Hezbollah terrorist organization at these sites constitute a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon and constitute a future threat to the State of Israel," it added. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the strikes were "a clear message" to Hezbollah and the Lebanese government "which is responsible for upholding the agreement." "We will strike every terrorist and thwart any threat to the residents of the north and to the State of Israel -- and we will respond with maximum force against any attempt at rebuilding," he said in a statement from his ministry. Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon despite a November ceasefire that sought to end over a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, including two months of all-out war that left the group severely weakened. Under the ceasefire deal, Hezbollah was to pull its fighters back north of the Litani river, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the Israeli border, leaving the Lebanese Army and United Nations peacekeepers as the only armed parties in the region. Israel was required to fully withdraw its troops from the country but has kept them in five places it deems strategic.
Business Recorder
4 days ago
- Politics
- Business Recorder
Israeli strikes on east Lebanon kill 12: ministry
BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities said Israeli strikes killed 12 people on Tuesday in the Bekaa Valley in the country's east, where the Israeli military claimed attacks on group Hezbollah. Israel's military said it struck targets belonging to Hezbollah's elite Radwan force, in its latest attack on Lebanon despite a ceasefire between Israel and the group. A military statement said Israeli fighter jets launched 'numerous strikes' on 'Hezbollah terror targets in the area of Bekaa'. The targets included training facilities used to 'plan and carry out terrorist attacks against (Israeli) troops and the State of Israel', it added. The Lebanese health ministry said that 'Israeli airstrikes on the Bekaa and Baalbek-Hermel governorates today resulted in the deaths of 12 people and the wounding of 12 others'. All the deaths were in a strike on the Wadi Fara area in Baalbek district, according to the ministry, reporting seven Syrians and five Lebanese killed. Israeli strikes kill 43 in Gaza as truce talks stalls The state-run National News Agency earlier said that the strike 'targeted a camp for displaced Syrians'. Hezbollah condemned the strikes, calling them 'a major escalation in the context of the ongoing aggression against Lebanon and its people'. It called on Lebanese authorities to 'take serious, immediate and decisive action' to uphold the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon despite the November ceasefire that sought to end over a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, including two months of all-out war that left the group severely weakened. The military statement said that since Israel had 'eliminated' Radwan force commanders in September, 'the unit has been operating to reestablish its capabilities'. Storing weapons and other 'activities' at the sites targeted on Tuesday were 'a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon and constitute a future threat to the State of Israel', it added. Defence Minister Israel Katz said the latest strikes were 'a clear message' to Hezbollah and the Lebanese government 'which is responsible for upholding the agreement'. 'We will strike every terrorist and thwart any threat to the residents of the north and to the State of Israel,' he said in a statement of the area bordering Lebanon. Katz also vowed to 'respond with maximum force against any attempt at rebuilding' Hezbollah's capabilities. Under the November ceasefire deal, Hezbollah was to pull its fighters back north of the Litani river, about 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the Israeli border, leaving the Lebanese army and United Nations peacekeepers as the only armed parties in the region. Israel was required to fully withdraw its troops from the country but has kept them in five places it deems strategic.
