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Israel Strikes Industrial Zone in City of Tyre in Southern Lebanon, Field Source Tells Sputnik

© AP Photo / Hussein MallaIsraeli strike on the village of Khiam, southern Lebanon, September 23, 2024
Israeli strike on the village of Khiam, southern Lebanon, September 23, 2024 - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 19.10.2024
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BEIRUT (Sputnik) - Israel launched a ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on October 1, citing the need to secure the return of 60,000 displaced Israelis from the north. This operation is seen as retaliation for Hezbollah's attacks last year in response to Israel's Gaza offensive.
Israel has carried out a series of strikes on the industrial zone of the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, a field source told Sputnik on Friday.
"Enemy aircraft carried out several strikes on the industrial zone of Tyre. There is a heavy fire on the site," the source said.
A journalist films U.N. peacekeepers patrol on the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Marwahin, Lebanon - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 18.10.2024
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