Israel-Lebanon escalation: here’s what happened overnight

Israel-Lebanon escalation: here’s what happened overnight ▪️ Israel’s military launched a wave of attacks on southern Beirut during the night after warning residents living “near Hezbollah interests” to evacuate. Hundreds are reported to have fled the Lebanese capital’s Dahiyeh district – a densely populated civilian area. ▪️ Israeli fighter jets carried out air raids in the neighborhoods of al-Kafaat, Hadath, Laylaki, Choueifat, and Ghobeiry in Beirut’s southern suburbs, according to the news outlet Al Mayadeen. ▪️ The Israeli military has said the precision strikes targeted Hezbollah’s “central headquarters“ and alleged weapons depots in underground complexes in the suburbs of the Lebanese capital. A series of seven explosions was heard in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Sputnik correspondent reported. ▪️ Muhammad Ali Ismail, commander of Hezbollah’s missile unit in southern Lebanon, along with his deputy, Hussein Ahmad Ismail, were killed in the air strikes, the Israeli milita... Source: Sputnik International