Updates of the Israel-Iran conflict
Iran’s Supreme leader Khamenei addressed a large crowd at the Tehran Grand Mosque after Friday prayers to commemorate the memory of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah after the latter died in an Israeli strike this week. Israel launched strikes early on Friday targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut and Beirut’s airport, sources told news agency Reuters.
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Israel’s military on Thursday it had hit Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital Beirut, as troops battled militants near the border and warplanes bombarded their strongholds around the country.
The strike was allegedly aimed at eliminating senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, who is widely considered the successor to the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in a strike earlier this week.
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Key Updates
– An Israeli strike on the border of Syria and Lebanon has cut off an international road used by refugees to flee Lebanon to go to Syria. According to Lebanese government figures, 3,00,000 people have fled from Lebanon to Syria amid Israeli air strikes.
– The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 28 health workers were killed in the past day in Lebanon. Medical care has become a crisis in Lebanon as several primary health centres have been destroyed by Israeli strikes and large numbers of people have been wounded.
– Israeli forces have claimed that Hezbollah leader Anisi and 15 others were eliminated in their strikes on the Hezbollah intelligence headquarters on Thursday.
– Israel has killed 37 people and injured 151 in a series of bombings over the last 24 hours according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
– The IDF has issued evacuation warnings for Beirut and areas in the south of Lebanon which were demarcated as a buffer zone by the UN in a 2006 agreement, signaling an escalation of force.
– The Israeli military has also begin ground incursions leading to cross-border fighting with the Hezbollah, that caused 9 fatalities among their own troops.
– While the USA has affirmed support for their ally, President Joe Biden has also asked Israel to respond “proportionally” and has drawn a line over attacking Iran’s oil or nuclear facilities.
