Bombs on Beirut
Israel continues bombardment of Beirut
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an attack in Beirut on Friday, according to Israeli reports. "Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world," the Israeli military announced.
There was initially no confirmation from Hezbollah, which could only announce the death of its leader after a significant delay. Nasrallah's death was announced by the Arabic-speaking Israeli military spokesman Awitschay Adraee on Saturday. According to Israel, it had carried out an airstrike on the headquarters of the Iranian-backed militia in Beirut the previous day.
Beirut's southern suburbs resemble "hell"
Hundreds of people in Beirut fled from Israel's attacks in the southern suburbs to the center of the capital. The shock was written all over people's faces. Frightened families waited on the streets everywhere with tears in their eyes, as a reporter in Beirut described. People who fled to the city center from the southern suburbs, where Hezbollah is particularly strong, spoke of a "hell". They sought shelter in parks, on the street and on public beaches in the sultry night. One woman said she had fled barefoot. According to eyewitnesses, an eerie calm prevailed in the early morning. One resident of the capital spoke of a "nightmare".
Hundreds of deaths feared
Local television stations showed night-time explosions south of Beirut near the international airport. Fires and secondary explosions could be seen. Meanwhile, rescuers continued to search for survivors of Friday's massive airstrike, which destroyed several buildings in the densely populated suburb of Haret Hreik, according to Lebanon's state news agency NNA. There could be dozens or even hundreds of casualties.
The war in Lebanon could lead to a further escalation with the involvement of external powers.
UN-Generalsekretär António Guterres
Bild: AFP
Guterres warns against escalation of the war
UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned urgently against an escalation of the conflict. "The war in Lebanon could lead to a further escalation with the involvement of external powers," he said at a UN Security Council meeting in New York. "We must avoid a regional war at all costs." According to the UN, tens of thousands of people have already fled to Syria since the start of the heavy Israeli attacks in Lebanon. Meanwhile, Israel's army reported further air strikes on "terrorist targets" in Beirut belonging to Hezbollah during the night. No details were given in the announcement.
During the night, Israel's army announced further attacks in the area of the Lebanese capital. It said that weapons production facilities, buildings in which modern weapons were stored and command centers of the pro-Iranian militia had been attacked. According to Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari, rockets were stored under civilian residential buildings, which also posed a threat to international shipping and strategic facilities in Israel. The Israeli army had previously called on the residents of the attacked area to evacuate.
Hezbollah rejected the Israeli army's claim that it had attacked the militia's weapons depots. There were no weapons or depots in the attacked buildings.
Meanwhile, Israel's military said it had again attacked Hezbollah militia positions in the south of Lebanon. Following shelling from Lebanon, the air force bombed the launching device, the army announced during the night. At least three shells had previously been fired at Israel from there, most of which had been intercepted. Other Shia militia positions in southern Lebanon were also attacked, including buildings in which Hezbollah had stored weapons.
Attack on Hezbollah headquarters
The attack on the Hezbollah headquarters reported by Israel was the "most aggressive step" taken by Israel in the past two weeks, with sophisticated intelligence operations, targeted killings and heavy bombing, wrote the Wall Street Journal. The militia is to be prevented from crossing the border into Israel. So far, the attacks in Beirut have been "targeted killings" of Hezbollah commanders, wrote the Times of Israel. However, the latest attacks were more extensive and targeted the destruction of infrastructure and high-ranking individuals.
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