An Israeli security official told AFP on Thursday that the military was conducting a DNA test on a militant's body to confirm whether it was Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar.
A German warship deployed as part of the UNIFIL peacekeeping force in Lebanon has shot down a drone off the Lebanese coast, the German army said Thursday.
"An unidentifiable unmanned aerial vehicle was detected in the vicinity" of the "Ludwigshafen am Rhein" corvette and was "brought down in a controlled manner", an army spokesman said. The drone’s explosive load detonated in the process.
The military said it did not know where the drone came from. The military didn’t specify the location of the ship at the time of the incident.
The Ludwigshafen am Rhein is currently participating in the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon. Germany also has soldiers at the mission’s headquarters in Naqoura.
https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/308703-german-unifil-warship-intercepts-drone-off-lebanon
Avichay Adraee, spokesperson for the Israeli army, shared the details on X, claiming: "Both the army and the Shabak are examining the possibility that one of the killed militants is named Yahya Sinwar. At this stage, it cannot be definitively confirmed who the militants are."
The Israeli army has issued a new urgent warning to residents of Harouf in the Nabatieh Governorate region of southern Lebanon, specifically targeting those in a building marked on a shared map and the surrounding structures.
Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said Thursday that the Israeli army is not in full control of "any village" in south Lebanon.
"They thought that by assassinating our leader and committing crimes against our people they would achieve what they want, and some rushed to reap the results, but the resistance has begun a new phase of resisting the aggression," Fadlallah said.
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah - announced on Thursday that its fighters directly targeted two Israeli Merkava tanks in the al-Labbouneh heights with guided missiles, resulting in their destruction and their crew members killed and wounded.
This raises the number of destroyed Merkavas in the same location to four in a single day. At 12:50 a.m. and 2:00 a.m., two guided missiles launched by Hezbollah struck two other tanks, causing fires and confirmed casualties and injuries among Israeli ranks.
"As a result of fierce fighting that lasted over five hours, several Israeli officers and soldiers were killed or wounded. Hezbollah fighters attempted to retrieve the bodies or wounded personnel, but heavy gunfire prevented them from doing so. Meanwhile, the Israeli army managed to recover the bodies and injured soldiers and transport them into Israeli territory."
Hezbollah fighters have continued to deal heavy blows against Israeli forces infiltrating southern Lebanon, targeting and setting ablaze several Merkava tanks on 17 October.
“The Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, at 09:00 am on Thursday 10-17-2024, two Merkava tanks on the Labbouneh Heights with guided missiles, which led to their burning and the deaths and injuries of their crews,” Hezbollah said on Thursday.
Hezbollah announced hours before, during the early hours of 17 October, that it hit a “second Merkava tank on the Labbouneh heights with a guided missile, burning it and killing and injuring its crew.”
Video footage from early Thursday showed a large blaze in the distance and clouds of smoke from the targeted Merkava.
The Israeli aggression on Lebanon continues expanding and intensifying, particularly targeting the Lebanese South and Bekaa, while the occupation forces commit the most horrific massacres against Lebanese civilians.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in the south reported that the occupation forces detonated a religious shrine in the town of Mhaibib before withdrawing from the area, noting that the town is only 2.3 kilometers from the Lebanese border.
It is worth mentioning that the shrine destroyed was that of Prophet Benjamin, the son of Prophet Jacob, which dates back over 2000 years.
A video has circulated on social media showing the moment the occupation forces detonated explosive-laden buildings in the town, located in the Marjayoun district in southern Lebanon, including the shrine, as part of the systematic destruction of religious and cultural heritage sites.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a French newspaper that Israeli forces had found "state-of-the-art" Russian weapons in searches of Hezbollah bases in south Lebanon.
Netanyahu highlighted to Le Figaro newspaper, in an interview released Wednesday, that under a 2006 U.N. Security Council resolution only the Lebanese army was allowed to have weapons south of the country's key Litani river.
"However, in this area, Hezbollah has dug hundreds of tunnels and caches, where we have just found a quantity of state-of-the-art Russian weapons," the French article quoted Netanyahu as saying.
The Washington Post, quoting Israeli officials, has reported that Russian and Chinese anti-tank weapons had been found in Israel's raids inside Lebanon since it escalated its conflict with Hezbollah last month.
