Plumes of smoke rising from areas bombed by the Israeli army in southern Lebanon (European)

Al Jazeera's correspondent confirmed that there was an Israeli raid on the town of Ainata and another on the town of Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah bombed the headquarters of the Israeli "Liman" battalion in the Western Galilee with artillery. At a time when Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati revealed the damage that befell his country as a result of the Israeli bombing.

Israeli aircraft launched raids on the towns of Maroun al-Ras, Ainata and Yaroun in southern Lebanon, and the surroundings of several border towns were subjected to Israeli artillery shelling.

Hezbollah announced that it attacked 3 Israeli sites off the southern border of Lebanon. The party said that its fighters bombed with artillery the headquarters of the new Liman Battalion, and targeted with missiles a position of Israeli soldiers behind the Jal al-Allam site.

The party also said that it targeted, with appropriate weapons, an Israeli technical team while it was maintaining spy equipment at the Bayad Blida site.

On the other hand, a missile fired from southern Lebanon fell on a house in the town of Shlomi in the Upper Galilee, without activating the sirens, causing severe damage to the house and its surroundings. The Israeli ambulance reported that a number of people suffered panic attacks without any physical injuries.

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said that the occupation army monitored the launching of a number of missiles towards the Western Galilee, without causing any casualties, adding that the army responded by bombing southern Lebanon.

Casualties and losses

Meanwhile, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati revealed on Thursday the effects of the confrontations with Israel since the eighth of last October, saying that they caused the displacement of about 100,000 Lebanese in the south, and the killing of 313, including 66 civilians, and about a thousand wounded.

Mikati said, during a session of the Council of Ministers, “The biggest disaster is the damage to the agricultural sector. There are 800 hectares (one hectare equals 10,000 square meters) that were completely damaged, and large numbers of livestock were lost, and about 75% of farmers lost their final source of income.” .

Mikati believed that the government should declare the southern region an agricultural disaster, especially since the problem will extend over the coming years. The same thing - according to Mikati - applies to the educational sector, as there are about 75 schools that are permanently closed, not to mention the issue of rebuilding what was destroyed, and the priority of searching for sources of funding.

He said that earlier Thursday he held a meeting with United Nations organizations and ambassadors of donor and concerned countries regarding what is happening in the south, and we asked for quick assistance, stressing that “the real peace we seek is the peace of human justice, and we raise our voice to the international community denouncing the attacks and demanding that the enemy be deterred and that the the war".

Hezbollah and Palestinian factions in Lebanon exchange intermittent daily bombardment with the Israeli army, resulting in deaths and injuries on both sides of the dividing Blue Line, most of them in Lebanon.

This bombing, according to the party, expresses solidarity with Gaza, which has been subjected to an Israeli war since October 7, which has left tens of thousands of civilian casualties, massive destruction and famine, according to Palestinian and UN statements.


Israel continues this war despite the issuance of a Security Council resolution for an immediate ceasefire, and despite its first appearance before the International Court of Justice on charges of committing genocide.

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies