Israel strikes Beirut's southern suburbs after Hezbollah chief speech
Strikes hit south Beirut on Wednesday about an hour after Israel issued evacuation warnings for three areas of the main Hezbollah bastion, AFPTV footage showed.
One of the strikes triggered a loud explosion which was heard across much of the capital, witnesses said.
Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee had warned residents to evacuate the southern suburbs of Burj al-Barajneh, Laylaki and Haret Hreik in a post on X.
"You are located near facilities and interests affiliated with Hezbollah, against which the (military) will act in the near future," Adraee said, as a speech by Hezbollah's new leader Naim Qassem was being broadcast.
Earlier Wednesday, Lebanon's official National News Agency reported Israeli air strikes on the Bekaa Valley in the east and the southern city of Nabatiyeh.
An AFP correspondent in the eastern city of Baalbek reported intense strikes in and around the city.
Israel's army had issued evacuation warnings for Nabatiyeh but not for the Bekaa Vally.
The Israeli army said Hezbollah had fired about 120 projectiles across the border.
06 November 2024, 15:43
01
Naim Qassem and all HizbIran deputies must be put in prison awaiting trial for Hizbollah crimes. We need all culprits responsible for assassinating Hariri, Tueni, Shath, Slim and dozen others brought to justice. We need to know who are the traitors allowing Hizb to store Iranian rockets throughout Lebanon in residential buildings. We need to know Hizb role in Airport explosion. We need to know Hizb contingency plans to occupy Christian, Druze and Sunni areas. We need to know their blood money financing from captagon, to drug trade, money laundering, foreign sources, and extortions. We need to know their indoctrination program and suppression of opposition, etc. Hopefully with top leaders interrogated in prison the domino of truth will start unraveling this criminal foreign organization that assassinated Lebanon best, bankrupted & destroyed a country, enslaved its community and raped our freedom & democracy. Army must disarm Hizb now to end the war and prevent further destruction.
06 November 2024, 16:22
00
"disappointment and anger echo increasingly across Lebanon’s Shiite community"
"Hezbollah supporters are tired, and far less forgiving of what they perceive to be the organization’s mistakes and battlefield shortcomings."
"rumors swirled that Mr. Qassem had sought sanctuary in Iran"
"'The bombing of the last one or two weeks is not enough to satisfy the bloodlust of people, who are waiting to see the reaction after the death of Nasrallah,' says another Shiite from southern Lebanon, who asks not to use his name, because of the sensitivity of criticizing Hezbollah."
. . Source: https://yalibnan.com/2024/11/05/hezbollah-faces-fire-from-within-its-own-shiite-community/