The Israeli army did not immediately respond to an AFP question about the prime minister's comments.
https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/308696-netanyahu-says-civil-war-in-lebanon-not-israel-s-aim
According to Hezbollah, the strike resulted in casualties among the tank crews, with some members killed and others wounded.
The mayor of Nabatiyeh Ahmad Kahil was among sixteen people killed Wednesday in Israeli strikes on the municipality of the southern Lebanese city.
"The mayor of Nabatiyeh, among others... was martyred. It's a massacre," Nabatiyeh governor Howaida Turk told AFP, adding he had been in the municipality building.
Four members of a relief team were killed in the strike on the municipality building.
U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon Imran Riza on Wednesday said the strikes were "devastating".
"This morning a devastating attack claimed the lives of yet more civilians and local authorities working to provide relief," Riza said, adding that he mourns four "members of a relief team with whom the U.N. and humanitarian partners have been working for more than a year".
Israel carried out Wednesday 11 air strikes on Nabatiyeh and surrounding areas in south Lebanon, days after strikes destroyed the southern city's marketplace.
"For now, 11 strikes have mainly hit Nabatiyeh but also its surroundings," Nabatiyeh governor Howaida Turk told AFP, adding that the intense raids "formed a kind of belt of fire" in the area.
https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/308665-16-dead-in-new-toll-for-israel-strikes-on-nabatiyeh
The risk of cholera spreading in Lebanon is "very high", the World Health Organization warned Wednesday, after a case of the acute and potentially deadly diarrheal infection was detected in the conflict-hit country.
The WHO highlighted the risk of cholera spreading among hundreds of thousands of people displaced since Israel escalated an air campaign against Hezbollah and launched a ground offensive intended to push the group back from its northern border with Lebanon.
"If the cholera outbreak … spreads to the new displaced people, it might spread very fast," Abdinasir Abubakar, WHO's representative in Lebanon, told reporters in an online news conference.
Lebanon's health ministry said a cholera case had been confirmed in a Lebanese national who went to hospital on Monday suffering from watery diarrhea and dehydration.
The patient, from Ammouniyeh in northern Lebanon, had no history of travel, the ministry said.
Lebanon suffered its first cholera outbreak in 30 years between 2022 and 2023, mainly in the north of the country.
The disease, which causes severe diarrhea, vomiting and muscle cramps, generally arises from eating or drinking food or water that is contaminated with the bacterium, according to the WHO.
https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/308693-cholera-confirmed-in-lebanon-risk-of-spread-very-high
Hezbollah said Thursday it has destroyed two Israeli tanks near the Lebanese border with "guided missiles", after close combat with Israeli troops staging incursions in the area.
The group targeted two Merkava tanks in Labbouneh near the coastal border town of al-Naqoura, as attacks escalated after Israel intensified bombing of the country last month. The attacks burned the tanks and caused casualties, Hezbollah said.
Hezbollah later targeted a group of soldiers between Kfarkila and Odaisseh.
The group also targeted Thursday Kfar Vradim and Misgav Am in northern Israel.
On Wednesday, Hezbollah fired "a salvo of rockets" at the northern Israeli town of Safed, in "defense of Lebanon and its people." It was the third such attack in 24 hours.
https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/308690-hezbollah-destroys-more-israeli-tanks-near-lebanon-border
Israel's army raided Thursday the towns of Tamnnine, Saraaine and Sefri in the Bekaa region.
Military spokesman Avichay Adraee had ordered residents of the Bekaa towns to leave, warning that the area would again be targeted by Israeli forces.
"Urgent warning to the residents of the Bekaa region, specifically those located in the building marked on the map," Adraee said on X. "You are located near facilities and interests that belong to Hezbollah, which will be targeted by the Defense Forces (army) in the near future."
In south Lebanon, Israel bombed several towns including Houla, Zawtar, Arnoun, Aita al-Shaab, Anqoun, al-Rihan, Arab Salim, Kounine, Hanine, Ramia, Kfarkila, Kfarshouba, Shebaa and Siddiqine.
https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/308686-israel-strikes-east-and-south-lebanon
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq continues to support Palestine, Lebanon, and their respective Resistance movements by carrying out significant operations against Israeli strongholds in occupied lands.
