Beirut, Lebanon - Recent

The ongoing Israel-Hezbollah conflict has left 2,593 people killed and another 12,119 injured in Lebanon, the Lebanese authorities said on Thursday.

Lebanon has suffered 10,950 attacks from Israel since Oct 8 last year, according to a report released by Lebanese Environment Minister Nasser Yassin, also coordinator of the government's emergency committee.

The Lebanese government has set up 1,097 shelters to accommodate displaced people, with 928 of them already running in full capacity. Currently, 191,692 displaced individuals are staying in the officially established shelters.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Thursday that the Israeli air force hit dozens of Hezbollah targets on the day, including rocket launchers, weapons storage facilities and other infrastructure. Israeli forces also killed a Hezbollah fighter who was firing a drone into Israel.

According to the IDF statistics, Hezbollah had fired about 120 rockets into northern Israel on the same day, including attacks in the Western Galilee region that wounded at least four people.

The IDF also launched a fierce air attack on the southern part of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Wednesday night, while Hezbollah used precision guided missiles to strike targets in Lebanon for the first time.

On Wednesday morning local time, thick smoke rose again over Lebanon's southern city of Tyre. According to the IDF report, the Israeli army hit a number of Lebanese Hezbollah command and control centers in Tyre on Wednesday, including the commanding office of Hezbollah's Southern Front.

The IDF also said that the Israeli army attacked Dahieh, where the Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut is located, on Wednesday night, hitting a number of the organization's weapons production facilities. The IDF added that all weapon factories are located under and inside civilian buildings in the heart of civilian areas.

Israeli army launched 17 air strikes Wednesday night on the Dahieh area, destroying 6 buildings and triggering a fire, which is the "most violent" attack on the Dahieh area since the outbreak of the conflict, the official National News Agency (NNA) reported.

A house in the northern Israeli city of Nahariya was hit by a rocket on Thursday as about 50 rockets were fired at the area, said the IDF, adding that about 30 rockets were fired from Lebanon at the northern Israeli city of Safed on the day, with most of them being intercepted.

The Nahariya Galilee Medical Center said it was treating four injured people who were attacked by rockets in the northern city and surrounding areas.

According to The Times of Israel, the Israeli army said that four missiles were fired from Lebanon to Tel Aviv, Israel, on Wednesday night, and some were intercepted. The Lebanon's Hezbollah said it carried out an attack on an arms factory in the outskirts of Tel Aviv.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah on Wednesday continued to hit the assembly points of Israeli soldiers and other targets in many places. In a statement, Hezbollah said it had "for the first time used" precision-guided missiles against targets in Israel and launched a new type of drone into the country, adding that it had recently destroyed 28 Merkava tanks and four military bulldozers.

Shotlist:
Beirut, Lebanon - Recent:
Beirut, Lebanon - Oct 2, 2024
1. Various of smoke rising over city;
Beirut, Lebanon - Oct 3, 2024
2. Various of damaged residential building in central Beirut;
Beirut, Lebanon - Oct 16, 2024
3. Dark smoke rising;
Beirut, Lebanon - Recent
4. Hospital Haroun exterior;
Saksakiyeh, Lebanon - Sept 28, 2024
5. Injured person lying in hospital bed;
6. Equipment showing patient's vital signs;
Lebanon - Recent
7. Various of medical workers giving patient infusion; patient;
8. Various of displaced residents;
Beirut, Lebanon - Oct 11, 2024
9. Traffic on road around destroyed building;
10. Various of ruins of buildings, cars damaged in airstrikes, rubble.

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