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The Israeli The army said on Wednesday its troops had hit dozens of people Hezbollah goals in the Lebanese City of Nabatiahreports Agence France-Presse (AFP).

“The IDF Army attacked dozens of Hezbollah terrorist targets in the Nabatiyeh area and dismantled underground infrastructure used by Hezbollah’s Radwan forces in southern Lebanon,” the army said in a statement.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned Wednesday’s deadly Israeli attacks and said the Israeli army had deliberately targeted a community meeting (see 11.03am BST). According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, five people were killed in the attack.

Lebanese Official media reported this on Wednesday Israeli Jets caused two sonic booms Beirut and surrounding areas, with Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalists hearing loud bangs in the capital.

“Enemy aircraft twice violently broke the sound barrier in the airspace of the southern suburbs (Beirut)” and surrounding areas, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported.

Lebanese Prime Minister condemns “deliberate” Israeli attack on Nabatiyeh

The likelihood of an attack IranThe number of nuclear sites remains small, but potential damage would be “quickly offset,” said a spokesman for the state Atomic Energy Agency Behrouz Kamalvandi Reuters said on Wednesday, citing the semi-official newspaper Nournews.

After Iran’s missile attack Israel On October 1, there was speculation that Israel might attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, something it has long threatened to do. “We have always taken these threats seriously,” Kamalvandi said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuThe office said in a statement on Tuesday that Israel would listen US but would decide his actions according to his own national interest.

The statement was attached to a Washington Post article that said Netanyahu had told the US president Joe BidenAccording to Reuters, the government believes Israel would attack Iranian military targets and not nuclear or oil targets.

Biden has said he would not support an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, and oil markets have been nervous about the prospect of an Israeli attack on Iranian oil fields.

Kamalvandi told Nournews that an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities remains unlikely and that if that happens, the damage would likely be minimal and could be quickly remedied by Iran.

“We have planned so that if they do anything stupid, the damage will be minimal,” Kamalvandi said.

According to Reuters, the Iranian spokesman added that this was the case U.N. The nuclear regulator and the international community should condemn any threat or attack on nuclear sites.

LebanonThe Prime Minister condemned the “deliberate” Israeli Strike on a Nabatiah Community meeting, reports Agence France-Presse.

We will update with more details shortly…

According to the Ministry of Health, at least 42,409 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli offensive on Gaza since October 7, 2023

Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni will meet King Abdullah of Jordan In Aqabathen the Lebanese Prime Minister Beirut on Friday, Reuters reports.

The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement that Meloni would see it King Abdullah at 10am GMT (11am BST), as the Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikatiat 2:30 p.m. GMT (3:30 p.m. BST).

Here are some recent pictures from Nabatiah, Lebanonwhere a Israeli Five people are said to have been killed in the air strike today.

Following news that several people, including a mayor, were said to have been killed in an attack on Wednesday (see 9.30am BST). Israeli Strike against a municipal building in the southern city Nabatiah, LebanonMore information was released in the news.

According to Agence France-Presse (AFP) Lebanon Ministry of Health It was said that five people were killed in the strike.

“In the Israeli enemy attack … on two buildings, that of the Nabatiyeh municipality and that of the municipal association, five people were killed, according to a preliminary estimate,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that rescuers were searching for survivors among the rubble.

Israeli Naval forces have attacked dozens Hezbollah Destinations in the south Lebanonin cooperation with troops on the ground, the Israeli military said on Wednesday, Reuters reports.

Mayor of Lebanon’s Nabatiyeh among dead in Israeli attack on community, official said

Wizz Air said on Wednesday that flights to and from would be suspended Tel Aviv Due to the situation in the region until January 14th.

A Lebanese official said Israel carried out 11 air strikes Nabatiah and surrounding areas on Wednesday, days after strikes destroyed the southern city’s marketplace, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.

“At the moment, eleven attacks hit mainly Nabatiyeh, but also its surroundings,” said the governor of Nabatiyeh Hovaida Turk said AFP when asked about Israeli attacks, adding that the intense attacks created “a kind of belt of fire” in the area. It reported losses but could not provide an exact figure.