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The Israeli military has targeted places of worship for the first time in southern Lebanon in its war against Hezbollah. Over the past 100 days, the Israel Defense Forces have hit forests, residential homes, and roads in the border area. On Wednesday, an Israeli drone raided the National Evangelical Church in the town of Alma Al-Shaab, causing major damage to the home of the church’s cleric, Pastor Rabie Talib. The IDF also fired smoke shells at Syrian workers in a grape orchard, but there were no casualties.

The IDF considers any activity in the area to be associated with Hezbollah, and the ultimate goal is to isolate and directly target specific towns. Israeli artillery targeted various areas, causing widespread damage to houses, roads, and infrastructure. Hezbollah responded with appropriate weapons, and also mourned one of its members from the town of Tamnin in the Bekaa. Lebanon’s caretaker health minister visited the southern region, inspecting hospitals and health centers in the Nabatieh region, and announced a plan to provide assistance to health institutions. Families displaced to areas deep in the south began to complain of their inability to pay high rents for furnished apartments, as homeowners have started demanding rent in dollars, despite halted work in the south. Samir Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces party, called on the caretaker government to eliminate the specter of war in Lebanon and confront dangerous issues that threaten the citizen’s security, life, family, livelihood, interests, and the future of the country.

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