INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 40 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, according to the country&&
s health ministry, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut&& s southern suburbs, Reuters reported.Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have
exchanged fire for over a year in parallel with the Gaza war but fighting has actually intensified given that late September, with Israeli
troops heightening battle of Lebanon&& s south and east and making ground incursions into border villages.Israeli strikes on Baalbek and
the Bekaa Valley killed 40 individuals and injured 53, the health ministry said
The Israeli armed force did not comment.Israel has actually repeatedly battered strongholds of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in the
southern suburban areas of the capital Beirut.The Israeli military purchased residents in the southern suburbs to evacuate numerous areas on
Two waves of bombing followed, one late Wednesday and another early Thursday.Lebanon&& s Al Jadeed TV reported there were at least 4
There was no instant report of casualties or information on what was hit.Hezbollah secretary basic Naim Qassem on Wednesday stated he did
not believe that political action would bring an end to hostilities, checked out the report.He said there could be a road to indirect
negotiations if Israel stopped its attacks.&& When the enemy decides to stop the aggression, there is a course for negotiations that we
have actually plainly specified &-- indirect settlements through the Lebanese state and speaker (of parliament Nabih) Berri,& & Qassem
diplomatic efforts to stop battling in between Israel and Hezbollah, which included a 60-day ceasefire proposal, faltered last week ahead of
election on Tuesday in which former President Donald Trump regained the White House.More than 3,000 people have actually been eliminated in
Israeli strikes on Lebanon over the last year, the huge bulk in the past six weeks.Lebanese rescuers searched a ruined apartment in the town
of Barja, south of Beirut, for bodies or survivors after an Israeli strike on Tuesday night eliminated 20 individuals there, Lebanon&& s
health ministry said.Moussa Zahran, who resided on one of the upper floors of the structure, went back to sort through the ruins of his home
His scorched feet were wrapped in gauze and his child and wife were in medical facility after being wounded in the strike.&& These rocks
that you see here weigh 100 kilos; they fell on a 13-kilo kid,& & he said, referring to his son and the home wall that collapsed on him
during the strike.It was unclear whether the strike targeted a member of Hezbollah
There was no evacuation caution ahead of the air raid.Hezbollah stated on Wednesday it had actually fired rockets at an Israeli military
base near Ben Gurion Airport
Israeli media reported a rocket had landed near the airport.Later, the Israeli armed force said dozens of projectiles had actually crossed
into Israel from Lebanon, a few of which were obstructed, Reuters reported.Efforts to bring a diplomatic end to the dispute have actually
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday appointed Israel Katz as defence minister, who promised to defeat Hezbollah so
individuals displaced from northern Israel might return home.Berri &-- a Hezbollah ally and diplomatic interlocutor &-- met the U.S
and Saudi ambassadors to Lebanon on Wednesday to discuss political advancements, his office said, without supplying additional
details.Lebanon&& s caretaker prime minister, on the other hand, praised the U.S
Netanyahu hailed Trump&& s election, while senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said Trump would be tested on his statements that he can
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