Lebanon: 70 killed in IDF attacks
Sources say mostly civilians killed thus far since beginning of Israel’s offensive in the county last Wednesday; planes drop leaflets with caricature of Nasrallah, who is depicted as Cobra snake about to swallow Beirut
Lebanese sources said Saturday that some 70 people, mostly civilians, were killed thus far since the beginning of Israel’s offensive in the county last Wednesday.
The air strikes in Lebanon continued Friday and Saturday, with Lebanon police reporting that the Israeli Air Force attacked targets in the northern city of Tripoli, located some 90 kilometers (55 miles) north of the capital Beirut. Warplanes also attacked gas stations and petrol tanks along the coastal highway linking the capital Beirut to the south.
Bombing of bridge in Lebanon (Photo: Reuters)
Lebanon police also said three civilians were killed in an aerial attack in the Lebanese Valley, near the border with Syria. According to reports, the IAF also bombarded two bridges in the area as well as communications facilities. Additional attacks were reported ion south Lebanon.
Seventeen Lebanese citizens were injured overnight during an IAF attack on the Damor Bridge; earlier witnesses reported that warplanes attacked a petrol facility near the village of Ras el-Ayin in south Lebanon. At around midnight it was reported that five people were killed and eight others were wounded in another IAF strike in the south; among those killed were two Syrians working in Lebanon.
As part of the ongoing campaign against Hizbullah, IAF planes dropped leaflets on Beirut criticizing the terror group’s chief, Hassan Nasrallah.
The leaflet includes a caricature of Nasrallah, who is depicted as a Cobra snake about to swallow the Lebanese capital.
On Friday at around 8 p.m. a cloud of smoke was seen rising from an 11-storey building in the Bir-Hassan area, a Shiite stronghold in Beirut where Nasrallah’s headquarters is located.
However, Nasrallah himself was apparently not in the building at the time of the attack.
A Hizbullah spokesman confirmed that Nasrallah was not hurt in the attack, nor was his family or entourage.
