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Lebanese Army Receives Citizen Who Crossed Border into Israel

A picture taken from the Israeli town of Metula shows the Israeli-built wall dividing it from the southern Lebanese village of Kafr Kila. (AFP)
A picture taken from the Israeli town of Metula shows the Israeli-built wall dividing it from the southern Lebanese village of Kafr Kila. (AFP)
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Lebanese Army Receives Citizen Who Crossed Border into Israel

A picture taken from the Israeli town of Metula shows the Israeli-built wall dividing it from the southern Lebanese village of Kafr Kila. (AFP)
A picture taken from the Israeli town of Metula shows the Israeli-built wall dividing it from the southern Lebanese village of Kafr Kila. (AFP)

Lebanon received through the International Red Cross (IRC) on Monday a Lebanese citizen who crossed the border into Israel few days ago.

The Lebanese Army Intelligence received the individual at the Ras Naqoura crossing.

Earlier, press in Tel Aviv reported that Israeli army arrested a Lebanese citizen after crossing the border on Sunday.

The Israeli security launched an investigation to determine his motives. However, he was later released and handed over to a UNIFEL.

Other sources claimed that he suffered from mental illness.

Three months ago, the Israeli army announced a state of high alert after Hezbollah declared it would avenge the assassination of one of its members during an Israeli raid in Syria last July.

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Israel Says it Attacked Hezbollah's Intelligence HQ in Beirut

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, as seen from Hadath, Lebanon October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, as seen from Hadath, Lebanon October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
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Israel Says it Attacked Hezbollah's Intelligence HQ in Beirut

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, as seen from Hadath, Lebanon October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, as seen from Hadath, Lebanon October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Israel carried out at least three air raids on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday after issuing evacuation orders.

Israel said its air force attacked Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters and an underground workshop for the production of weapons in Beirut.

In a statement, the Israeli military said its fighter jets killed three Hezbollah commanders, including Alhaj Abbas Salameh, a senior figure in the group's southern command, Radja Abbas Awache, a communications expert, and Ahmad Ali Hussein, who it said was responsible for strategic weapons development.
It was not clear if the three were killed in the attack on the headquarters or in separate actions.

A day earlier, Israel carried out heavy strikes on several locations in Beirut's southern suburbs, leaving thick plumes of smoke hanging over the city into the evening.

The strikes targeted "a number of Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and a Hezbollah intelligence headquarters command center,” Israel's military said.

Israel had issued evacuation orders for four separate neighborhoods within the suburbs, urging residents to get 500 meters away, but carried out strikes in other areas as well, witnesses said.

Tens of thousands of people have fled the southern suburbs - once a densely populated zone that also housed Hezbollah offices and underground installations - since Israel began regular strikes there about three weeks ago.

An Israeli air attack on Sept. 27 killed Hezbollah's secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, and strikes nearby have killed other top figures from the Iran-backed group.