Lebanon awoke to the thunder of Israeli airstrikes hammering Hezbollah and Hamas outposts in a coordinated blitz. The operations, spanning Monday night through Tuesday, incorporated Sidon—Lebanon’s third-biggest urban center—drawing confirmations from Israeli military channels and Lebanese observers.
Social media lit up with a compelling video of dense smoke clouds dominating Sidon’s horizon at 1 a.m., emblematic of the sustained aerial campaign. State media in Lebanon decried the obliteration of an industrial area’s commercial edifice, noting injuries among civilians while fatalities remained unconfirmed.
IDF spokespeople elaborated in a Tuesday briefing: the strikes neutralized an array of weapons storage—both exposed and hidden—plus Hezbollah’s tactical setups deployed against IDF personnel and aimed at arsenal replenishment. Hamas facilities churning out munitions in southern locales, including four targeted villages and eastern frontier structures, were also hit hard.
Damage assessments from Lebanon’s National News Agency revealed four residences destroyed, extensive vehicle and shop wreckage, and road networks scarred. Israel’s rationale centers on eradicating Hezbollah’s operational menace, a stance rooted in years of cross-border hostilities. With echoes of conflict reverberating, diplomatic channels strain to prevent broader conflagrations.