Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas and launched a devastating offensive in Gaza, on its southern border, after a bloody attack by the Islamist movement against its territory on October 7, 2023. It also wants to neutralize Hezbollah on its northern border, after the movement Lebanese opened a front against him in support of Hamas. And three days before the presidential election in the United States and despite international pressure, attempts to end Israel’s war against Hezbollah in Lebanon and against Palestinian Hamas in Gaza seem to have remained in vain.
Worse, according to Agence France Presse, the Hebrew State continues its offensive in a Gaza Strip already in agony. So this Saturday, November 2, before dawn, Israeli strikes targeted the north of the enclave, notably Jabalia and Beit Lahia, and the center, Nousseirat where three Palestinians died, according to civil defense.
The army, which has concentrated its offensive since October 6 in the north of the territory in order to neutralize Hamas, claimed to have “eliminated dozens of terrorists in Jabalia”. She also reported operations against Hamas in the south and center of the territory.
“Disease, famine, violence”
Israel, which has been besieging the Gaza Strip for more than a year, constantly bombards this poor and cramped territory where the vast majority of the approximately 2.4 million inhabitants have been displaced. Its air and ground offensive left 43,259 dead, mostly civilians, according to data from the Hamas Ministry of Health, and caused colossal destruction and a humanitarian disaster.
All residents of northern Gaza are running “imminent risk of death from disease, starvation and violence”alerted the heads of major UN humanitarian agencies on Friday. “The situation is apocalyptic”wrote the 15 signatories, demanding that “The State of Israel ceases its assault on Gaza.”
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Hezbollah fires on Israel
On Israel’s northern front, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for rocket salvos on a military base near Tel Aviv and on locations in northern Israel.
While warning sirens sounded in Israel, at least 19 people were injured before dawn in Tira (center) by the fall of a projectile on a building which was gutted, authorities said of the interception of several rockets.
The Hezbollah shots came the day after Israeli strikes in the east and south of the country, as well as south and east of Beirut, which killed more than 50 people according to authorities. In the southern suburbs of Beirut, entire buildings have been transformed into piles of rubble.
This Saturday, the Israeli army again bombarded southern Lebanon, where its forces have been engaged in a ground offensive since September 30. After a year of cross-border exchanges of fire, Israel intensified its strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon from September 23, saying it wanted to neutralize this movement in the border regions and prevent the firing of rockets to allow the return of 60,000 displaced in the north of the country.
At least 1,900 people have been killed since September 23 in Lebanon, according to an AFP count based on official data.
Iran threatens
In this explosive context, the United States announced new deployments in the Middle East, including ballistic missile defenses, fighter jets and B-52 bombers, which will arrive “in the coming months” for the “defense of Israel” and as a warning to Iran.
“The enemies, both the United States and the Zionist regime (Israel, editor’s note), must know that they will certainly receive a scathing response to their actions against Iran and the resistance front”Ali Khamenei said the next day.
The same day, pro-Iranian groups in Iraq claimed responsibility for a drone attack on Israel, which they said had intercepted them over the Red Sea.
Concerning another ally of Iran, the Houthi rebels of Yemen, a report by UN experts warned Friday that these insurgents are transforming into “powerful military organization” extending its operational capabilities, thanks to military support “unprecedented” of Iran and Hezbollah.
The Houthis have fired missiles at Israel since the start of the war, but the vast majority have been intercepted.
