Israeli attacks destroy Ottoman-era market in Lebanon

Israeli aerial raids person destroyed an Ottoman-era marketplace successful the confederate metropolis of Nabatieh overnight, sidesplitting astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic and wounding four.

Lebanon’s Civil Defense officials connected Sunday said they battled fires successful 12 residential buildings and 40 shops successful the market, which dates backmost to 1910.

“Our livelihoods person each been levelled to the ground,” said Ahmad Fakih, whose country store was destroyed.

Rescuers were searching for survivors and remains successful the pancaked buildings aboriginal connected Sunday arsenic Israeli drones buzzed overhead.

Nabatieh was 1 of dozens of communities crossed confederate Lebanon that Israel has warned radical to evacuate, adjacent arsenic the metropolis hosts radical who person already been displaced.

The struggle successful Lebanon dramatically escalated successful September with a question of Israeli attacks that killed Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and astir of his elder commanders. Israel launched a crushed cognition into confederate Lebanon earlier this month.

In a abstracted incident, the Lebanese Red Cross said paramedics were searching for bodies successful the wreckage of a location destroyed by an Israeli aerial raid connected confederate Lebanon connected Sunday erstwhile a 2nd onslaught near 4 paramedics with concussions and damaged 2 ambulances.

Israeli forces person repeatedly fired upon archetypal responders and United Nations peacekeepers since the commencement of the crushed operation. Israel, without providing evidence, accuses Hezbollah of utilizing ambulances to ferry fighters and weapons, saying Hezbollah operates successful the vicinity of the peacekeepers.

At slightest 2,255 radical person been killed successful Lebanon since the commencement of the conflict, including much than 1,400 radical since September, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. At slightest 54 radical person been killed successful the rocket attacks connected Israel, astir fractional of them soldiers, according to Israeli officials.