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Israel kills 23 near Beirut, casualties also south of Damascus

Four pro-Iranian Syrian fighters were killed yesterday in Israeli strikes east of Aleppo in northern Syria

Nov 10, 2024 18:11 88

Israeli strike on the village of Almat , north of the Lebanese capital Beirut killed 23 people, including 7 children, the Ministry of Health announced, as quoted by dariknews.bg.

The agency updated the number of victims, as it was previously reported that 20 died, AFP reported.

The predominantly Shiite Muslim village of Almat is located about 30 km from Beirut and is located in a predominantly Christian area. It is outside Hezbollah's traditional strongholds of Beirut and southern Lebanon, which Israel has been bombarding intensively since the end of September.

The Ministry stated that the process of identifying those killed is currently ongoing.

Hezbollah MP Raed Berro, who represents Jbeil district, was at the scene of the strike and denied Israeli claims that members of the group were inside the building.

“Important military and security personnel are usually on the front lines, not in the rear. "There are only children, old men and women under the rubble," he said.

An Israeli strike hit a residential building in the town of Sayeda Zainab south of the Syrian capital Damascus, reported the Syrian state news agency SANA, quoted by Reuters and BTA.

As a result of the attack, there were dead and wounded, added the Syrian agency, without specifying details.

There is no immediate comment from Israel, which last week said its air force had struck intelligence facilities of the Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah. in the same area.

Sayeda Zainab, stronghold of the armed group "Hezbollah" in the area, and home to a major Shiite shrine, has come under attack before. Sources from the Syrian and Western intelligence services claim that dozens of Hezbollah fighters were killed in Israeli attacks in Syria. and a pro-Iranian militia based in the eastern outskirts of Damascus and south of the city.

AFP quoted a Syrian human rights organization as saying that at least three people were killed today in an Israeli strike on a home belonging to members of the Lebanese "Hezbollah", south of Damascus.

"An Israeli strike killed three people in Sayeda Zeinab," the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

AFP also notes that the Sayeda Zeinab area is home to an important Shiite shrine protected by pro-Iranian groups, including Hezbollah.

"The Israeli attack was directed against members of "Hezbollah" in the building", specified the director of the UK-based SCNPC, which has a wide network of sources in Syria.

Four pro-Iranian Syrian fighters were killed yesterday in Israeli airstrikes east of Aleppo in northern Syria, adds the UNSC.