The essentials of October 5 at midday
- Hachem Safieddine “unreachable”according to a Lebanese security source
Israeli shelling in the southern suburbs of Beirut since Friday is preventing rescuers from searching the site of the Israeli attack in which Hachem Safieddine may have been killed, three Lebanese security sources told Reuters on Saturday. According to several news channels, the latter did not survive the Israeli bombardment during the night from Thursday to Friday. Israeli channel N12 and Saudi news channels Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath claim he was killed. For the Israeli channel N13, he “there is cautious optimism about the success of its elimination”. Hezbollah has not provided any information about it.
- Hamas military wing leader killed in Israeli raid in northern Lebanon
Said Atallah, one of the leaders of the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, was killed on the night of Friday to Saturday in an Israeli raid against the Beddawi Palestinian refugee camp, in Tripoli, in the northern Lebanon, media affiliated with the Palestinian movement reported on Saturday. Israel did not immediately comment on the operation.
- Evacuation of foreign nationals in Lebanon
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday called on his compatriots to leave Lebanon. Canada announced Monday that it had reserved 800 seats on commercial flights to evacuate its nationals, who number some 45,000 (including many dual nationals) in the country. The Canadian military has also planned emergency resources in Cyprus if commercial flights are disrupted. In a press release sent to Agence France-Presse, China announced on Saturday that it had evacuated 215 of its nationals from Lebanon.
- Israeli army announces bombing of Hezbollah fighters in mosque
- UNIFIL says “maintain your positions” despite a request from Israel to move some of them
The United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) deployed along the Israel-Lebanon border announced on Saturday “maintain your positions”despite a request from the Israeli army to “move some” of them.
- According to the New York TimesAmerican intelligence services believe that Yahya Sinouar is alive and banking on a regional war
According to the New York TimesAmerican intelligence services believe that Hamas leader Yahya Sinouar is still alive and continues to lead Hamas. Its attitude has hardened in recent weeks, U.S. officials say, and U.S. negotiators now believe Hamas has no intention of reaching a deal with Israel. According to them, he would be banking on Israel getting bogged down in a regional war, which would thus reduce the activity of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip.
