Hundreds of Lebanese have been martyred or wounded on Monday as the Israeli enemy escalates its aggression on Lebanon, with hundreds of strikes targeting towns across south Lebanon and Bekaa.
Al-Manar correspondents in south Lebanon reported intense Israeli strikes in the regions of Tyre, Bint Jbeil, Nabatiyeh, Iqlim Al-Tuffah, Jizzine and Western Bekaa.
At least three waves of intense strikes, described as fire belts and carpet bombing, targeted dozens of villages and towns across the aforementioned areas.
Early morning Monday September 23, 2024, Zionist Israel dropped top-notch US-made weapons paid by American tax payers on the Lebanese people of south #Lebanon
Airsrikes on Zawtar, Burj Shmali, and Tefahta towns in south Lebanon.#Israel is a terrorist entity. pic.twitter.com/BJA4EATSxJ
— Marwa Osman || مروة عثمان (@Marwa__Osman) September 23, 2024
Lebanese Health Ministry gave a non-final toll of the Israeli strikes, saying that 182 people have been martyred and 727 others wounded, including children, women and medics.
Earlier, the Lebanese ministry issued a statement asking all hospitals in south and east Lebanon districts to stop all non-essential surgery in order to make space to treat the wounded due to the expanding Israeli aggression on Lebanon.
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati denounced the Israeli aggression as a “destructive plan.”
“The continuing Israeli aggression on Lebanon is a war of extermination in every sense of the word and a destructive plan that aims to destroy Lebanese villages and towns,” Mikati told a cabinet meeting in Beirut.
For his part, the head of telecoms company Ogero, Imad Kreidieh, told Reuters that Lebanon received more than 80,000 suspected Israeli call attempts asking people to evacuate their areas.
Such calls were “psychological warfare to make havoc and chaos”, he added.
Israel told civilians in South Lebanon to leave their homes and go to hospitals, schools and mosques. Israel then bombed the vicinity of a hospital. Next they’ll tell you there are tunnels under it. pic.twitter.com/G3ZOTNNOgN
— Hadi (@HadiNasrallah) September 23, 2024
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