To be rising with a lot of damage in southern lebanon. So this is fire data, which has been compiled by aurora tech. Theyre a german based company who use satellites, which have special Infrared Sensors that monitor for Temperature Anomalies and help detect wildfires, which they then usually report to Forestry And Firefighting services. In this case, theyre using the very same tech to analyse the situation in lebanon. And here are those areas in lebanon for the 23rd of september, latest weve got, which indicate possible damage caused by israeli strikes as well as fires down in israel near the sea of galilee. Now, its important to note we havent independently verified that strikes took place at all of these locations. But if we take this data and we use it as a guide, we can start to pick out individual areas and zone in on satellite imagery. So, 12th of september, before this really got started, in a small town of about 7500 people, and this is the same place on the 24th of september,
Killing at least 20 people. Israel hasn t said whether it was involved. As the fighting intensifies, un chief antonio guterres says he fears lebanon could become another gaza. The lebanese health ministry raised the death toll to 45 in friday s strike by israel targeting hezbollah commanders in southern beirut. Most of those killed were civilians. Authorities say women and children are among the dead. On sunday, israel launched further strikes on towns in southern lebanon killing three people. And the israeli military says it destroyed thousands of hezbollah rocket launcher barrels over the past few days. Israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu had this to say. No country can accept the wanton rocketing of its cities. We cannot accept it either. We will take whatever action is necessary to restore security and to bring our people safe, back to their homes. Meanwhile, in lebanon hundreds attended the funeral of ibrahim aqil, a high ranking hezbollah commander killed in an israeli s
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