Strikes hit Dahieh after Israel's deadliest day in south Lebanon
Heavy air strikes hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital overnight into Thursday.
The Israeli army issued Thursday morning evacuation warnings for buildings in Choueifat's al-Amrousiyeh, Ghobeiri, Haret Hreik and Borj al-Brajneh following three rounds of overnight airstrikes.
Shortly after, the Israeli air force struck al-Mrayjeh and "carried out a heavy strike on the southern suburbs targeting the Haret Hreik-Rweis" area.
The Israeli military said it struck around 30 targets in the southern suburbs of Beirut over the past 48 hours.
"Over the past two days, approximately 30 terror targets were struck in the Dahieh area in Beirut. These strikes were a part of the IDF's ongoing efforts to dismantle and degrade Hezbollah's military capabilities," the military said in a statement.
Daytime raids on Dahieh have been more frequent in the past week. Israel has been striking the area mainly at night since it escalated its air campaign across Lebanon in September.
- 6 Israeli soldiers killed in south Lebanon -
Israel suffered one of the deadliest days of its ground offensive on Wednesday when six of its soldiers were killed in fighting in southern Lebanon, making it the deadliest day for its troops since the start of ground operations in September.
The soldiers "fell during combat in southern Lebanon", the army said in a statement. Their deaths mean 47 Israeli troops have been killed in combat with Hezbollah since the start of ground operations on September 30.
- Hezbollah targets soldiers in south Lebanon -
Hezbollah said Wednesday it had fired missiles at Israeli soldiers near the key border town of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, the scene of fierce fighting during their 2006 war.
The group said it targeted the forces "on the southern outskirts of the town of Bint Jbeil with a salvo of Nasr 1-type missiles."
- Hezbollah targets north Israel and Tel Aviv -
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for firing a series of missiles at army forces in northern Israel on Wednesday night.
The group said in a statement that it had targeted "a gathering of the Israeli enemy army forces in the Sa’sa settlement with a salvo of missiles".
Hezbollah earlier launched a drone attack targeting Israel's military headquarters and ministry of defense in the city of Tel Aviv and fired missiles targeting a military intelligence base near Tel Aviv in central Israel.
The group said it fired a salvo of rockets at Glilot military base in the suburbs of Tel Aviv, Israel’s main commercial hub.
