At least 40 killed in Israeli strikes on eastern Lebanon

We are waiting for engineers from UNESCO and the Directorate General of Antiquities” to determine if there was any damage

Baalbek mayor Mustafa al-Shall told AFP

During the devastating war on Lebanon, Israel has caused grave human rights violations and atrocities,

the lawmakers said more than a month into the Israel-Hezbollah war

The castle guards visually confirmed there was no damage but we need experts - engineers and archaeologists - to come look. No one has been able to do so yet because of the strikes,

Khodr said

The Acropolis - where the temples are - is just a few meters away. They haven't been damaged yet and we hope that won't happen,

Halabi told Reuters

It's a very artisanal neighbourhood, typically full of tourists. There was no one in that building,

he said

The Israeli enemy’s raid on a car in Sidon resulted in the deaths of three people and the injury of three others,

the ministry said

The Israeli enemy targeted a car while it was passing through the Awali checkpoint in Sidon, which led to the killing of three citizens who were inside it, in addition to the injury of three soldiers manning the checkpoint and four members of the Malaysian” contingent in the UNIFIL peacekeeping force

the army said in a statement

These rocks that you see here weigh 100 kilos; they fell on a 13-kilo kid,

he said, referring to his son and the apartment wall that collapsed on him during the strike

Once they sent warnings, we got in the car and fled,

Beirut resident Malak Okail told AFP

The series of Israeli enemy strikes on the Bekaa Valley and Baalbek” killed “40 people and injured 53

the Ministry of Public Health said of Wednesday’s attacks

Rescue and rubble removal operations are still ongoing in search of missing persons,

it added

We’ve had to flee our homes several times. Sometimes we sleep in the car,

said Ramzi Zaiter, a resident of south Beirut

We don’t base our expectations for a halt of the aggression on political developments.”

But Hezbollah’s Qassem said in his speech

We have very bitter experiences with the policies and approaches of different US governments in the past,

foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA

Now we just need him to give us weapons,

said fruit vendor Yossi Mizrachi, 51,

We were displaced, killed... there’s nothing left for us, we want peace,

said Mamduh al-Jadba, who was displaced to Gaza City from Jabalia

Benjamin Netanyahuprime Minister

The conversation was warm and cordial. The prime minister congratulated Trump on his election victory, and the two agreed to work together for Israel’s security. The two also discussed the Iranian threat,

Netanyahu’s office said

I hope Trump finds a solution, we need someone strong like Trump to end the war and save us, enough, God, this is enough,

said the 60-year-old

The entire car park shook. People were carrying their suitcases on their shoulders and running,

he said

The destruction of this exceptional monument next to a Unesco World Heritage site is an irremediable loss for Lebanon and for world heritage,

he warned