In addition, Israeli warplanes can be heard hovering over the Lebanese capital.
In addition, several Middle East Airlines (MEA) aircrafts have just landed.
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In addition, several Middle East Airlines (MEA) aircrafts have just landed.
"For your safety and the safety of your family, you must evacuate this building and the surrounding buildings immediately and move at least 500 meters away."
Twenty Israeli soldiers were killed or wounded after attempting to advance towards the Lebanese towns of Maroun al-Ras and Yaroun on Friday afternoon, Hezbollah said in a statement.
The Lebanese group said the Israeli army attempted to advance under artillery cover but were ambushed with explosive devices. The fighters then engaged the army "from close range reaching zero distance".
Soldiers who were killed or wounded were evacuated, while the remaining Israeli force retreated under artillery cover, the statement posted to Telegram said.
The statement also referenced images shared by the Israeli army of a southern Lebanese village which it said it had reached, saying that the Israelis had taken significant casualties to obtain the pictures.
The Israeli army had published images of soldiers in houses and villages where they said they had uncovered Hezbollah munitions.
The Israeli army, which maintains strict censorship over its operations and casualties, has not confirmed Hezbollah's statement.
However, it confirmed nine deaths of soldiers this week on the northern front with Lebanon, including eight killed in one incident.
On Friday, Israel announced that a further two soldiers were killed and 24 others wounded by a drone strike launched from Iraq towards an army base in the occupied Golan Heights.
Israel dramatically increased its attack on Lebanon last month, carrying out devastating strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut and southern and eastern Lebanon.
These have resulted in the killing of many Hezbollah leaders and officials, including secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah.
Now attempting a ground invasion, Israel has come up against stiff resistance from the group, which says it pushed back an Israeli attempt to infiltrate the town of Odaisseh on Wednesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday slammed French President Emmanuel Macron for calling for a halt to arms supplies to Israel, which is fighting wars in Gaza and Lebanon.
The Zionist media have claimed that some 30 missiles were fired from Lebanon at Galilee on Saturday.
Al Mayadeen TV of Lebanon also reported that a Hezbollah missile attack on Karmiel, northern parts of the occupied territories, caused a massive fire in the city.
The city had been hit by at least 30 Hezbollah missiles, according to a claim by Zionist media.
In the latest developments in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah said that it has targeted a Merkava tank of the Zionist Army with a guided missile. It added that all the personnel of the tank have been killed or injured.
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As the Israeli genocide in Gaza approaches its one-year mark, protests persist across many Western and Islamic nations. Demonstrators are voicing their condemnation of Israeli aggression and showing solidarity with the people of Gaza, who are enduring unprecedented attacks on both civilians and infrastructure, compounded by inhumane conditions under siege. The brutal Israeli aggression has also spread into Lebanon, further escalating tensions in the region.
Today, thousands gathered for the "Free Palestine" march, which commenced at Russell Square in London and is progressing toward Whitehall, highlighting the ongoing calls for justice and an immediate ceasefire.
It described these reports as part of a psychological warfare campaign aimed at undermining the morale of Hezbollah's supporters, orchestrated by those aligned with the Israeli occupation.
The Civil Defense Operations Room of the Islamic Health Organization has denied reports that an Israeli airstrike targeted its center in the town of Jiyeh on Saturday.
The Israeli ground invasion into South Lebanon has now entered its sixth day, with the focus of operations and combat primarily concentrated along two main axes.
Amid the ongoing Israeli war on Lebanon, several areas in South Lebanon were hit by Israeli airstrikes Saturday.
The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Health Ministry announced in a statement that Friday's Israeli aggression on various southern Lebanese villages, Nabatieh, Bekaa, Baalbek-Hermel, Mount Lebanon, and Beirut has killed 25 individuals and wounded 127 others.
An Israeli official informed AFP on Saturday that the Israeli occupation forces were "preparing a response" to the Iranian missile barrage that struck "Israel" earlier this week.
"The [Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF)] is preparing a response to the unprecedented and unlawful Iranian attack on Israeli civilians and Israel," the military source said on condition of anonymity, without providing further details on the nature or timing of the response.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz has also reported that a response was forthcoming.
"The IOF is preparing for a significant strike in Iran following this week's missile attack from Tehran," the newspaper reported.
"The military does not rule out the possibility that Iran may launch missiles at Israeli territory again after the Israeli attack," it added.
The Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier in two waves over many area in Beirut on Saturday, causing loud sonic booms.
Beirut, SANA -Lebanese National Resistance fired Saturday dozens of missiles targeting Ramat David airbase of Israeli enemy near Haifa city and destroyed a Merkava tank.
The resistance said in a statement that “In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, their valiant resistance, in defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the barbaric Israeli bombing of cities, villages and civilians, our fighters targeted Ramat David airbase at 10:30 am with a salvo of Fadi 1 missiles.”
