BEIRUT, 3 October - An Israeli air strike hit a building housing Hezbollah's media office in the Mouawad area of Beirut's southern suburbs, local television station al-Jed reported. One Lebanese soldier was killed and another wounded in a rescue mission by the Lebanese Red Cross in the southern village of Taybeh, according to a statement from the Lebanese army.
Source from the Lebanese Red Cross told Xinhua News Agencythat four volunteers were also injured during a mission to evacuate members of a medical office injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese border.
Television footage showed thick black smoke rising from the building after the attack.
The TV channel said the number of casualties was not yet known, adding that ambulances had rushed to the area to take the victims to hospitals.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army carried out three more airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
The Israeli army has been attacking the southern suburbs of Beirut for more than a week, forcing residents to flee their homes.
Israeli strikes on Lebanon leave 1974 dead and 9384 wounded
Lebanese Minister for Health Firas Abiad announced on Thursdaythat since the start of the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in October last year, a total of 1974 people have been killed in Lebanon, including 127 children and 261 women, and 9 384 others have been injured.
Abiad confirmed that Israeli airstrikes had damaged dozens of medical centres, resulting in the deaths of 97 medics and paramedics.
He noted that a number of hospitals had been directly targeted, adding to the burden on the Lebanese health system, which was already under enormous pressure due to numerous crises.
The Minister also rejected the Israeli accusations regarding the presence of weapons in hospitals and stressed that these accusations were unfounded.
Since 23 September, the Israeli army has been carrying out intensive airstrikes on Lebanon in a dangerous escalation of the conflict with Hezbollah.
Since 8 October 2023, Hezbollah and the Israeli army have been exchanging fire on the Lebanese-Israeli border amid fears of a wider conflict as the war between Hamas and Israel continues in the Gaza Strip.
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