IDF pounds Beirut suburbs with waves of airstrikes, hits Hezbollah headquarters

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IDF pounds Beirut suburbs with waves of airstrikes, hits Hezbollah headquarters

Nov. 16 (UPI) — The ******** military continued an intense wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Saturday, including an ******* on the militant group’s headquarters in the Dahiya area.

The ******* Defense Forces said it unleashed eight separate waves of strikes against Hezbollah installations south of Beirut beginning Friday morning and continuing through late Saturday, targeting what it said were military sites that had been “deliberately placed by Hezbollah in the heart of the civilian population.”

The waves of strikes came as Hezbollah is considering a U.S.-******** cease-***** proposal and diplomatic efforts to end the conflict have ramped up.

In all, 20 Hezbollah sites were hit, the IDF said, including what it called the Iranian proxy militia’s headquarters in the Shiite ******* neighborhood of Dahiya.

“Under the direction of the Intelligence Division, fighter jets of the Air Force recently completed another wave of attacks on military headquarters of the ********** organization Hezbollah in the Dahiya area in Beirut,” the

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Also targeted in the ******** wave were a weapons warehouse and “********** infrastructures.”

Late Saturday, the ******** military issued fresh evacuation warnings for the areas of Hadath, Haret Hreik and Burj al-Barajneh in Beirut’s southern suburbs,

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Lebanon’s National News Agency.

Saturday’s attacks came after more than 160 “********** targets” were struck from the air on Friday, encompassing attacks on both Hezbollah in Lebanon and ****** in Gaza. Among the targets were about 20 missile launchers, military buildings, weapons warehouses, “********** headquarters” and military infrastructure.

Meanwhile in southern Lebanon near the ******** border, the

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its ground forces, including elite commando units, continued their advance against Hezbollah fighters in areas from which missiles were launched against ******** towns, destroying underground munitions warehouses and “eliminating terrorists with precision weaponry.”

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Hertzi Halevi promised to keep up the pressure on Hezbollah in

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released Saturday following a field tour of the conflict in the border area.

“Hezbollah has paid a very high price, with a chain of command that has collapsed, many ***** operatives, destroyed infrastructure,” Halevi said. “This organization will continue to *******, we will continue to ******, we will continue to carry out plans, go further, ******* in depth, hurt Hezbollah.”

The military chief also warned the IDF is keeping a close watch on Iran, Yemen, Iraq, domestic terrorism in ******* and in Gaza.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who is negotiating a cease-***** deal with the ******* States and ******* on behalf of Hezbollah, said Saturday he is reviewing the proposal.

Berri

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Asharq Al-Awsat a response to the proposal will come “very soon.” He also denied that the proposed deal would allow any freedom of movement by ******** forces inside Lebanon.

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