In Lebanon, residents of Beirut woke up to smoke-filled skies this morning after a night of Israeli bombardment targeting the capital’s southern neighborhoods. This followed deadly Israeli strikes on the eastern Beqaa Valley and the city of Baalbek which killed at least 40 people and wounded 50 on Wednesday. Hezbollah said it launched a series of attack drones at the Bilu military base south of Tel Aviv in response to the latest attacks. Lebanese residents of Beirut continue to condemn Israel’s escalating assault on their country.

Ali Al-Ali: “This is a savage, predatory enemy that destroys homes, kills people and kills civilization. It cannot defeat the Hezbollah party. It cannot defeat them with destroying civilizations, with destroying homes, with anything. It cannot defeat them. And I say to Hezbollah: Do not stop. Do not stop resisting this enemy. I mean, what was taken away by force must return by force, too.”

Meanwhile, Lebanon has filed a complaint at the U.N.'s International Labour Organization over Israel's September terror attack, in which 4,000 people were killed or wounded when pagers suddenly exploded across Lebanon.