Israeli airstrikes against Lebanon have escalated dramatically in recent days, and nowhere more than the eastern Bekaa Valley, where the governor of Baalbek described this as the “most violent day” they’ve seen since the beginning of Israel’s invasion.
The overall death toll is continue to rise, but right now the reckoning is at least 60 people have been slain in strikes against multiple cities and towns in the area throughout Monday. A number of children were reportedly among the slain.
The largest attack was in Aallaq, where 16 people were killed. The national news agency said the overall toll there is expected to rise further, as they’re still recovering people from the rubble.
At least 58 people have already been recovered as wounded by rescue workers across the region. That number too is likely to rise, as the Health Ministry reports that rescue workers are still active in multiple areas trying to find more survivors.
Just north of the Syrian border, the Bekaa Valley has been a common target for Israeli airstrikes since last year, though usually those strikes were confined to border crossings and nominally meant to hit Hezbollah targets going back and forth across the border. Today’s attacks seem to center on populated areas.
That seems to be the trend with most of the Israeli strikes in Lebanon, which are concentrated increasingly on residential districts. As with Tyre, which has also been under growing attack, the Bekaa Valley is home to a UN World Heritage Site, and there is concern that will come under attack itself in the days and weeks to come.
With Halloween approaching the dark forces must believe they have to deliver up big-time. Their high holy day seems to be assuring extra large doses of the morbid and macabre with hefty portions of blood sacrifices for dessert.
I remember when Halloween was fun, even innocent, and playfully mischievous. Some good people still have fun with it today, but always with the back-drop of an evil presence in our midst. Thus we have such as this:
“That seems to be the trend with most of the Israeli strikes in Lebanon, which are concentrated increasingly on residential districts.”
“Residential districts” have little trick-or-treaters.
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Interesting fact I just discovered:
4 things to know about Lebanon’s Halloween:
https://stepfeed.com/4-things-to-know-about-lebanon-s-version-of-halloween-1915
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