De-escalation is not on the agenda in the Middle East. Three days after the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinouar, Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hezbollah of trying to assassinate him.
On Saturday, a drone was indeed launched towards the private residence of the Israeli Prime Minister in Caesarea, but neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor his wife were there, his office said, while the army counted at least 200 projectiles fired from neighboring Lebanon.
Netanyahu criticizes “a serious mistake”
“Hezbollah, an ally of Iran which tried to assassinate me and my wife, made a serious mistake,” Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. “I say to the Iranians and their partners in the Axis of Evil: anyone who tries to harm the citizens of Israel will pay a high price. » Hezbollah did not claim responsibility for the drone strike, but the Iranian mission to the UN said the Lebanese movement was behind the attack.
These accusations amplify fears of a military escalation in the Middle East, as Israel has repeatedly threatened to retaliate for a missile attack by Iran, its archenemy, on October 1, and is waging war against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Gathered in Italy, the G7 defense ministers called on “Iran to refrain from providing support to Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis”, the Yemeni rebels, and to avoid any measure “likely to trigger a process “uncontrolled climbing”.
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