Beirut Port Authority is working to move goods out of the port regardless of the Israeli strikes, reported the director of the port of the Lebanese capital, Omar Itani.
„We are working to get goods out of the port in anticipation of an attack,”, Itani said in a comment on the Al Arabiya TV channel. He noted that Israel "has not yet imposed a blockade" about the port in the city. “Merchant ships are still arriving at the port almost normally,” added the director of Lebanon's largest port.
On September 23, Israel launched the "Arrows of the North" operation. against Hezbollah formations, during which it carried out massive airstrikes on military targets of the movement. As a result of one of the strikes on September 27, the leader of Hezbollah was killed in Beirut. Hassan Nasrullah. The Shiite movement confirmed his death and vowed to continue opposing Israel. On the night of October 2, the Israeli army announced a limited-scale ground operation in the border areas in southern Lebanon.