On Wednesday, Israeli raids targeted areas in southern and eastern Lebanon, in addition to a suburb close to the presidential palace in Beirut, killing at least 11 people, according to official media and the Ministry of Health. These bloody raids come in light of an ongoing military escalation between Israel and Hezbollah since Monday, after the Lebanese party launched drones and missiles at Israel.
Published on: 04/03/2026 - 08:15 Last updated: 04/03/2026 - 08:18
Official media and the Ministry of Health in Lebanon reported that at least 11 people were killed in Israeli raids on Wednesday in the south and east of the country, in addition to a raid on a Beirut suburb close to the presidential palace.
A new raid on Wednesday morning also targeted the southern suburb of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, following an Israeli warning to evacuate a building in the area.
The Israeli bombing comes within the framework of a sharp escalation in fighting on the Lebanese-Israeli border since Monday, after Hezbollah launched drones and missiles at Israel. Since then, the Iran-allied group has fired more missiles, and Israel has launched a series of air strikes on Lebanon and sent troops south.
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Hezbollah, which was established by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in 1982, opened fire on Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint raids launched by Israel and the United States.
Hezbollah said on Wednesday that its fighters fired a barrage of rockets at a gathering of Israeli forces near the border area in response to Israeli strikes on dozens of Lebanese towns and cities, including the southern suburb of Beirut.
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On Wednesday, the Israeli army warned the residents of 16 villages and towns in Lebanon of the need to evacuate them, saying that Hezbollah’s activities were forcing it to take measures against the group, warning that anyone approaching Hezbollah fighters, its facilities, or its weapons would put his life in danger.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that the Israeli raids had killed at least 50 people and injured 335 others since the start of the latest escalation.
France 24/AFP/Reuters
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