Israel strikes Tyre-Sidon bridge, destroys another on Litani river
A strike on a bridge Monday in the southern village of Qaaqaaiyet al-Jisr cut a main link between the southern city of Nabatiyeh and al-Hujair valley region farther south.
Israel also struck two bridges in Qasmiyeh and Matariyeh and another in Burj Rahhal linking the city of Tyre to Sidon. Other strikes on south Lebanon hit al-Qlayleh, al-Henniyeh, Jwaya, al-Tiri, Zrarieh, Hamoul, al-Bayyada, Shehabiyeh, Tebnine, Majdal Selem, Shaqra, Ainata, al-Khiam, Maroun al-Rass, and al-Rihan.
Israeli artillery shelled al-Naqoura, al-Bayyada and Hamoul with white phosphorus.
At least 4 people were killed and 7 others wounded.
In the east, strikes targeted Sarein, Sohmor and Zellaya, while a restive calm prevailed in the capital and its southern suburbs.
On Sunday, Israel struck the Qasmiyeh bridge near the southern port city of Tyre.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called Israel’s new targeting of bridges in the south "a prelude to a ground invasion."
Egypt denounced Monday Israel’s strikes on Lebanon’s infrastructure. "The deliberate destruction of infrastructure in Lebanon represents a blatant Israeli policy of collective punishment," the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a Monday statement.
It criticized Israel’s “systemic and deliberate” strikes, including on bridges on the Litani River in south Lebanon.
Source: Associated Press
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