Israel intensifies strikes on Beirut, Hezbollah responds with rockets, injuring 4 in Tel Aviv

BEIRUT (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Israeli army continued its large-scale aggression against Lebanon on Tuesday, leaving dozens of martyrs and wounded, and launching strikes targeting the heart of the capital, Beirut, that intensified during the past two days, while Hezbollah responded with drone and rocket attacks that sparked fire and caused the injury of four Israelis in Tel Aviv.

Meanwhile, the US envoy arrived in Lebanon on Monday to discuss the ceasefire proposal.

The Israeli army launched raids on Mar Elias, Ras al-Naba, and the Zoqaq AL-Balat, which led to the martyrdom of five people and the injury of 31 others, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

The Lebanese National Information Agency reported a number of injuries at dawn Tuesday, as Israeli warplanes targeted a 4-story building in the Al-Shayah area in the southern suburb of Beirut.

The raid came without a prior warning from the Israeli army, which did not give the residents an opportunity to evacuate.

On the other hand, the Lebanese Hezbollah expanded its military operations against Israeli military bases, and announced the continuation of its confrontations of the Israeli army’s attempts of ground incursion in southern Lebanon, in addition to bombing Israeli settlements.

Hezbollah announced at dawn Tuesday that it carried out an airstrike with a group of drones on “sensitive sites” in Tel Aviv.

This came after four Israelis were injured on Monday evening, and Ben Gurion Airport was closed due to explosions and fires in the Greater Tel Aviv region after a rocket was fired from Lebanon, according to the Israeli army. The Israeli Channel 12 said that the missiles that targeted Tel Aviv also resulted in a fire in a building and a bus in Bani Barak area.

Hezbollah also announced that an Israeli drone was shot down over Al-Tayyiba town with a surface-to-air missile, adding that the drone was seen in flames. The party also announced the targeting of the Kiryat Shmona settlement with a rocket salvo.