Media tour in Beirut suburb exposes Israel bombed civilian sites

 

(Photo credit: Musa and Ahmed Al-Husseini/Al-Ahed)

Hezbollah organized a media tour in Beirut’s southern suburb on 2 October, revealing that Israel has been targeting civilian infrastructure under the pretext of attacking the resistance group’s infrastructure and weapons sites. 

“There were absolutely no weapons in the buildings that Israel bombed in the southern suburb,” said the head of Hezbollah’s media relations office, Mohammad Afif, during the tour on Wednesday. 

An Israeli airstrike targeted the headquarters of the Al-Sirat TV media outlet on 1 October, destroying the building. 

“Israel's bombing of the Al-Sirat Channel headquarters is terrorism and aggression,” Afif went on to say. 

“The buildings targeted by the Israeli enemy are civilian and Israel's goal is to destroy and change the features of the suburbs. Israel is seeking to incite the Hezbollah's environment against it,” he added. 

Representatives from numerous media outlets, including The Cradle, were present at the tour. 

Since late last month, Israel has been waging a massive and deadly aerial campaign across Lebanon, including its capital. At least a million have been displaced and around 2,000 killed since 20 September, with the death toll on a continuously rapid rise. 

The airstrike which assassinated Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah last week leveled around ten buildings in Beirut’s southern suburb. 

An Israeli airstrike targeted a residential building in Beirut’s Jnah neighborhood on 1 October. According an Al Jadeed’s correspondent, there were no Hezbollah or resistance-linked figures present inside the building that was hit. 

Several Israeli airstrikes have hit the southern suburb of Beirut since Tuesday evening.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces are taking heavy losses as Hezbollah repeatedly targeted troop gatherings and infantry invading south Lebanon on 2 October. 

Sky News Arabia cited sources as saying that 14 Israeli soldiers were killed by Hezbollah fighters on Wednesday. Al-Mayadeen’s correspondent said the number of soldiers killed is “much higher” than what is being reported, given a blackout imposed by Hebrew media.

These casualties among Israeli ranks “are just the beginning,” Afif said while conducting the media tour in the southern suburb of Beirut.