RECAP. War in the Middle East: Israel prepares its response, Macron wants arms deliveries to stop… Update on the situation

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah continues on the southern Lebanese border. Hachem Safieddine, whose name was circulating as a potential successor to the leader of the pro-Iranian movement, would have been eliminated. Emmanuel Macron, for his part, considered that he was in favor of stopping arms deliveries to the IDF… We summarize the day of Saturday October 5 for you.

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Israel says it is preparing its response to Iran, strikes in Lebanon and Gaza

Israel is preparing a response to the missile attack launched on its territory by Iran, a military official announced, as the Israeli army carries out new strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, allies from Tehran. Tuesday’s Iranian attack, the second since April, and the threat of an Israeli response, have stoked fears of a conflagration in the Middle East. The head of Iranian diplomacy promised that Tehran would react “even stronger” if Israel responded to the Iranian missile attack.

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REPLAY. War in the Middle East: “Shame on him”… Benjamin Netanyahu criticizes Emmanuel Macron’s words

Macron regrets the choices of the Israeli Prime Minister, Netanhyahu responds to him

French President Emmanuel Macron regretted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “choice” to intervene militarily in Lebanon, particularly in “land operations”, while reaffirming Israel’s right to defend itself, he said during the closing press conference of the 19th Francophonie Summit in Paris. Earlier on France Inter, he spoke out in favor of stopping arms deliveries to Israel which are used in the conflict in Gaza.

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Words which Benjamin Netanyahu had very little taste for. Israel’s prime minister criticized the French president on Saturday, as well as country leaders who called for a halt to arms deliveries to Israel later in the day. “They should be ashamed,” he said in a statement from his office.

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A new Hezbollah leader eliminated?

A Hezbollah official said that contact with Hachem Safieddine, whose name was circulating as a potential successor to the leader of the pro-Iranian movement Hassan Nasrallah, had been “lost” since the Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah’s stronghold near Beirut on Friday. The source told AFP that “contact with Sayyed Safieddine has been lost since the violent raids against the suburb” on the night of Thursday to Friday. “We do not know if he was present at the location targeted by the raids, nor who was present with him,” he added, on condition of anonymity.

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Israel on alert ahead of October 7 anniversary for fear of attacks

The Israeli military said Saturday that its forces were on alert ahead of the anniversary of the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7, saying fighters were seeking to carry out attacks in the country. “This week we will commemorate the anniversary of the war and October 7. We are ready to increase our forces in anticipation of this day,” for fear of attacks that fighters seek to commit, declared the spokesperson for the army, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, during a press briefing on television, without further details.