Smoke and flames rise over Beirut’s southern suburbs after a strike, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, October 6, 2024, REUTERS reported.
The new wave of attacks unleashed by the Israeli forces on the southern suburbs of Beirut, caused “massive explosions”, with “flames reaching up to the sky and the sound reverberating” around the Lebanese capital, Aljazeera reports.
Israeli forces also bombed a mosque in central Gaza, killing at least 21 Palestinians and wounding dozens more.
A Lebanese security source told Al Jazeera that Hezbollah has lost contact with the chairman of its executive council, Hashem Safieddine, who is widely touted as the group’s potential next leader, since last Friday.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in cities across the globe – from Paris to New York and Cape Town – calling for an end to Israel’s war on Gaza, as the first anniversary of the conflict nears.
In Gaza, at least 41,825 people have been killed and 96,910 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 2023.
In Israel, at least 1,139 people were killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 and more than 200 people were taken captive.