Israel escalates Lebanon bombardment as officials considers ceasefire plan
Al Jazeera
The Israeli military said the attacks were directed at Hezbollah infrastructure, including a weapons storage facility.
Israel has ramped up air attacks across Lebanon as its ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon since they invaded six weeks ago before pulling back after battles with Hezbollah fighters, Lebanese state media reported.
On Saturday, Israeli air strikes on the village of Khreibeh in the Baalbek District of eastern Lebanon killed six people including three children, and injured 11 others, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said.
Strikes earlier on Saturday killed two medics in south Lebanon, including one in Borj Rahal and another in Kfartebnit, and injured four other rescue workers, with two still missing, the ministry added.
Israeli air strikes also targeted areas of the southern suburbs of Beirut for a fifth consecutive day. The Israeli military has said the attacks were directed at Hezbollah infrastructure, including a weapons storage facility and a command centre.
Reporting from the Lebanese capital Beirut, Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford said that most residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs had fled.
