Lebanon announced this Sunday, November 24, the suspension of classes in Beirut and its surroundings from Monday until the end of December, citing “security” reasons after a series of deadly Israeli attacks in the capital in a week.
Education Minister Abbas Halabi said “face-to-face teaching” would be suspended in private schools, technical institutes and higher education establishments in Beirut and the neighboring districts of Metn, Baabda and Chouf.
This measure, taken due to the “current dangerous conditions” and to “ensure the safety of students”, will be effective starting Monday and will apply until the end of December.
Israel, target of about 250 Hezbollah shots this Sunday
A day after a day of particularly deadly Israeli bombings in Lebanon, Hezbollah announced on Sunday several drone and missile attacks against targets and military bases in the Tel Aviv region (center) and in southern Israel.
In Israel, warning sirens sounded, particularly in the outer suburbs of Tel Aviv, the military said, reporting around 250 projectiles fired from neighboring Lebanon.
According to medical sources, at least eleven people were injured, including a man in his sixties who is in “moderate to serious” condition. In the occupied West Bank, 13 Palestinians were also lightly or moderately injured when an interceptor missile fell on several houses in the Tulkarem camp.
A few hours later, the Lebanese National Information Agency (Ani) reported a series of Israeli attacks in the southern suburbs of Beirut, including the neighborhoods of Kaafat, Haret Hreik, Bir al-Abed and Ghobeiry.
The Israeli army then indicated that it had carried out attacks “against 12 Hezbollah command centers” in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Ani also reported heavy fighting in several southern regions.
Call for an “immediate ceasefire”
Previously, the head of diplomacy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, visiting the capital, called for an “immediate ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Hezbollah, which began two months ago, and “the full implementation of the Resolution 1701 of the UN Security Council”.
Resolution 1701, which ended the previous war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006, stipulates that only the Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers will be deployed to Lebanon’s southern border. This implies a withdrawal of Hezbollah, but also that of Israeli soldiers who have been carrying out a ground offensive there since September 30.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry estimates that at least 3,754 people have died in the country since October 2023, the majority since September of this year. He said on Sunday that 84 people had been killed in Israeli attacks in different parts of the country the previous day, including 29 in a raid that targeted a working-class neighborhood in central Beirut. On the Israeli side, 82 soldiers and 47 civilians died in 13 months.
Source: BFM TV