The resistance fighters targeted with a guided missile an enemy Merkava tank while advancing to Al-Bat Heights, the last of the Maroun Forest in southern Lebanon, killing and injuring its crew.
The resistance fighters also targeted with missiles three gatherings of Israeli soldiers in Khallet Abir in Yaron, Kfar Giladi and Kafryoval.
The resistance announced that its fighters forced Israeli infantry force to retreat after clashing with it when it attempted to advance at dawn today towards the municipality’s vicinity in the town of Adaisseh, killing or injuring the members of the infantry force.
The resistance also thwarted the second attempt by Israeli soldiers to advance towards the municipality’s vicinity in the town of Adaisseh.
Yesterday, the Lebanese resistance targeted 23 Israeli enemy sites, hitting them directly.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon on Saturday, hitting Beirut’s southern suburbs with a dozen airstrikes and striking a Palestinian refugee camp deep in northern Lebanon for the first time.
The attack on the Beddawi camp near the northern city of Tripoli killed an official with Hamas’ military wing along with his wife and two young daughters, the Palestinian militant group said in a statement. Hamas later said another member of its military wing was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley.
Israel’s military said it killed two senior officials with Hamas’ military wing in Lebanon, one near Tripoli. Israel has killed several Hamas officials in Lebanon since the Israel-Hamas war began almost a year ago, in addition to most of the top leadership of Hezbollah as the fighting has escalated in Lebanon in recent weeks.
Plumes of smoke dominated the skyline over Beirut’s densely populated southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has a strong presence. Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah commanders and military equipment and aims to drive the militant group away from shared borders.
Shipments of arms used in the conflict in Gaza should be stopped as part of a broader effort to find a political solution, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday.
France is not a major weapons provider for Israel, shipping military equipment worth 30 million euros ($33 million) last year, according to the defense ministry's annual arms exports report.
"I think the priority today is to get back to a political solution (and) that arms used to fight in Gaza are halted. France doesn't ship any," Macron told France Inter radio.
Macron's comments come as his Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot is on a four-day trip to the Middle East, wrapping up on Monday in Israel as Paris looks to play a role in reviving diplomatic efforts.
Hezbollah announced Friday that more than 20 Israeli elite soldiers were killed or wounded in clashes in a border village in southern Lebanon.
The group said it recorded additional casualties for Israeli forces following heavy rocket fire that targeted a tank and military gatherings in areas near the border.
Hezbollah fighters destroyed an Israeli Merkava tank near the Malikiya post with a guided missile, resulting in the deaths and injuries of the crew, it said.
Additionally, the group launched rocket attacks on the outskirts of Haifa and artillery positions near Kiryat Shmona.
Hezbollah also targeted several Israeli positions, including Rweissat al-Alam in the occupied Kafr Shuba hills, as well as military forces in Karmiel and Sa’sa with heavy missiles and rockets.
The group reported bombarding the Nafah base and soldier gatherings near the al-Baghdadi post in northern Israel.
Rocket fire struck Israeli military positions east of Doviv, the Maroun al-Ras plain and near the settlements of Avivim and Yiron, it said.
Advancing Israeli forces were struck with artillery and rockets west of Yiron, leading to additional casualties.
Hezbollah claimed to have targeted Israeli soldiers attempting to infiltrate the Lebanese village of Maroun al-Ras, causing additional losses through explosives and close-range clashes.
As of late Friday, no official comment had been made by Israel.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday urged a halt to arms deliveries to Israel, which has been criticized over the conduct of its retaliatory operation in Gaza.
"I think that today, the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to fight in Gaza," Macron told broadcaster France Inter, adding that France was not sending any arms to Israel.
Following red alert sirens activated in Karmiel and the surrounding areas on Saturday afternoon, damage was reported in Karmiel and in Deir al-Assad, according to the IDF.
There have been no reported casualties, although about ten individuals have been treated for anxiety, and three people were injured, according to the police.
Approximately 30 rockets were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory in the barrage towards the center of the Galilee, the IDF reported. The majority of the rockets were intercepted however some crashed.
The Israel Defense Forces continued its campaign to degrade Hezbollah in Lebanon on Saturday as it targeted command centers, weapons caches, tunnels and more, and as the military said it believed it had killed some 400 Hezbollah operatives since the start of ground operations on Monday.
The army said on Saturday said it had struck Hezbollah operatives overnight in a command center embedded in a mosque in southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil, located within the Martyr Salah Ghandour Hospital compound.
According to the military, the operatives were using the command room “to plan and carry out acts of terror against IDF troops and the State of Israel.”
The IDF said the drone strike was “precise” and based on intelligence.
Before carrying out the strike, the IDF said it sent text messages to residents and called up officials in the nearby villages “demanding that all acts of terror carried out at the hospital cease immediately.”