Overnight: The IDF struck Burj al-Shamali in Tyre, southern Lebanon, saying the operation was a response to the killing of two soldiers in an earlier IED blast. Lebanese media earlier reported that the strike killed four people.
The IDF struck Burj al-Shamali in the coastal city of Tyre, southern Lebanon, overnight, stating that the operation was carried out in response to the killing of two soldiers in an earlier explosive device attack. The strike is the same incident in which Lebanese media reported four fatalities, as The Zioneer noted earlier.
Earlier Thursday, the IDF confirmed that two reserve soldiers were killed and four others seriously wounded when an IED detonated during operational activity in southern Lebanon. The military has not commented on the casualty figures from the overnight strike.
The Burj al-Shamali area, a Palestinian refugee camp near Tyre, has been a frequent target of Israeli airstrikes during the ongoing campaign against Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon. The IDF's stated rationale ties the strike directly to the earlier fatal IED incident, which was the second such attack in 24 hours.
4 developments
- DevelopingYair Goldblatt posts additional footage from attack in Tyre, Lebanon
- DevelopingYair Goldblatt shares more footage of civilian escape from Birj al-Shimali after IDF strike
- DevelopingVideo posted of Israeli strikes on Tyre
- DevelopingFootage shows aftermath of strikes in Kafr Juz, southern Lebanon
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