Israel attacks Al Mayadeen chain facilities in Beirut

Beirut (EFE).- Israeli forces attacked the Beirut facilities of the Al Mayadeen television network, which is close to the Shiite group Hezbollah, according to the channel’s website.

“On Wednesday night, the Israeli occupation attacked the office of Al Mayadeen TV in Beirut, knowing that the channel had abandoned it at the beginning of the aggression against Lebanon,” Al-Mayadeen wrote on its website.

They condemn the attack on Al Mayadeen

Similarly, the leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Mahmoud al-Mardawi, condemned the attack on Al Mayadeen, while highlighting the work of the Lebanese network, which “fights against the enemy (Israel) that seeks to hide the facts and spread misleading narratives.” Wants to present.” .”, according to statements made by the channel on its website.

Israeli allegations against Al Jazeera

The attack came on the same day that Qatari network Al Jazeera described as “fabricated” the Israeli military’s allegations against six of its journalists in the Gaza Strip, whom it accused of being “agents of the military wing” of Hamas and the Gaza Strip. Islamic Jihad.

The Qatari network said in a statement that it “strongly condemns the recent baseless allegations by the Israeli occupation forces against its journalists working in northern Gaza” and believed that these “invented” incidents “are an attempt to discredit some journalists. represents a “major effort to silence”. In the strip.

The bombings bring the death toll to 2,574 and the number of injured to 12,001 since the conflict between Israel and Shiite group Hezbollah began on October 8, 2023, according to a statement from the Presidency of Lebanon’s Council of Ministers. The day after the war in the Gaza Strip began.

Destruction of a residential complex

Separately, Lebanese state media reported that four Israeli strikes destroyed a residential complex near the Lailaki suburb, south of Beirut.

“Israeli warplanes carried out four very violent attacks on a residential complex in the vicinity of Lailaki, completely destroying it and causing a major fire,” Lebanese news agency ANI reported.

Finally, Al Manar media said that a UN refugee agency truck was directly hit by an Israeli missile, killing one of its staff.

The bombings bring the death toll to 2,576 and the number of injured to 12,006 since the conflict between Israel and Shiite group Hezbollah began on October 8, 2023, according to a statement from the chairman of Lebanon’s Council of Ministers. The day after the war in the Gaza Strip began.