Hezbollah: Fierce battles in southern Lebanon

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Hezbollah: Fierce battles in southern Lebanon
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Hezbollah and Israel's military are involved in fierce battles in southern Lebanon, reports the Iran-backed Shia militia. On Wednesday, Israel once again bombed Beirut's southern suburbs.

The battles between Hezbollah and Israel have been ongoing near the village of al-Qawzah in southern Lebanon, and are being fought "at close range with different types of automatic weapons", according to Hezbollah to AFP.

In connection with the offensive in Lebanon, the Israeli military has found "top-modern" Russian weapons in Hezbollah's bases in the southern parts of the country, according to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Hezbollah has dug hundreds of tunnels and hiding places in the area, where we have just found a large quantity of top-modern Russian weapons, he says to Le Figaro.

At the same time, reports are emerging of several Israeli air strikes during the day, which have collectively killed at least 25 people.

Mayor killed

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that Israel has carried out several attacks on healthcare facilities in Lebanon, and that an increasing number of institutions have been forced to close.

"WHO calls for an end to the attacks on healthcare facilities", says the UN agency in a statement.

On Wednesday, Israel carried out air strikes against two municipal buildings in Nabatieh, among other things. In the attack, five people were killed - including the city's mayor, according to Lebanon's Health Department in a statement according to AFP.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemns the attack on the municipal building, which he claims was intentional, writes AP.

In the city of Qana, in southern Lebanon, at least 15 people were killed in Israeli attacks on Wednesday morning.

Attacks in the Beirut area

In the Haret Hreik neighborhood, just south of the capital Beirut, black smoke billowed between the buildings after Israeli dawn attacks. Israel claims that a strategic weapons depot was bombed. The attacks are the first in the Beirut area after a six-day lull.

During the night, Lebanese militia also launched an attack in the opposite direction, firing around 50 projectiles from Lebanon towards northern Israel, according to the Israeli military. A number of them were shot down, the Israeli military announced on Telegram. There are no reports of casualties.

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