BEIRUT (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Israeli occupation army launched several airstrikes on the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut early on Saturday, after forcibly displacing hundreds of Lebanese citizens and ordering them to evacuate certain areas.
Reuters quoted witnesses as saying that an explosion was heard and smoke was seen rising over the southern suburb of Beirut shortly after the Israeli occupation army issued two warnings to residents in the area to evacuate their homes immediately.
Later, Al Jazeera reported that four other strikes targeted the Choueifat area and the vicinity of the Sayyed al-Shuhada complex in the southern suburb of Beirut.
Israeli warplanes carried out a massive airstrike on the southern suburb at dawn on Friday, which the Israeli occupation army said targeted the head of the executive council of Hezbollah, Hashem Safi al-Din, whose fate remains a mystery, while Israel claims that there are increasing indications that he was martyred in the attack.
Hashem Safi al-Din, born in 1964, has recently been mentioned as a possible successor to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated by Israel on September 27.
Since September 23, Israel has been launching bloody air strikes on Lebanon, killing 2,011 people and wounding 9,500, according to data published by the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
Later, the occupation army launched ground incursions into Lebanon, facing fierce resistance from Hezbollah fighters, which resulted in killing at least 18 Israeli officers and soldiers and injuring dozens more.
