New Delhi: The Palestinian group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has said that three of its members were killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon capital Beirut’s Kola district.
Four people were additionally killed in Israeli strikes on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, the Houthi-run health ministry in Yemen said.
The attack, which has yet to be confirmed by Israel, would be the first attack within Beirut’s city limits by Israel since it began conducting strikes in Palestine’s Gaza last year. Israel has now been targeting Lebanon in what it claims are pre-emptive strikes against the armed group Hezbollah. The strikes have killed close to a thousand people, injuring several thousands and displacing close to half a million.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry on September 29 said that 105 people had been killed in Israeli strikes over a 24-hour period.
Five people killed in Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, reported Al Jazeera, were civil defence personnel with the Islamic Health Authority.
The PFLP is a secular left-wing group, aligned with Hezbollah. Both groups support Hamas. The group said in a statement that its military security chief Mohammad Abdel-Aal, military commander Imad Odeh, and a third member, Abdelrahman Abdel-Aal were killed in the strike.
Reuters news agency cited witnesses as saying that the strike hit the upper floor of an apartment building.
A day ago, Israel killed Hezbollah’s longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah.
With inputs from DW.
