The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they unfold.
Three said wounded after one of IDF airstrikes in north Lebanon hits two-story building
Three people were wounded by Israeli air strikes on Lebanon’s eastern city of Baalbek overnight, one of which hit a two-story building, an AFP correspondent says
The city is a stronghold of the Hamas ally Hezbollah, and it is the third time the area has been hit in more than five months of fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group.
The AFP correspondent says the Israeli strikes targeted a Hezbollah site that had been deserted for some time, wounding three residents in nearby buildings.
معلومات اولية عن سقوط ٣ جرحى، ولا شهداء خلافاً لما اوردنا سابقاً #بعلبك pic.twitter.com/IXStezQZ6i
— Bachir Khodr (@BachirKhodr) March 23, 2024
“The Israeli air force fired five missiles at a two-story inhabited building in al-Osseira, on the outskirts of Baalbeck,” he says.
Governor Bashir Khodr says on social media platform X that three people had been wounded.
The strike at al-Osseira, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the Israeli-Lebanese border, ends a period of relative calm that had lasted around 10 days.
IDF confirms northern Lebanon strike, saying jets struck Hezbollah weapons manufacturing plant
The IDF confirms reports of an airstrike in the northern Lebanese city of Baalbek earlier tonight, saying its warplanes targeted a Hezbollah weapons manufacturing plant.
It also confirms Hezbollah’s claim to have fired a retaliatory barrage of rockets at northern Israel, but says it only detected 50 launches into Israeli territory. Hezbollah claimed to have fired 60 rockets.
The IDF says several of the Hezbollah rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system, while the rest landed in open areas. There were no reports of injuries or damage.
In response, the IDF said its forces immediately targeted some of the rocket launchers used in the attack on Israel.
#عاجل جيش الدفاع أغار على ورشة تحتوي على وسائل قتالية لحزب الله الإرهابي في #بعلبك. كما تم استهداف المنصات التي أستخدمت لإطلاق القذائف نحو الأراضي الاسرائيلية قبل قليل
⭕️أغارت طائرات حربية في وقت سابق الليلة على ورشة تحتوي على وسائل قتالية تابعة لحزب الله الارهابي في منطقة… pic.twitter.com/MukFqrGIWP
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) March 23, 2024
Hezbollah says it launched 60 rockets at northern Israel in response to IDF strike in northern Lebanon
Hezbollah says in a statement that in response to the “bombing of a place in the [northern Lebanese] city of Baalbek” earlier tonight it targeted an Israeli missile and artillery base in Yoav and the Kaila barracks with more than 60 Katyusha rockets.
Reports of IDF airstrike in northeast Lebanon after repeated Hezbollah fire at Israel
Lebanese media outlets are reporting an Israeli airstrike in northeastern Lebanon’s Baalbek.
The strike comes following several Hezbollah missile, rocket, and drone attacks on northern Israel over the weekend.
Baalbek, an area identified in the past as a Hezbollah stronghold, is nearly 100 kilometers from the Israeli border.
It would make the fourth time amid the war that Israel is striking Hezbollah positions in the Baalbek area.
عاجل| مراسل المنار: غارات جوية إسرائيلية تستهدف منطقة العسيرة في مدينة بعلبك شرق لبنان. pic.twitter.com/b9cJSLyxQ0
— Alhadath Newspaper|صحيفة الحدث الفلسطيني (@Alhadath_news1) March 23, 2024