Areas north of Beirut hit and Tel Aviv targeted for first time, as death toll in Lebanon reaches 560
targeted Tel Aviv for the first time on Wednesday, in a further expansion of the range and scope of the aerial conflict across the Lebanese border.to escape Israeli attacks on Hezbollah, but the strike on Maaysra, about 60 miles north of the border, fuelled fears that the intense assault on southern Lebanon could spread to other parts of the country.hit more than 100 sites inside Lebanon on Wednesday, extending a three-day bombing campaign that has killed 560 people and injured thousands.
An Israeli military spokesperson said the unguided missile was heading towards civilian areas along the coast. “The Mossad headquarters is not in that area, it is a bit east and north of that area,” Lt Col Nadav Shoshani of the Israel Defense Forces told a briefing. “Hezbollah is definitely trying to escalate the situation.”
“The organisational strength and human resources of Hezbollah is very strong and will not be critically hit by the killing of a senior commander, even if that is clearly a loss,” he said. As it braces for further retaliation, Israel has brought in tighter restrictions, including school closures, for more than a million people in northern parts of the country, including the city of Haifa. One rocket hit an assisted living home in Safed city, starting a fire, but no casualties were reported.
Biden’s remarks were “not strong” and “would not solve the Lebanese problem”, AFP quoted Bou Habib as saying. The UN secretary general António Guterres, warned of a risk of escalation that could leave swathes of Lebanon in ruins and plunge its people into a humanitarian disaster.is a nonstop nightmare that threatens to take the entire region with it. Lebanon is at the brink,” he said in a statement on X.
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