Middle East War: Six Dead in Central Beirut After Israeli Raid, Biden on the Defensive

An Israeli army raid in central Beirut left six dead on the night of Wednesday to Thursday. The nature of Israel's response has not yet been determined, while the United States is favoring a “proportionate” response.

The essentials

• This Thursday, October 3, Israel has not yet begun its response against Iran after Tehran sent nearly 200 missiles against the Hebrew state on Tuesday. On the other hand, strikes are intensifying in Beirut. After the south, it is the heart of the Lebanese capital that has been targeted by the Israeli army.
• A raid was carried out on the night of Wednesday to Thursday on a Hezbollah rescue center according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health. The provisional toll of the attack stands at six dead and seven wounded in the Bachoura neighborhood.
• This Thursday, early in the morning, fifty French nationals left Beirut and landed at Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport. They were able to benefit from seats reserved by the French embassy in Lebanon because of their “vulnerable” status, and take a flight with Middle East Airlines, BFMTV reports.
• &At a press conference on Wednesday evening, Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian said from Qatar that "it is Israel that is pushing [his country] to react" and that Iran "is not seeking war". He also warned the "Jewish state against possible reprisals, promising a "stronger response" of Iran.
• Finally, Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he was against this type of response. “We all seven [the members of the G7, editor's note] agree that the Israelis have the right to respond, but that they must respond in a proportionate manner,” he declared.

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08:18 – Yemen's Houthis announce targeting of Tel Aviv

L'Orient-Le Jour reports that Yemeni rebels have announced that they have launched drones on Tel Aviv, an operation “to support Palestinian and Lebanese resistance.” The text emphasizes that “the drones reached their targets without the enemy being able to confront or shoot them down.” Houthis announce that they will “continue their military operations” until the “lifting of the siege on Gaza and the end of the aggression against Lebanon”.”

08:10 – Nasrallah's son-in-law killed in Damascus (Syria)

In an Israeli raid targeting the Masséa neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, four people including the son-in-law of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah were killed. “An Israeli raid targeted an apartment in a residential building in the Mazzéa neighborhood, frequented by by leaders of the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) tells us.

08:05 – The first repatriated French people have arrived in Paris

This Thursday, early in the morning, fifty French nationals left Beirut and landed at Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport. They were able to benefit from seats reserved by the French embassy in Lebanon due to their “vulnerable” status, and take a flight with Middle East Airlines, BFMTV reports. “In total, 200 seats were reserved reserved by the embassy to repatriate vulnerable, elderly, sick and people in need of treatment. Pregnant women and young children are also concerned,” the media outlet said.

An Israeli raid was carried out on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, targeting for the second time in the center of Beirut, a center of the Islamic Health Committee (IHC) of Hezbollah. The toll is heavy: six dead and seven wounded in this neighborhood of Bachoura according to information from the Ministry of Health.

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02/10/24 – 23:42 – The toll of Lebanese victims revised the rise

END OF LIVE – The Lebanese Ministry of Health delivered a new toll late in the evening after the Israeli strikes that targeted the country this Wednesday. According to the authorities, 46 people died, 85 others were wounded.

02/10/24 – 23:24 – New Israeli strikes on Beirut, without notice of evacuation of the Hebrew state before

Hezbollah stronghold, the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital have once again been targeted by Israel. Three Israeli strikes were reported this evening by AFP, echoed by several media outlets including Le Monde. This is the third series of raids in less than 24 hours by the Hebrew state against the Hezbollah stronghold. On X, L'Orient-Le Jour also reports that contrary to what had been observed during previous strikes, Tsahal, the Israeli army, has not published on the evacuation notice social network. 

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02/10/24 – 23:15 – “Israel must be called very clearly to its responsibilities in terms of respect for international law”

In the columns of Point, the Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, estimated Wednesday evening that “Israel's security is not negotiable”, before adding that “we must also very clearly call on Israel to meet its responsibilities in terms of respect for international law and the protection of civilian populations”. He then re-indicated the position of Paris, which “calls for a ceasefire” Gaza and Lebanon and will continue to use the military resources at its disposal, including the 700 French soldiers serving in southern Lebanon under a UN mandate, to support efforts to de-escalate and respect United Nations resolutions.”

Five days after the death of Hassan Nasrallah, an NGO reported Wednesday evening that the son-in-law of the former Hezbollah leader, Hassan Jaafar Kassir, was reportedly killed in Damascus in an Israeli strike.

02/10/24 – 22:17 – The Gulf Cooperation Council reaffirms its support for Lebanon

As an extraordinary ministerial meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council was held this evening in Qatar, at which Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal al bin Farhan was expected, Reuters reported this evening that support for Lebanon was reaffirmed on this occasion and that a call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza was again made. launched. 

02/10/24 – 9:46 p.m. – "That's not true!" : Lebanon denounces "barbaric aggression" of Israelël

From New York, where the UN Security Council met, Lebanon strongly attacked the Hebrew state. “When Israel claims that these are targeted and surgical military operations, it is false!” said the Lebanese representative who denounced “11 months of barbaric aggression” carried out by Israel and deplored “the damage inflicted on immense civilian infrastructure”.

02/10/24 – 21:19 – “Jordan will not be anyone's battlefield”

A neighbor of the Hebrew State, Jordan has been on high alert since the resurgence of tensions in the Middle East. The day after the Iranian attack on Israel, the head of Jordanian diplomacy spoke by telephone with his British counterpart, reports a Jordanian press release. On this occasion, Ayman Safadi warned that “Jordan will not be anyone's battlefield” and that the country “will face with all its capabilities any threat to its security, stability and safety” of its citizens”, specifying that the kingdom had “clearly informed Iran and Israel”. 

02/10/24 – 20:54 – Summit meeting for the Arab States of the Gulf

This Wednesday evening, an emergency meeting is being held bringing together ministers from the Gulf countries. The latter are to “discuss developments in the region”, reports Al Hadath TV, the Saudi public television.