The essential information on the war between Hamas and Israel this Sunday, September 15.
Yemeni rebels target central Israel with missile
A missile strike claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted central Israel on Sunday, without causing any casualties according to the army. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the Houthis will pay “a heavy price” after their “attempt to harm” to Israel. These rebels have already launched several attacks against Israel, claiming to act in solidarity with the Palestinians, since the beginning of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. A ground-to-ground missile “fired from Yemen” East “fell into an open area”, the Israeli army said, adding “that no injuries have been reported.” She later said a preliminary investigation indicated the missile had “probably disintegrated.” The Houthis claimed that the attack, carried out “with a new hypersonic ballistic missile,” targeted a military position in Jaffa, in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, and hit its target.
Israeli leaflets call on residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate
Israeli leaflets were dropped on southern Lebanon on Sunday, asking residents to evacuate, state media and a local official reported, with the Israeli army referring to the initiative of a brigade that had not been approved. This is the first time that Israeli leaflets have been dropped on southern Lebanon asking residents to evacuate since the start of clashes in early October between Israel and the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah, an ally of Palestinian Hamas. “Any person found in this area after [16 heures au Liban, 15 heures à Paris] will be considered a terrorist element,” could be read on a leaflet consulted by AFP. Questioned, the Israeli army claims that it was a “initiative of Brigade 769 which had not been approved by the Northern Command” and that an investigation had been opened. The leaflets were dropped using a drone over an area from which “rockets have been fired towards northern Israel in recent weeks,” the army said.
Benjamin Netanyahu in the United States from September 24 to 28
The Israeli prime minister will travel to the United States on September 24, the first day of the UN General Assembly and in the midst of the presidential campaign, his office said in a statement Sunday. Netanyahu is scheduled to leave on September 28, according to the statement.
A new assessment of Hamas
The Hamas government’s Health Ministry announced on Sunday a new death toll of 41,206 in the Palestinian territory since the start of the war with Israel, which has entered its twelfth month. At least 24 people were killed in the last twenty-four hours, it said in a statement, adding that 95,337 people had been injured in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war on October 7, 2023.
