Israeli attacks kill more than 20 people in Lebanon on Saturday (5)

Israeli attacks across Lebanon on Saturday killed 23 people and injured 93, the Lebanese health ministry said.

People were killed in attacks that targeted towns and villages in southern and northern Lebanon, including in Nabatieh, Bekaa, Baalbek and Mount Lebanon, the ministry said.

It is unclear whether the death toll includes attacks in Beirut on Saturday night (5), in which buildings were heavily damaged. At least two of the explosions triggered what appeared to be secondary explosions, according to the team. CNN on site. One of the explosions hit the road to the airport.

On Sunday morning, a large cloud of smoke rose to the skyline of the Lebanese capital after an attack hit the city’s suburbs. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it would not comment on what it was targeting in the area.

Understand the escalation in conflicts in the Middle East

Iran’s missile attack on Israel on the 1st marked a new stage in the regional conflict in the Middle East. On one side of the war is Israel, with support from the United States. On the other, the Axis of Resistance, which receives financial and military support from Iran and which has a series of paramilitary groups. There are seven conflict fronts currently open: the Islamic Republic of Iran; Hamas, in the Gaza Strip; Hezbollah, in Lebanon; the Syrian government and the militias operating in the country; the Houthis, in Yemen; Shia groups in Iraq; and different militant organizations in the West Bank.

Israel has soldiers on three of these fronts: Lebanon, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In the other four, it carries out aerial bombings. The Israeli Army began a “limited ground operation” in Lebanon on September 30, days after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a bombing of the group’s headquarters in the Beirut suburb.

The Israel Defense Forces say they have killed virtually the entire Hezbollah chain of command in similar bombings carried out in recent weeks.

On September 23, Lebanon had its deadliest day since the 2006 war, with more than 500 fatalities. At least two Brazilian teenagers died in the attacks. Itamaraty condemned the situation and called for an end to hostilities. With the increase in hostilities, the Brazilian government announced an operation to repatriate Brazilians in Lebanon.

In the West Bank, the Israeli military is trying to dismantle groups opposed to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory. In the Gaza Strip, Israel seeks to eradicate Hamas, responsible for the October 7 attack that left more than 1,200 people dead, according to information from the Israeli government.

The Israeli operation killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas. Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar remains hidden in tunnels in the Gaza Strip, where dozens of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas are also believed to be in captivity.

This content was originally published in Israeli attacks kill more than 20 people in Lebanon on Saturday (5) on the CNN Brasil website.

Source: CNN Brasil

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