On Thursday, and in a first operation, the Iraqi Resistance struck a vital target in Umm al-Rashrash [Eilat] using drones.
The operation came as continuation of their pledge to resist the occupation and in response to the massacres it continues committing against children, women, and the elderly, they indicated.
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iraqi-resistance-steadfast--drone-strikes-eilat
Beyaz Saray dün yaptığı açıklamada, ABD'nin Beyrut'ta nüfusun yoğun olduğu bölgelere neredeyse her gün yapılan saldırılara karşı olduğunu ve operasyonlarını sivillerin hayatını tehdit etmeyecek şekilde yürütmesi gerektiğini İsrail'e bildirdiğini duyurdu.
Şarku’l Avsat’ın Reuters'ten aktardığına göre resmi sözcü Karine Jean-Pierre'in açıklamaları, İsrail'in Beyrut'a yönelik saldırıları devam ederken günlük basın toplantısında geldi.
ABD Dışişleri Bakanlığı sözcüsü Matthew Miller ise yaptığı açıklamada, ABD'nin Lübnan'da sivil binaların tahrip edilmesini istemediğini belirterek, Washington'un bugün Lübnan'ın güneyindeki Nabatiye'de belediye başkanlığı binasının tahrip edildiği hava saldırısı nedeniyle İsrail hükümetiyle temas halinde olduğunu kaydetti. Miller düzenlediği basın brifinginde, İsrail'in belirli bir saldırısının arkasındaki niyetleri hakkında konuşamayacağını, ancak Hizbullah'ın bazen sivillere ait evlerin altında faaliyet gösterdiğine dikkat çekti.
Following sirens blaring across northern Israel during the early hours of Thursday morning, Magen David Adom was called out to a case in the lower Galilee.
A woman, while rushing to a shelter, fell and injured her head.
Fighters from the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon engaged in intense confrontations with Israeli occupation forces near the town of al-Qawzah at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Military Media.
Hezbollah fought at close range, using various types of machine guns, resulting in several deaths and injuries among the occupation forces.
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in South Lebanon confirmed that Hezbollah had ambushed an Israeli force in al-Qawzah, causing casualties among its soldiers.
At 5:40 pm, Hezbollah also announced that they targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers between the towns of Odeisseh and Markaba with a rocket salvo.
Simultaneously, the correspondent reported that confrontations continued near the Ayta al-Shaab-Ramyah-al-Qawzah triangle, with Israeli helicopters conducting extensive flights over the area.
At least seven Israeli forces have reportedly been killed during clashes with Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement on the country’s southern border with the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israeli media outlets said the fatalities were caused during the clashes that took place near the Lebanese villages of Aita al-Shaab and Ramia on the border on Wednesday.
Scores of other troops were wounded, some 17 of them seriously, during the confrontation that followed an ambush by Hezbollah, the outlets noted amid reported tight censorship being imposed around the incident by the Israeli military.
Earlier, reports indicated that at least 49 wounded troops had been evacuated to hospitals in the occupied territories following the incident.
Some 44 of the wounded were flown to hospitals in the city of Haifa in the northern part of the territories.
Rambam Hospital in the city declared a mass casualty event and called for additional medical staff after eight helicopters landed there bearing the casualties.
According to Hezbollah, the confrontation saw the group’s fighters “engaging in violent clashes with the Israeli forces from zero distance with various types of machineguns.”
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/16/735400/Lebanon-Israel-seven-forces-killed-clashes-Hezbollah
A U.N. official on Wednesday mourned Lebanese members of a relief team who died in a "devastating" Israeli strike on the southern city of Nabatieh that killed 16 people, according to authorities.
Lebanon's Hezbollah released a video on Wednesday stating that the “Qader 2” missile, which recently struck Tel Aviv, is a surface-to-surface point-precision ballistic missile.
According to the video, the “Qader 2” missile is designed by Hezbollah combatants and has the capability to accurately target vital positions.
https://en.irna.ir/news/85630267/Hezbollah-unveils-specs-of-newly-used-Qader-2-Nasr-1-missiles
The former Progressive Socialist Party leader, Walid Joumblatt, confirmed from Ain al-Tineh that "the priority is to establish a ceasefire, implement Resolution 1701, and deploy the Lebanese army."
