Israel bombs south of Beirut again

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MADRID 5 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

This Saturday night, Israeli aircraft bombed the southern neighborhoods of Beirut, considered a stronghold of Hezbollah, again this Saturday night, as part of the military offensive against the Lebanese Shiite militia party.

The Israeli Army ordered the evacuation of the area ten minutes before the first attack, in the neighborhoods of Haret Hreik, Chuifat and Amrusiyé, according to the Lebanese newspaper ‘L’Orient-Le Jour’.

The Arabic spokesman for the Israeli Army, Avichai Adrai, has indicated that two buildings have been attacked, one near the Heliopolis College and the Chuifat National University and the other near the Mojtaba mosque.

Another explosion was heard in Sfeir, near Hadath, and seconds later there was a new explosion in Burj el Brajné. In the case of the first explosion there was no prior warning, reports Lebanese television Al Manar, which is close to Hezbollah.

The Israeli warning urged the population to stay at least 500 meters from the places attacked, as in previous attacks by Israeli aircraft in Beirut, concentrated in the Dahiye neighborhood.

After the aforementioned explosions, Adrai himself has spoken again through the social network Layliki and Haret Hreik.”

“You are close to Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will operate in the near future,” he added, reiterating his call to move away from the aforementioned points “at a distance of no less than 500 meters”.

Minutes later, he reported that the IDF “is targeting Hezbollah terrorist targets in the Beirut area” and has extended its warning to the Kiriat Shmona area, where moments later “some 30 rocket projectiles were launched.” from Lebanon, some of which have been intercepted while others have been seen falling”.