Lebanese Minister: 9,000 Homes Damaged in Israeli Attacks

 Men inspect the damage to a building a day after an Israeli strike in Lebanon's southern village of Dibbin on March 6, 2024, amid escalating cross-border hostilities during the Israel-Hamas war. (AFP)
Men inspect the damage to a building a day after an Israeli strike in Lebanon's southern village of Dibbin on March 6, 2024, amid escalating cross-border hostilities during the Israel-Hamas war. (AFP)
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Lebanese Minister: 9,000 Homes Damaged in Israeli Attacks

 Men inspect the damage to a building a day after an Israeli strike in Lebanon's southern village of Dibbin on March 6, 2024, amid escalating cross-border hostilities during the Israel-Hamas war. (AFP)
Men inspect the damage to a building a day after an Israeli strike in Lebanon's southern village of Dibbin on March 6, 2024, amid escalating cross-border hostilities during the Israel-Hamas war. (AFP)

Hezbollah announced on Friday that the majority of its fighters killed in the latest conflict with Israel were born between 2004 and 2005.

The announcement confirms a recent report that showed that more than 63 percent of Hezbollah members killed in the conflict were aged between 26 and 40. The majority of them were killed in the third week of fighting, which erupted in October, and hail from the South.

The Information International consultancy firm said the war has killed 290 people in Lebanon since October, including 228 Hezbollah members.

Moreover, 117 Hezbollah members killed were aged between 20 and 35, or 51.4 percent of the casualties. Twenty-three casualties were aged between 20 and 25, or 9.2 percent, 47 between 26 and 30, 49 between 31 and 35 years of age, 48 between 36 and 40 years of age, 20 between 41 and 45 years of age, and 43 older than 45 years of age.

The Iran-backed party announced on Friday the death of three of its members in fighting against Israel. They all hailed from the southern town of Blida, which Israel has been heavily attacking in recent days, leaving several houses destroyed.

Speaking at the Buildings and Climate Global Forum in Paris, Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transportation Ali Hamiyeh revealed that hundreds of houses have been destroyed or partially destroyed in the Israeli attacks. Over 9,000 houses have been partially destroyed.

On the ground, Hezbollah announced that it had carried out several operations against Israel, targeting Israeli soldiers in the Rweisat al-Alam, al-Raheb, and al-Naqoura areas and vehicles in the Kfar Shouba region.

Israel meanwhile said its jets struck Hezbollah military command centers in the al-Mansouri and Bint Jbeil regions in the South.

Lebanon’s National News Agency reported Israeli shelling that hit the region between Houla and Mays al-Jabal. Israeli jets struck and destroyed a house in the al-Mashaat area between al-Mansouri and Majdal Zoun.



Four Killed in Syria in Attack on Aleppo University Dorms

19 November 2024, Syria, Al-Nayrab: A picture made available on 21 November 2024 shows Ismail Al-Riya standing with his friends to display the First Person View (FPV) drones they were able to shoot down and dismantle. Photo: Anas Alkharboutli/dpa
19 November 2024, Syria, Al-Nayrab: A picture made available on 21 November 2024 shows Ismail Al-Riya standing with his friends to display the First Person View (FPV) drones they were able to shoot down and dismantle. Photo: Anas Alkharboutli/dpa
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Four Killed in Syria in Attack on Aleppo University Dorms

19 November 2024, Syria, Al-Nayrab: A picture made available on 21 November 2024 shows Ismail Al-Riya standing with his friends to display the First Person View (FPV) drones they were able to shoot down and dismantle. Photo: Anas Alkharboutli/dpa
19 November 2024, Syria, Al-Nayrab: A picture made available on 21 November 2024 shows Ismail Al-Riya standing with his friends to display the First Person View (FPV) drones they were able to shoot down and dismantle. Photo: Anas Alkharboutli/dpa

Four civilians including two students were killed on Friday in the Syrian city of Aleppo in insurgent shelling of university student dormitories, the state news agency SANA reported.
Opposition led by the extremist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched an incursion on Wednesday into a dozen towns and villages in the northwestern province of Aleppo, which is controlled by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government forces.
The next day, Russian and Syrian warplanes bombed opposition-held northwest Syria near the border with Türkiye to try to push back an insurgent offensive that had captured territory for the first time in years, Syrian army and opposition sources said.
The attack was the biggest since March 2020 when Russia, which backs Assad, and Türkiye, which supports the opposition, agreed to a ceasefire to end years of fighting that had uprooted millions of Syrians opposed to Assad's rule.