Israeli air strike on northern Lebanon kills Hamas commander and his family

A Hamas leader, his woman and their 2 daughters person been killed successful an Israeli onslaught connected bluish Lebanon, the Palestinian equipped radical says, arsenic Israeli aerial raids proceed against the Lebanese equipped radical Hezbollah successful the confederate suburbs of Beirut.

Commander Saeed Attallah Ali and his household were killed connected Saturday successful the “Zionist bombardment of his location successful the Beddawi camp” adjacent the bluish metropolis of Tripoli, Hamas said, the archetypal clip the country had been deed since the commencement of the Gaza warfare astir a twelvemonth ago.

Ali has been identified arsenic a person of Hamas’s equipped wing, the Qassam Brigades.

Israel has repeatedly targeted Hamas officials successful Lebanon successful caller weeks, sidesplitting respective of the astir elder leaders of the group. Hamas said 18 of its elder commanders person been killed successful caller weeks.

Israel’s subject did not instantly remark connected the onslaught adjacent the larboard metropolis of Tripoli.

Israel has been sharply expanding its attacks connected Lebanon aft astir a twelvemonth of exchanging occurrence with Hezbollah. Fighting had been mostly constricted to the Israel-Lebanon borderline area, taking spot successful parallel with Israel’s warfare successful Gaza against Hamas.

Early connected Saturday, explosions were besides heard crossed Beirut’s confederate suburbs. Residents successful the Dahiyeh neighbourhood were reportedly warned by Israel soon earlier the attacks, but it was unclear however galore of the civilians managed to escape.

On Friday, Israel said it had targeted Hezbollah’s quality headquarters in the confederate suburbs and was assessing the harm aft a bid of attacks connected elder figures successful the group.

Israel has eliminated overmuch of Hezbollah’s elder subject leadership, including its secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah successful an aerial onslaught connected September 27.

Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem, reporting from Beirut, said an country adjacent Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport was besides hit.

“It was a engaged nighttime conscionable similar the respective erstwhile nights of bombardments,” Hashem said.

“For now, there’s been nary connection from Hezbollah astir the latest onslaught and the destiny of the caput of its enforcement council.”

There were nary contiguous reports connected casualties from the Hezbollah stronghold.

The Israeli subject said Saturday that its forces struck Hezbollah fighters overnight wrong a mosque adjacent to the Salah Ghandour Hospital successful confederate Lebanon that it claimed was a “command centre” utilized by Hezbollah to motorboat attacks.

The Salah Ghandour Hospital successful Bint Jbeil, which is tally by the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee, said 9 of its aesculapian and nursing unit were wounded, astir of them seriously, aft it received an Israeli informing to evacuate.

Hezbollah said aboriginal connected Saturday that its fighters were engaged successful warring with Israeli soldiers successful confederate Lebanon and its fighters deed an Israeli vessel with a rocket adjacent the border.

Hezbollah besides said it launched Fadi-1 rockets connected Saturday astatine Israel’s Ramat David Airbase adjacent the bluish metropolis of Haifa, astir 45km (30 miles) from the Lebanese border.

Lebanon’s decease toll exceeds 2,000

On Friday, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said much than 2,000 radical person been killed by Israeli attacks successful the state successful the past year, astir successful the past 2 weeks.

The Lebanese authorities has accused Israel of targeting civilians, pointing to dozens of women and children killed.

Attacks connected aesculapian teams and facilities – including the Lebanese Red Cross, Lebanese nationalist hospitals and rescue workers affiliated with Hezbollah – person besides increased.

Because of the Israeli attacks, much than 1.2 cardinal Lebanese person been forced from their homes, the authorities said.

The United Nations said astir shelters for displaced radical successful Lebanon are full. Many had gone northbound to Tripoli oregon to neighbouring Syria, but an onslaught connected Friday closed the main borderline crossing betwixt Lebanon and Syria.

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric called the toll connected Lebanese civilians “totally unacceptable”.

The UN peacekeeping unit successful Lebanon said connected Saturday that it would not permission positions successful the southbound contempt what it said was an Israeli petition to “relocate”.

“On September 30, the [Israeli military] notified UNIFIL of their volition to undertake constricted crushed incursions into Lebanon. They besides requested we relocate from immoderate of our positions,” the UN Interim Force successful Lebanon said.

“Peacekeepers stay successful each positions and the UN emblem continues to fly.

“We are regularly adjusting our posture and activities, and we person contingency plans acceptable to activate if perfectly necessary,” it added.

A South Korean subject transport craft returned 97 citizens and household members from Lebanon connected Saturday, its Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

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