On the border between Lebanon and Israel, Hezbollah said early this Saturday that it had reported new clashes with the Israeli army. Follow the latest information on these events:
1:35 p.m.: Iran taught Israel a “lesson,” says Syrian President Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Saturday that Iran taught Israel a “lesson” by launching a missile attack on the country on Tuesday, according to a statement from his office.
The firing of some 200 missiles on Israel by Tehran was “a strong response and taught a lesson to the Zionist entity”, declared Bashar al-Assad during an interview with the head of Iranian diplomacy Abbas Aragchi, visiting in Damascus.
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1:21 p.m.: Israel “prepares a response” to the Iranian attack
The Israeli army is “preparing a response” to the massive attack by Iran, which launched around 200 missiles into Israeli territory on Tuesday, an Israeli military official said on Saturday.
“The Israeli army is preparing a response to the illegal and unprecedented Iranian attack against Israeli civilians and Israel,” an Israeli military official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
He gave no details on the nature or timing of the response.
The left-wing Israeli daily Haaretz, citing the army, said Israel’s response would be “significant.”
The Israeli army “is preparing for a major strike in Iran following this week’s missile attack by Tehran,” the newspaper added.
And he emphasizes that “the army does not rule out the possibility that Iran will again launch missiles into Israeli territory after the Israeli attack.”
10:22 a.m.: A second plane left Eindhoven to repatriate civilians from Lebanon
A military plane left Eindhoven air base around 9:05 a.m. on Saturday for Lebanon for a second repatriation flight, announced the Dutch Ministry of Defense. Belgians could also be repatriated via this plane, specifies Foreign Affairs.
Friday evening, a first flight landed in Eindhoven with 185 people on board, including just over a hundred Dutch people. There were also 55 Belgians on board who then headed to Brussels.
Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib indicated on Friday that around fifty Belgians will be repatriated with the second plane, which left on Saturday. The FPS Foreign Affairs cannot yet provide more details on Saturday morning on the exact number of Belgians who will be on board this plane.
The plane is expected to take off late Saturday afternoon from Beirut and return to Eindhoven.
10:17 a.m.: Hezbollah claims to have fired rockets at Israeli air base near Haifa
Lebanese Hezbollah announced on Saturday that it had fired rockets at the Ramat David air base, not far from Haifa in Israel, located approximately 45 km from the border with Lebanon.
In a statement, the pro-Iranian Islamist movement also claims to have hit an Israeli Merkava tank with a missile in southern Lebanon, near the border.
9:10 a.m.: Israeli army says it struck Hezbollah fighters at mosque in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army said on Saturday it had struck Hezbollah fighters inside a mosque in southern Lebanon, the first such bombing since cross-border firefights between the Islamist movement and the army began there. is one year old.
“Last night… the air force struck Hezbollah terrorists who were operating in a command center inside a mosque adjacent to Salah Ghandour hospital in the south of Lebanon,” the army said in a statement.
“The command center was used by Hezbollah terrorists to plan and execute terrorist attacks against” the Israeli army, she added.
8:22 a.m.: Hamas announces the death of one of its commanders
Palestinian Hamas announced on Saturday the death of one of its commanders and his family in an Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli in northern Lebanon.
Said Attallah Ali, his wife and two of his daughters were killed in a strike in the Beddawi camp according to a Hamas statement, the first in this region since the start of the conflict between the Islamist movement and Israel almost one year.
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07:45: New explosions in the southern suburbs of Beirut and near Tripoli
A series of explosions were heard early Saturday in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut, according to AFP correspondents, after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders for certain areas. A drone strike also reportedly hit a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli, according to local sources cited by the dpa agency.
Earlier in the night, the Israeli army called on residents of the southern suburbs of Beirut to immediately evacuate the area. According to the spokesperson, targets of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement were in the neighborhood and the army was planning strikes against them.
During the night from Thursday to Friday, the Israeli army had already carried out particularly intense bombings on the southern suburbs of Beirut, destroying several buildings.
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