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1 Dead in Israeli Strike on Munitions Van in Lebanon

The van was targeted in an Israeli strike on the Araya road
The van was targeted in an Israeli strike on the Araya road
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1 Dead in Israeli Strike on Munitions Van in Lebanon

The van was targeted in an Israeli strike on the Araya road
The van was targeted in an Israeli strike on the Araya road

An Israeli strike on a van carrying munitions near Beirut killed the driver Wednesday, the latest death in more than a month of war between Israel and Hezbollah.

A van likely belonging to Hezbollah was targeted in the Israeli strike on the Araya road and its driver killed, media reports said, adding that the vehicle was carrying munitions.

Lebanon's official National News Agency had earlier reported an "enemy drone strike" on a vehicle.

Residents in areas up to several kilometers away heard powerful explosions when the van was targeted, witnesses said.

Last week, the NNA said an Israeli strike targeting a car on the same highway killed two people.

Another vehicle in Bchamoun, roughly 10 kilometers southeast of Beirut, was also targeted on Wednesday, as reported by NNA. This is the first time in the conflict that the area is targeted.

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Workers remove the rubble from the site of an Israeli airstrike the previous day that targeted the eastern Lebanese village of Bednayel in the Bekaa valley, on October 31, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Sam SKAINEH / AFP)
Workers remove the rubble from the site of an Israeli airstrike the previous day that targeted the eastern Lebanese village of Bednayel in the Bekaa valley, on October 31, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Sam SKAINEH / AFP)
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Israel Warns People to Evacuate from More Areas in East, South Lebanon

Workers remove the rubble from the site of an Israeli airstrike the previous day that targeted the eastern Lebanese village of Bednayel in the Bekaa valley, on October 31, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Sam SKAINEH / AFP)
Workers remove the rubble from the site of an Israeli airstrike the previous day that targeted the eastern Lebanese village of Bednayel in the Bekaa valley, on October 31, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Sam SKAINEH / AFP)

The Israeli military warned people to evacuate from more areas of the eastern city of Baalbek and south Lebanon, including a built-up Palestinian refugee camp.

Israeli airstrikes, meanwhile, killed at least ten people in different parts of the country on Thursday.

The Rashidiyeh refugee camp near the port city of Tyre is one of several dating back to the 1948 Mideast war, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were driven out of what is now Israel.

Israel invaded Lebanon at the start of October, after nearly a year of trading fire with Hezbollah. The group began firing rockets, missiles and drones on northern Israel after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack triggered the war in Gaza. Iran backs both groups.

Israel has warned people to evacuate from large areas of the country, including major cities in the south and east. Over a million people have already fled their homes.

Israeli strikes killed seven people in eastern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News agency. Another strike killed a man on a motorcycle on the coastal highway between Tyre and Sidon.

The news agency also reported a strike on a car on a main highway running through the mountains outside the capital, Beirut. It said the strike in Araya closed the highway, diverting traffic through nearby villages.

Two people were killed in the attack, media reports said.