As Israeli ground invasions continue along the southern Lebanese border from Kfarekla to Naqoura, signs of preparations in the occupied Golan Heights suggest the possibility of Israel broadening the war and circumventing Hezbollah from the east.
Hezbollah said it fired rockets at the northern Israeli town of Safed on Wednesday, the third such attack in 24 hours which the group described as a response to Israeli raids.
Russian forces are still stationed at 17 observation posts in area adjacent to the occupied Syrian Golan in Al-Qunaitrah, Daraa and Rif Dimashq provinces to ease off military tension in the region.
Russian forces stationed at the strategic Talt Al-Harah (Al-Harah hill) post in Daraa countryside, which overlooks areas in the occupied Syrian Golan, after having been deployed with regime forces around the hill for three days following a request from intermediary parties to inspect the site and ensure that there were no members of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps or Hezbollah stationed on the hill.
According to reliable SOHR sources, Russian forces conducted surveillance and monitoring operations in the area to make sure that it was free of Iranian-backed militias and Hezbollah.
On October 7, SOHR sources reported that Russian military forces stationed in Tel Al-Hara in northern Daraa countryside withdrew suddenly from the site, evacuated the site of equipment and removed the Russian flag, for unknown reasons.
The mayor of one of the largest cities in southern Lebanon has been killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit the city’s municipal headquarters during a meeting to coordinate aid deliveries to residents and those displaced by war.
The strike, one of a series on Nabatieh on Wednesday morning, killed 16 people and wounded 52, the Lebanese health ministry said. Members of the provincial capital’s crisis committee were meeting at the time, Howaida Turk, the governor of Nabatieh province, said.
It was the most significant Israeli hit yet on a Lebanese state institution since fighting between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah broke out a year ago and followed a week of intensifying aerial bombardment across Lebanon.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/16/israeli-airstrike-kills-mayor-city-southern-lebanon?
The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that 16 people were killed and 52 others were injured in the Israeli airstrike targeting the Nabatieh Municipality and its Union of Municipalities buildings.
QANA, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli airstrikes pounded areas across Lebanon, killing at least 25 people, officials said Wednesday, including more than a dozen in a southern town where Israeli bombardments in previous conflicts are seared into local memory.
Elsewhere in the south, a city’s mayor was among the dead in a strike that Lebanese officials said targeted a meeting to coordinate relief efforts.
The Israeli military said they were targeting a Hezbollah commander in the strikes late Tuesday on the southern town of Qana, where 15 people were killed. Associated Press photos and video of the scene showed several flattened buildings and others with their top floors collapsed. Rescue workers carried away the remains of dead people and used a bulldozer to remove rubble, as they searched for more victims.
Israel said the target was Jalal Mustafa Hariri, Hezbollah’s commander in charge of the Qana area.
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF) no longer rules out running for president, subject to certain conditions.
The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Health Ministry reported on Wednesday that the Israeli airstrike on the Baalbek-Riyaq highway killed two individuals and left nine others injured.
https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon-news/806228/lbci-lebanon-articles/en?
Syrian and Russian fighter jets carried out several air raids on 16 October, targeting positions belonging to the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) extremist group, formerly Al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front.
The strikes hit HTS positions in the countryside of the northern Idlib governorate, as well as in the countryside of the northwestern city of Latakia, for the second day in a row, according to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent.
“The raids targeted military training sites and warehouses, in addition to an underground tunnel in the vicinity of the town of Benin in Jabal al-Zawiya,” Al Mayadeen reported.
Russian and Syrian jets have stepped up their bombardment of HTS positions in the Idlib and Latakia countryside over the past few days.
Syrian-Russian airstrikes targeted the extremist group’s encampments in the Al-Basel Forest west of Idlib city on 14 October, as well as the hills surrounding the towns of Sheikh Bahr and Kafr Jales.
Sources told Al Mayadeen that the strikes two days ago hit an underground machinery warehouse in Idlib city.
According to the opposition-linked war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), Syrian army forces brought in additional military reinforcements to Idlib from the suburbs of Aleppo and its western countryside.
