3 dead in Israeli Raids Targeting Cars and Facilities in Beirut and its Suburbs

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday evening that three martyrs had fallen and six others were injured with varying degrees of wounds, as a result of a series of aerial raids carried out by Israeli aircraft targeting the vicinity of the airport road in the capital, Beirut. Field sources clarified that the bombing directly hit two cars as they passed through the vital area, leading to casualties and damage to citizens' property in the location.

For its part, the Israeli army confirmed in a brief statement that it had carried out a targeting operation against a Hezbollah element in Beirut, without revealing the identity of the target or his military rank within the party. Later, Israeli media outlets quoted military sources as suggesting that the operation aimed to assassinate the party's firepower commander, as part of an escalation of qualitative operations against field leaders.

The raids were not limited to the airport road, as Israeli warplanes raided the Choueifat area, located south of the capital Beirut, specifically near the Gandour factory. The National News Agency reported that the bombing caused a state of panic among local residents, while columns of smoke rose from the targeted sites, which the occupation claimed contained military infrastructure.

In a second field update, the spokesperson for the occupation army announced another airstrike in Beirut targeting a second Hezbollah element, less than an hour after the first raid. These successive attacks come within an Israeli strategy aimed at intensifying pressure on the Lebanese capital and its southern suburbs to disrupt the operational capabilities of the resistance.

On the southern front, the occupation army announced that it had attacked what it described as several missile launch platforms located in areas south of the Litani River, in addition to targeting a facility dedicated to manufacturing drones. The occupation claimed that these preemptive strikes aim to reduce Hezbollah's ability to carry out missile or aerial attacks towards the northern settlements.

In response, the Lebanese resistance retaliated by launching intensive missile barrages, with sources reporting the observation of at least 8 missiles launched from southern Lebanon towards the occupied territories. Sirens sounded in wide areas of the Upper Galilee near the Lebanese border, amidst warnings of the possibility of suicide drones infiltrating Israeli airspace.

Hezbollah announced in an official statement that it had targeted gatherings of Israeli occupation forces in the Khalleh Wadi Al-Asafir area in the city of Khiam, southern Lebanon. The party confirmed that the operation was carried out using a precise missile barrage, emphasizing that these strikes come within the framework of defending Lebanese territories and responding to continuous aggressions against civilians.

Politically, Hezbollah Secretary-General, Naim Qassem, stressed in a speech that the party would confront the Israeli occupation to the furthest extent and with all its might. Qassem affirmed that the option of surrender is absolutely not on the table, and that the resistance will continue to defend Lebanon no matter the human and material sacrifices, considering that the continuation of the resistance is a legitimate right to thwart the goals of aggression.

Qassem pointed out that the primary goal at this stage is to thwart the joint Israeli and American plans in the region, and to ensure that the horizon remains open for liberation. These statements come at a time when the front is witnessing an unprecedented escalation, with the occupation army calling on its soldiers and northern residents to prepare for long days of fierce fighting.

It is worth noting that this field escalation comes after a series of qualitative operations carried out by Hezbollah, including targeting military sites in northern Israel with missiles and drones. The region is experiencing a state of extreme tension amid the continuation of Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs and the Beqaa and southern regions, which portends an expansion of the comprehensive confrontation.

We are concerned to continue defending and thwarting the goals of the Israeli-American enemy so that history records that we did not surrender and kept the horizon open.