Israel pounds southern Beirut as Lebanon awaits ceasefire proposals

The Israeli service announced that six of its soldiers were killed during fighting pinch Hezbollah successful confederate Lebanon.

Israeli aerial strikes person targeted Beirut’s confederate suburbs for nan 2nd consecutive time arsenic Lebanese negotiators awaited a imaginable caller ceasefire connection from Washington.

Since Wednesday morning, Israeli aerial strikes levelled half a twelve buildings successful Dahiyeh and killed astatine slightest 8 group successful Dawhit Aramoun, a colony southbound of nan capital.

Three women and 3 children were among those killed, nan Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said.

Israel’s subject escalated its attacks connected Lebanon successful September pursuing astir a twelvemonth of trading cross-border occurrence pinch nan Lebanese equipped group Hezbollah, which began firing rockets towards Israel successful what it says was “solidarity” pinch Palestinians successful Gaza.

Lebanon’s wellness ministry said since October 8, 3,365 group successful Lebanon person been killed by Israeli attacks and 14,344 others wounded.

A mourner reacts during nan ceremonial of her comparative who was killed successful Israeli strikes, amid nan continuing hostilities betwixt Hezbollah and Israeli forces, successful Joun colony successful nan Chouf district, Lebanon [Aziz Taher/Reuters]

The Israeli subject said its aerial unit had destroyed 9 Hezbollah weapons retention accommodation and bid centres successful nan Beirut area. It besides said that Hezbollah had fired 40 projectiles into Israel.

Later, nan service announced that six of its soldiers were killed during fighting successful confederate Lebanon. Since Israel launched its crushed violative successful confederate Lebanon, astatine slightest 47 Israeli troops person been killed.

Hezbollah said that it fired ballistic missiles astatine nan Israeli army’s headquarters. In a statement, nan group said it targeted nan site, which houses some nan defence ministry and nan office of nan Israeli military, pinch Qader-2 missiles.

Earlier, nan group said it had targeted nan aforesaid tract pinch explosive drones, and later said it had fired a salvo of missiles astatine different tract adjacent nan Israeli capital, Tel Aviv. It said nan tract was owned by nan Israeli Weapons Industries (IWI) arms manufacturer, which supplies nan army.

Ceasefire negotiations

White House envoy Amos Hochstein, nan US charismatic who has led respective fruitless attempts to agent a ceasefire complete nan past year, told Axios that he thought “there is simply a shot” astatine a truce successful Lebanon soon. “I americium hopeful we tin get it.”

His comments propose a imaginable last-ditch bid by nan outgoing management of US President Joe Biden to unafraid a Lebanon ceasefire.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, whom Hezbollah has endorsed arsenic its negotiator, was quoted arsenic saying connected Wednesday that Lebanon was waiting for actual ceasefire proposals.

“What is connected nan array is only Resolution 1701 and its provisions, which must beryllium implemented and adhered to by some sides, not by nan Lebanese broadside alone,” Berri told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper.

On Monday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said location had been “a definite progress” successful ceasefire talks complete Lebanon, though nan main situation would beryllium enforcement.

Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, told subject commanders Israel would not “take our ft disconnected nan pedal, and we will not let immoderate statement that does not see nan accomplishment of our warfare objectives.”

Katz added that Israel’s warfare goals see disarming Hezbollah and pushing them beyond nan Litani River, which flows crossed confederate Lebanon.

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