Syria intensified its bombing campaign against Idlib in October last year, following a drone attack carried out by extremists under HTS command, which targeted a Syrian military college, killing dozens. According to several reports, anti-government extremist militants in northern Syria have expanded their drone arsenal and expertise in drone warfare through recent cooperation with Ukraine.
https://thecradle.co/articles/syrian-russian-warplanes-pummel-extremist-groups-in-syrias-northwest
While Damascus remains on the sidelines to avoid a confrontation with Israel, the rebel group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham appears to be preparing an offensive against government forces in the north of the country.
The Israeli brutal aggression against Lebanon persists for the 24th consecutive day, relentlessly targeting civilians and infrastructure while perpetrating further atrocities. This escalation has claimed the lives of over 2,000 martyrs and left more than 10,000 injured.
Israeli occupation aircraft launched on Wednesday morning an assault on Al-Shoura Street in the Hara Hreik area of the southern suburbs of Beirut (Dahiyeh). This attack starkly illustrates the brutality of the occupation forces, who have demonstrated a complete disregard for civilians, their homes, and commercial centers.
https://english.almanar.com.lb/2233431
The Israeli army reported on Wednesday that 13 soldiers were injured along the Lebanese front in the past 24 hours.
https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon-news/806194/lbci-lebanon-articles/en?
A Christian-Muslim spiritual summit took place in Bkerke, initiated by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi. The summit gathered Lebanon’s leading Christian and Muslim spiritual figures, demonstrating solidarity in the face of the ongoing crisis in Lebanon and the broader region. The participants issued a unified statement condemning the violence and emphasized the importance of national unity, constitutional reform, and the defense of Lebanon's sovereignty.
Among the attendees were Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian, Vice President of the Supreme Islamic Shiite Council Sheikh Ali Al-Khatib, Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X Yazigi, Druze Community Sheikh Sami Abi Al-Muna, and other senior religious leaders representing the Armenian Orthodox, Syriac Catholic, and Protestant communities, among others.
Condemnation of Israeli Aggression
The statement issued by the summit participants unequivocally condemned Israel’s "brutal and savage" aggression against Lebanon and Gaza. It highlighted Israel’s complete disregard for international treaties, human rights, and United Nations resolutions, as well as the destruction and mass killings carried out amid the silence of the international community. The religious leaders decried the unprecedented destruction of homes, hospitals, places of worship, and vital civilian infrastructure, with special mention of the tragic loss of innocent lives, particularly among women, children, and the elderly.
This devastation, they emphasized, represents one of the darkest chapters in modern history, both for the atrocities committed and for the global community’s failure to act. The summit called for urgent and decisive international intervention to put an end to this violence, starting with an immediate ceasefire.
A Unified Call for National Salvation
In addition to denouncing Israel’s aggression, the summit focused on the need for national unity. The spiritual leaders urged the Lebanese people to come together, recognizing that the Israeli assault targets the entire nation and threatens its very survival. They emphasized that Lebanon’s strength lies in its unity, with the statement asserting that “the future of Lebanon must be built on national solutions rooted in the Lebanese Constitution, the Taif Agreement, and the authority of the state.”
Sixteen people were killed and 52 were wounded Wednesday following Israeli airstrikes on the Nabatieh Municipality and the Municipalities Union buildings, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in South Lebanon reported, as "Israel" continues to target civilians and civilian infrastructure.
Israeli occupation forces carpet-bombed the vicinity of the city of Nabatieh, targeting residential buildings and several sites, our correspondent indicated.
"The Israeli enemy strike... on two buildings, that of the Nabatiyeh municipality and the Municipalities Union, killed five people," the Lebanese Health Ministry also announced in a statement.
The mayor of Nabatiyeh was among at least six people killed Wednesday in Israeli strikes on the municipality of the southern Lebanese city.
"The mayor of Nabatiyeh, among others... was martyred. It's a massacre," Nabatiyeh governor Howaida Turk told AFP, adding he had been in the municipality building.
Hezbollah-affiliated rescuers also said several people were killed in the strike on the municipality building including mayor Ahmad Kahil.
Israel carried out Wednesday 11 air strikes on Nabatiyeh and surrounding areas in south Lebanon, days after strikes destroyed the southern city's marketplace.
