Beirut: At least 92 people were killed and 153 others wounded in Israeli airstrikes during past 24 hours in Lebanon, the health ministry said.
Disregarding international pleas for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, Israel keeps up its bombing assault in Lebanon, which has resulted in over 700 deaths since Monday.
The White House has expressed frustration at rejection of the truce proposal by Israel, saying it had taken “a lot of care and effort” and was “coordinated” with Israel.
Five Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon border: SANA
An Israeli air strike on Friday killed five Syrian soldiers near the border with Lebanon, the official news agency SANA reported, citing a military source.
“The Israeli enemy carried out an aerial attack… on one of our military positions near Kfar Yabus on the Syrian-Lebanese border,” SANA said, adding that five Syrian soldiers were killed and one was wounded.
These massacres will sadly continue’ if West remains silent, Erdogan says
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Israel’s attacks on Lebanon targeting Hezbollah group will continue as long as the West remains silent, broadcaster CNN Turk and other media reported on Thursday.
“As the world remains silent and Western countries give the Israeli leadership weapons support, these massacres will sadly continue. We stressed this in our meetings,” he was reported as saying.
