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Israel unleashes heavy strikes on southern Lebanon

Published: 25 Sep 2024 - 12:04 pm | Last Updated: 25 Sep 2024 - 12:05 pm
A cloud of smoke erupts during Israeli air strikes on a village south of Tyre in southern Lebanon on September 25, 2024. Photo by Hasan FNEICH / AFP.

A cloud of smoke erupts during Israeli air strikes on a village south of Tyre in southern Lebanon on September 25, 2024. Photo by Hasan FNEICH / AFP.

QNA

Beirut: The Israeli warplanes intensified its bombardment of various villages and towns across southern Lebanon on Wednesday morning.

Field sources reported that the Israeli raid targeted Qlaileh, Arzoun and Naqoura in Tyre; Haboush, Nmairiyeh, Toulin and Arnoun in Nabatieh; Souaneh in Marjaayoun; and Teffahta in Sidon.

Earlier at dawn, an Israeli airstrike targeted a house in Dibbine in Marjaayoun, followed by artillery shelling of the town, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported.

The Israeli intense attacks on southern Lebanon for two days has so far claimed the lives of 558 people and injured 1835 others, and forces the displacement of hundreds of families.