▲ Bodies of Syrians killed in the offensive are mourned by their relatives in the Lebanese district of Wadi Al Kafur.Afp Photo
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The newspaper La Jornada
Sunday, August 18, 2024, p. 21
Wadi Al Kafur, an elite commander of the Lebanese Shiite military group Hezbollah and at least 10 Syrian citizens – including a woman and her two children – were killed yesterday in Lebanon in two Israeli attacks.
Hezbollah identified its slain leader as Ibrahim Kasseb, 35 years old, originally from Tayr Debba, in the south of the country, according to a statement reported by the newspaper The Orient of the Day.
Tel Aviv said the member of the Lebanese Shiite group was killed in an offensive in the area of the coastal city of Tyre, in Lebanon, a fact reported by local state media as A motorcyclist died in an Israeli attack.
Meanwhile, relatives of the 10 Syrians killed, who fled the war in their country and died in another in Lebanon, arrived at the Sheikh Ragheb hospital, where they tearfully said goodbye to their loved ones.
Two of my sister’s children have passed away; another is in intensive care, as is my other nephew.Hussein Al Hussein recounted after listing his relatives killed or wounded “while they were sleeping.
They were young workers and the Israeli air force targeted them.he deplored.
According to the Lebanese news agency ANI, the attack in Wadi al Kafur, the deadliest since the exchange of fire between Israel and the Lebanese organization began, reached a concrete block factory in an industrial area and the deceased were Syrian refugees and employees, he said.
They had nothing to do with the war (…), they came here just to earn a living.”said Omar Al Shahud, a worker who lost six of his family members.
Hezbollah announced that it fired a series of rockets in retaliation at the community of Ayelet HaShajar in northern Israel.
Tel Aviv’s defence forces reported that 55 shells crossed from Lebanon, some of which landed in open areas and, although they caused no injuries, they did cause several fires.
The Israeli army also indicated that last night it struck a weapons depot owned by Hezbollah.