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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Israeli military attacked several sites inside southern Lebanon

2019-09-04

[ALMASDARNEWS] The Israeli Defence Forces confirmed Sunday that they were firing at targets inside southern Leb after a volley of anti-tank missiles had targeted an Israeli military base and vehicles near the border area.

"A number of anti-tank missiles were fired from Leb towards an Israel Defence Forces base and military vehicles. A number of hits have been confirmed. The Israel Defence Forces is responding with fire towards the sources of fire and targets in southern Leb," the IDF said in a statement.

The military has ordered Israeli civilians near the border with Leb to remain in their homes, and said shelters would be opened in the area.

Leb’s al-Mayadeen television reported that Hezbollah militia had destroyed at least one Israeli military vehicle near the border area. Hezbollah said the strike "killed and maimed those inside" the vehicle, according to al-Mayadeen.

The IDF said later Sunday that it had no casualties to report on the Israeli side, while over 100 targets had been struck inside Leb, including via fire from a helicopter gunship and artillery units.

The office of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri

...Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too....
issued a statement saying that the prime minister had called US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the situation along the border with Israel. According to the prime minister’s office, Hariri had asked "the United States and La Belle France to intervene in the face of developments at the southern border."

Later Sunday, the Lebanese Army reported that Israel had launched over 40 missiles at targets across southern Leb, including the settlements of Maroun al-Ras, Aitaroun, and Yaroun. The projectiles were said to have caused fires in the area.

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