BEIRUT, May 8 – One person was killed and eight others injured on Thursday in the Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon’s southern city of Nabatieh, said the Public Health Emergency Operations Center at the Ministry of Public Health.
According to the National News Agency (NNA), a tense and anxious atmosphere prevailed among residents in the city of Nabatieh and its surrounding areas following the Israeli airstrikes that targeted the highlands and woodlands between the village of Kfar Tebnit, Upper Nabatieh, and the city of Kfar Remen.
Civil Defense teams worked to extinguish fires that broke out in the Ali al-Taher woodlands as a result of the strikes. Their efforts were hampered by the area’s challenging terrain and the presence of suspicious objects believed to be remnants of the bombardment.
The Israeli army confirmed the strike in a statement, saying it targeted a military infrastructure site in the area of the Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon, which it said was used by Hezbollah to “manage its fire and defense array.”
The strike destroyed the site as well as weapons and tunnel shafts, the military said.
During Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s visit to Baalbek in eastern Lebanon on Thursday, he inspected the military and security measures in place to secure the border, prevent smuggling, and safeguard the area.
According to NNA, Salam said Lebanon has spared no political or diplomatic effort to achieve Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
“My stance has not changed; the Israeli violations of UN resolution 1701 must be stopped as soon as possible. The government has spared no political or diplomatic effort to accelerate the Israeli withdrawal from all Lebanese territories and stop all the aggressive actions in Lebanon,” he said.
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