Israel declared on Saturday that it wanted to strike Hezbollah in Lebanon “without respite”.
Through the voice of Benjamin Netanyahu, the country also maintained its intention to respond to Iran’s missile attack on Tuesday, October 1.
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“MORE THAN 30 STRIKES” ON THE SOUTHERN SUBURBURUS OF BEIRUT
The official Lebanese press agency reported “more than 30 Israeli strikes” during the night from Saturday to Sunday, on the southern suburbs of Beirut and its surroundings, shortly after Israeli calls to evacuate several neighborhoods of this Hezbollah stronghold. . The Israeli army said on Telegram that it was “currently striking terrorist targets” of Hezbollah in the Beirut sector.
AFP journalists heard several detonating explosions and saw smoke rising. Ambulances rushed to the scene, according to ANI, which had reported the presence of Israeli reconnaissance drones flying at low altitude, before these “very violent” strikes.
UN CALLS TO STOP “BLOODSHED” IN GAZA AND LEBANON
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Saturday for an end to “shocking violence” and “bloodshed” in Gaza and Lebanon, two days before the first anniversary of the attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Israeli soil. “Today is an opportunity for the international community to once again loudly condemn the abominable acts of Hamas, including the taking of hostages,” the senior official said in a statement.
The UN chief also demanded their “immediate and unconditional release”, while asking Hamas to “allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit these hostages”.
THE CRIF “HIGHLY DEPLOYS” MACRON’S CALL
The Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (Crif) “strongly deplored” on Saturday the remarks of Emmanuel Macron on the cessation of deliveries to Israel of weapons used in Gaza, ensuring in particular that they “encouraged rebellious France in its radicalism and its strategy of chaos in public debate.
“Calling to deprive Israel of weapons is not playing the game of peace, it amounts to playing the game of Hamas and Hezbollah!” Crif lambasted Crif on the social network eve of the anniversary of October 7 hurts all those who care about the fight against terrorism. It also encourages rebellious France in its radicalism and its strategy of chaos in public debate.
BREAK BETWEEN MACRON AND NETANYAHU?
“If we call for a ceasefire, consistency means not providing the weapons of war”: Emmanuel Macron demanded on Saturday an end to deliveries to Israel of weapons used in Gaza, sparking anger of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, before the anniversary of the October 7 attacks.
HEZBOLLAH REPULS AN INFILTRATION “ATTEMPT”
Hezbollah said it had repelled during the night from Saturday to Sunday an “attempt” to infiltrate the Israeli army which has been carrying out incursions into southern Lebanon for several days where it is fighting the pro-Iranian movement. In a statement, the Lebanese Shiite Islamist movement said that “when a force of enemy Israeli soldiers attempted to infiltrate… into Blida” and its fighters “targeted it with shells of ‘artillery and forced to retreat’.
21 DEAD IN STRIKE ON GAZA MOSQUE
Gaza Civil Defense reported 21 dead on Sunday in an Israeli strike on a mosque transformed into a shelter for displaced people in Deir al-Balah, with the Israeli army explaining for its part that it had targeted fighters from the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. “The death toll rises to 21 and there are a large number of injured following the bombing by the (Israeli) army of a mosque sheltering displaced people in front of the entrance to the Martyrs’ Hospital in “Al-Aqsa in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip,” Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said.
For its part, the Israeli army explained in a statement that it had “carried out a precise strike on Hamas terrorists who were operating in a command and control center located in a structure that previously served as the Shuhada al-Aqsa mosque in the region.” of Deir al-Balah.
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Israel announced on Saturday that its forces were on alert ahead of the anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7, for fear of attacks, after saying it was preparing a response to the Hamas missile attack. Iran.
On the front with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi affirmed his determination to strike “without respite” the pro-Iranian movement, of which 440 fighters have been killed since Monday according to Israel.
The Lebanese national news agency ANI reported on Saturday five Israeli strikes targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut and its surroundings, including four “very violent”shortly after Israeli calls to evacuate several neighborhoods of this Hezbollah stronghold.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that his country had the right to defend itself and that it would respond to the attack by Iran, which launched around 200 missiles at Israel on Tuesday.