"For now, 11 strikes have mainly hit Nabatiyeh but also its surroundings," Nabatiyeh governor Howaida Turk told AFP, adding that the intense raids "formed a kind of belt of fire" in the area.
The health ministry said six people were killed in the strikes and 43 were wounded. The mayor of Nabatiyeh and local government staff were in the building.
"The Israeli enemy raid... on two buildings, that of the Nabatiyeh municipality and the union of municipalities, killed six people in a preliminary toll," the ministry said in a statement, adding rescuers were searching for survivors under the rubble.
Higher Islamic Shiite Council deputy head Sheikh Ali al-Khatib on Wednesday agreed that a “consensual president” must be elected for the country so that all Lebanese can support him in addressing the “heavy burden” of the ongoing Israeli war.
“But first this crazy war must be stopped through the unity of the Lebanese people,” Khatib added, during a spiritual summit in Bkirki organized by Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi.
“We are counting on the efforts of Speaker Nabih Berri and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and we place our full confidence in them,” Khatib added.
“Hezbollah’s secretary-general, the martyr Hassan Nasrallah, offered himself as a sacrifice for Lebanon and our people were forced to flee. We salute the Lebanese people from all sects for opening their doors to their brothers,” the Shiite leader added.
“We are the advocates, sponsors and protectors of the state and we are keen on its rise, strength and authority, but throughout decades, the state renounced its sovereignty and showed impotence and carelessness about the sovereignty and dignity of its people and their suffering, abandoning them on the border to the Zionist monster,” Khatib lamented.
Saluting “the heroic men of the resistance,” the Shiite leader called for “building a real and capable state that can shoulder their national responsibilities in defending its sovereignty and the dignity of its people.”
Patriarch al-Rahi for his part said there is “a national tragedy” that is “sweeping everyone.”
“Today the time is for mending wounds and finding solutions, and this is our role as spiritual leaders,” the patriarch added.
Without contemplating the endgame of the ongoing battle, "Israel" is facing an endless war that will lead to a resounding strategic failure, potentially destroying its relative superiority, warned Tamir Hayman, former head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate AMAN.
Hayman pointed out that "although Hezbollah has been dealt a significant blow and Hamas has suffered considerable damage, the worst-case scenario remains possible."
"The battlefield achievements could dissipate if Israel does not make the right decision," the former Israeli military official added.
His remarks align with those of Shon Revin, a former senior official in the Shin Bet and a lieutenant colonel in the reserves, who underscored that "Hezbollah's ability to recover is very rapid, even if Israel has targeted many of its capabilities."
Lebanon has filed a new complaint with the U.N. Security Council, accusing Israel of repeated violations of its sovereignty, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday.
Israeli warplanes targeted Wednesday Haret Hreik in Beirut's southern suburbs, for the first time in nearly a week.
The strikes on southern Beirut were the first in six days, and came after caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the United States had given him assurances that Israel would curb its strikes on the capital.
The Israeli army said it struck a "strategic weapons depot" belonging to Hezbollah, under a residential building, without providing evidence.
"You are located near facilities and interests affiliated with Hezbollah, which the IDF (Israeli military) will work against in the near future", Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee wrote in Arabic on X.
An Associated Press photographer saw three airstrikes in the area, the first coming less than an hour after the notice.
Hezbollah has a strong presence in southern Beirut, which is also a residential and commercial area home to large numbers of civilians and people unaffiliated with the militant group.
Israel also carried out Wednesday 11 air strikes on Nabatiyeh and surrounding areas in south Lebanon, days after strikes destroyed the southern city's marketplace.
"For now, 11 strikes have mainly hit Nabatiyeh but also its surroundings," Nabatiyeh governor Howaida Turk told AFP when asked about Israeli strikes, adding that the intense raids "formed a kind of belt of fire" in the area. She reported casualties but could not provide a precise toll.
Lebanon's official National News Agency reported that ten people were killed following Israeli airstrikes on the town of Qana in southern Lebanon.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said that several explosions were heard on what is known as "the confrontation axis" between the towns of Odaisseh, Taybeh, Rab El Thalathine, and Markaba in southern Lebanon.