MONITORING (SW) – Israel’s attacks in Lebanon will continue for the foreseeable future, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, despite confirmation the leader of the country’s main adversary there, Hezbollah, had been killed.
About 15 hours after it launched massive air strikes in southern Beirut on Friday night, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) released a statement saying Hassan Nasrallah had died in the blasts, reported ABC. Hezbollah confirmed he had been killed, without saying how.
Some allies urged Israel to use assassinating Nasrallah, who headed the militant group for more than three decades, as a full stop to its conflict with Hezbollah. It didn’t even serve as a comma.
The Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has reported that at least 105 people have lost their lives and 359 have been injured due to Israeli airstrikes across various regions of the country.
According to Al Jazeera, these casualties occurred during the past 24 hours as Israel intensified its aerial attacks on Lebanon.
According to Lebanon’s health ministry, 1,030 people have been killed in the attacks between September 16 and 27, while another 6,352 have been injured.
The bombings have been particularly intense in Lebanese provinces close to its border with Israel, and in Beirut’s southern suburbs, including the Dahiyeh area.
According to United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) figures, more than 211,000 people in Lebanon had been displaced since hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel began in October last year, including around 118,000 this week.
Lebanon’s government says that number is significantly higher.
