Israel Pummels Lebanon And Gaza, Killing Dozens In Waves Of Airstrikes
Huff PostCivil defense workers extinguish a fire as smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. Hassan Ammar via AP BEIRUT — Israel launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon’s northeastern farming villages on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores more, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. In Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley — where small villages, olive groves and wineries nestled between the country’s mountain ranges had largely been spared the worst of Israeli bombardment until recently — Israel conducted a series of heavy airstrikes Friday, killing at least 52 people, driving more families to flee with whatever they could carry and sending thick plumes of smoke over the horizon. Further Israeli strikes killed 12 people in the town of Amhaz and 31 others across at least a dozen villages in Lebanon’s northeast, bringing the total death toll to 52, the Health Ministry said. Israeli strikes also hit a motorcycle in Zuwaida and a house in Deir al-Balah, killing four more people, hospital officials said, bringing Friday’s overall death toll in Gaza to 25.