Three leaders of the People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) have been killed in an Israeli drone attack on an apartment in the Kola district of Beirut, says the group itself. The PFLP is the second largest faction in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and fights with weapons for a Palestinian state and no two-state solution. Eyewitnesses told Reuters that early on Monday night they heard a loud bang and saw smoke rising from a hole on the top floor of an apartment building, and that it appeared that the attack was very targeted. news’s correspondent in Beirut, Yama Wolasmal, with the latest news on Monday morning. The building is located near the Kola intersection, a well-known junction about ten minutes from the center of Beirut. This is the first time since 2006 that Israel has bombed Beirut outside of Dahieh, the southern suburb where Hezbollah has been based. On Monday morning, residents with whom news is in contact say that the attack scares them, and that they are now nervous that Israel will escalate to hit other areas that have been out of the danger zone so far. Two young people look at the destruction of the night, the following morning. Photo: Hussein Malla / AP Hamas leader killed On the Telegram messaging service, the PFLP states that the person killed in Beirut is the head of the Politburo, Mohamed Abdel; PFLP military leader for Lebanon, Imad Awda; and Abdul Rahman Abdul Aal. PFLP does not state what role the latter has had. A Lebanese security source tells the AFP news agency that at least four people were killed. – At least four people were killed in an Israeli drone attack targeting an apartment belonging to Jamaa Islamiya in Beirut’s inner city, says the source. The Israeli military (IDF) writes on Telegram that they have shot down several attempts at airstrikes against Israel from Lebanese territory during the night of Monday and Monday morning. From the night of the attack to Monday. Photo: Bilal Hussein / AP On Monday morning, Hamas wrote on Telegram that their leader in Lebanon, Fathi Sharif Abu al-Amin, was also killed on the night of Monday. According to Hamas, he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the al-Buss refugee camp in southern Lebanon, not far from the city of Tyre. Fighter jets from the Israeli Air Force have also “attacked dozens of rocket launchers and buildings where weapons were stored in the Bekaa in Lebanon”, says a statement from the IDF on the Telegram messaging service on Monday night. At least five have been killed there, write Al Jazeera. One million may be sent fleeing On Sunday, at least 105 people were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, and 359 injured, according to figures from the Ministry of Health in Beirut. It also marked a week of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. The week started on Monday 23 September, which became the deadliest day in Lebanon’s history since the Lebanese civil war. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Sunday that one million people could be displaced by the attack. Half a million displaced persons have already been reported, among the several Syrian refugees who have lived in Lebanon in recent years. Two people who have been displaced from their homes seek shelter in a park near where the air raid hit last night. Israel’s attack could send a million fleeing, according to the Lebanese government. Photo: Louisa Gouliamaki / Reuters French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has been visiting Lebanon since Sunday evening. He met with Prime Minister Najib Mikati late on Sunday evening, and then said that Paris is working for an “immediate halt” to the Israeli attacks. France and Lebanon have historically close ties, and French President Emmanuel Macron has given his support to Lebanon in the conflict. Recently he asked both Hezbollah to stop attacking Israel, and Israel not to escalate in Lebanon. Published 30.09.2024, at 05.53 Updated 30.09.2024, at 08.38
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