Hezbollah Repels IDF On Southern Border Of Lebanon

Hezbollah repels IDF

Hezbollah repels IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) on the southern border of Lebanon on Wednesday. Hezbollah claims to have repelled the IDF and eight Israeli soldiers are dead. 

In the first confrontation of ground raids from IDF and Lebanon, eight soldiers from Israeli forces were killed in Lebanon. The intense political conflict started when Israel initiated its ground raids against Lebanon and Lebanon fired several airstrikes on Israel previously. 

(Also read: Six Killed as Israeli Airstrikes in Central Beirut Trigger Fresh Devastation)

Lebanon’s revenge but Israel calls it a mistake 

Lebanon had vowed to take revenge on Israel for the assassination of their prominent Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah. As a result, Lebanon fired 200 missiles towards Israel on Tuesday night. 

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu said, “This evening, Iran made a big mistake- and it will pay for it”. 

Hamas’ revelations about the attac

Hamas has also taken responsibility for a shooting and stabbing that resulted in the death of seven people on Wednesday and 16 were injured in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. 

Hezbollah has also declared that it repelled the Israeli forces with explosives and massive manpower against the Israeli unit that was trying to encircle the town of Yaroun and other regions of the southern border of Lebanon. Hezbollah claimed that it had either killed or injured all the members of the IDF unit in that area. 

Killings of Hezbollah militants 

15 Hezbollah militants have been killed in Israeli attacks when it bombed Beirut. According to Hezbollah, Israel targeted the municipality building in Bint Jbeil, a town in southern Lebanon where the group is mostly engaged. 

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the UN special coordinator in Lebanon, wrote a post on X, “Another sleepless night in Beirut. Counting the blasts shaking the city. No warning sirens. Not knowing what’s next”. 

Israel released the names of dead soldiers 

Israel has released the names of seven soldiers killed as Hezbollah repels IDF. The names were released today along with notifications sent to their families. 

Israel did not disclose either the reason or the location of their deaths. They just mentioned the killings and several soldiers that were injured among Israeli soldiers. 

The Israeli PM sent a condolence message to the families of those Israeli soldiers who are no more. The message said, “I would like to send my condolences from the bottom of my heart to the families of our heroes who fell today in Lebanon. God bless their blood. May their memory be blessed”. 

Israel warns Beirut people to move to safer zones 

In the middle of the night, Israel again notified the people of Beirut for overnight evacuation. The civilians living in the Beirut building and other surrounding populated areas were asked to evacuate and even advised to “move immediately” to more than 500m away for their own safety. 

The message was posted on X at 3:30 am local time and various other means were used, as claimed by Israel, to inform the citizens of Beirut to replace for safety purposes. 

The IDF warnings are identical to those they had formerly generated for civilians living in the villages across southern Lebanon. The IDF asked them to leave their homes and head north of Awwali River, which is located 30 miles north of Lebanon, close to the Israeli border. 

IDF claimed that it has taken precautions to “mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including advance warnings”. It still kept on blaming Hezbollah for hiding in the populated areas where Israel has attacked severely before. 

A Beirut-based researcher who works for Human Rights Watch, Ramzi Kaiss, said that it is equally unlawful to treat civilians unlawfully and kill them. They cannot follow orders like combatants and if somehow they cannot evacuate, they should still be protected by international humanitarian law. 

Lebanese Health Ministry reveals details of casualties 

The Lebanese health ministry confirmed the death of 95 people in the past 24 hours. There were six paramedics and three children among the killed. 

For Wednesday, the death toll has not been shared by the health ministry.

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