Israeli strikes hit new areas not previously targeted in Beirut, killing one person
An Israeli strike hit a car in Jnah, a coastal neighbourhood in southwestern Beirut, killing one person, the Lebanese health ministry said early on Friday.
A separate strike targeted an apartment in the Nabaa neighbourhood, leaving it engulfed in flames, according to reports circulating on local media.
Nabaa, on Beirut’s northern outskirts within the densely populated Burj Hammoud district, is home to a sizable Armenian community. No casualties were immediately reported.
It was the first time such an area has been struck in this conflict or during the 2024 war between Hezbollah and Israel.
Following the strikes, the Israeli army said it had targeted a Hezbollah member in Beirut
Both neighbourhoods are far from the southern suburbs of Beirut, which the Israeli military has declared unsafe and issued evacuation notices for.
58 injured in Israel amid attacks launched by Iran and Hezbollah
Israel’s ambulance service said some 58 people were wounded in a missile attack on Zarzir, a city around 100 kilometres north of Jerusalem near the border with Lebanon, amid attacks launched from Iran and its Lebanon-based proxy, Hezbollah.
Officials said one person was in moderate condition and 57 sustained very minor injuries from glass shards.
Footage shared by the ambulance service from the impact site showed damaged cars and scattered debris. The Israeli military said it was operating with emergency services at the scene to clear debris.
Hezbollah said early on Friday that it had fired several rocket salvos toward northern Israel and Israeli troops in southern Lebanon.
Macron slams Iran’s ‘unacceptable’ attacks across the region after strike kills French soldier in Iraq
A French soldier was killed in an attack in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, confirming the first French military death in the Middle East war.
Since US-Israeli strikes on Iran last month engulfed the Middle East in war, multiple attacks attributed to pro-Iranian factions have targeted the region where foreign forces are based as part of an international anti-jihadist coalition.
The member of the armed forces “died for France during an attack in the Erbil region of Iraq,” Macron posted on X, adding that several soldiers were also wounded. He did not say who was behind the attack.
“The war in Iran cannot justify such attacks,” Macron said, calling the strike “unacceptable”.
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