The conflict between the Lebanese movement supported by Iran and the Jewish state continues this Sunday, November 3, while Iran promises a “scathing” response to any attack from the United States and Israel.
Plumes of smoke rise after an Israeli airstrike targeting a pro-Iranian Hezbollah missile launcher firing missiles towards northern Israel, somewhere in the area near the town of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, on November 3. (dpa. picture alliance. Getty Images)
published today at 12:04 p.m.
(updated November 3, 2024 at 4:54 p.m.)
In summary:
- The Israeli army on Sunday issued a new call for the population to evacuate certain areas of the Baalbek region in eastern Lebanon, warning of strikes against Hezbollah.
- Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed Saturday to retaliate “scathing” to any attack coming from the United States and Israel, which announced having captured a “high-ranking Hezbollah agent” pro-Iranian during an operation by an elite unit in Lebanon.
- In northern Gaza, six people including four children were injured after a polio vaccination center was attacked “touch” Saturday said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the WHO.
- Find here most of the information from Saturday on the war in the Middle East.
16h54
Benjamin Netanyahu went to the border with Lebanon. The Israeli Prime Minister went to the northern border of Israel on Sunday, his office announced in a press release, without giving further details. His last visit to the Israeli-Lebanese border dates back to October 6.
16h24
Turkey has submitted a joint letter to the UN requesting an arms embargo against Israel. Ankara has transmitted to the United Nations a joint missive, signed by 52 countries and two organizations, demanding a halt to the supply and delivery of weapons to Israel, the Turkish Foreign Minister announced on Sunday. “We have written a joint letter calling on all countries to stop the sale of arms and ammunition to Israel. We delivered this letter, which has 54 signatories, to the UN on November 1.said Hakan Fidan during a press conference in Djibouti where he went for a meeting of the Türkiye-Africa Partnership. “We must repeat at every opportunity that selling weapons to Israel means participating in its genocide”added Hakan Fidan who clarified that the letter is “an initiative launched by Turkey”.
15h44
An AFP correspondent reports strikes on eastern Lebanon after an Israeli call to evacuate. Strikes targeted several localities in the Bekaa plain in eastern Lebanon, an AFP correspondent said on Sunday, after an Israeli call to evacuate the town of Baalbek and its region, stronghold of pro-Iranian Hezbollah. The correspondent reported at least three strikes in the region, which has been massively bombarded by Israel in recent days as part of its war against Hezbollah, which it says it wants to neutralize.
14h52
Strikes on eastern Lebanon after Israeli call to evacuate. Strikes targeted several localities in the Bekaa plain in the east of the country, an AFP correspondent reported on Sunday, after an Israeli call to evacuate the town of Baalbeck and its region, stronghold of pro-Iranian Hezbollah. The correspondent reported at least three strikes in the region, which has been massively bombarded by Israel in recent days as part of its war against Hezbollah, which it says it wants to neutralize.
14h36
Israeli strike in southern Gaza kills 7 Palestinians. At least seven people, including children, were killed during an Israeli airstrike on the town of Khan Younes, in the south of the Gazan enclave, this Sunday, reports the British agency Reuters.
14h03
South Lebanon: at least three dead in an Israeli strike near Saida. At least three people were killed in an Israeli strike near Saida, the main city in the south of the country, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said. The ministry indicated that “the Israeli enemy raid in Haret Saida left three dead and nine injured”according to a provisional assessment.
13h36
The Hamas Ministry of Health announces a new death toll of 43,341. The Health Ministry of the Hamas government in Gaza announced on Sunday a new death toll of 43,341 in the Palestinian territory since the start of the war with Israel more than a year ago. At least 27 people have been killed in the past 24 hours, he said in a statement, adding that 102,105 people had been injured in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war, sparked by an unprecedented Hamas attack. against Israel on October 7, 2023.
11h45
Thousands of Iranians take to the streets to celebrate the anniversary of the 1979 hostage taking. Thousands of Iranians gathered Sunday in the center of the capital Tehran and across the country to mark the 45th anniversary of the 1979 US embassy hostage crisis. , they brandished Iranian and Palestinian flags as well as those of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah supported by the Islamic Republic. Many of them held signs with slogans “Death to America” et “Death to Israel” in Persian and English.
11h41
The Israeli army launches a new call for the evacuation of residents of the Baalbek region in Lebanon. The Israeli army on Sunday issued a new call for the population to evacuate certain areas of the Baalbek region in eastern Lebanon, warning of strikes against Hezbollah. “You are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests”indicated the army's spokesperson in Arabic, Avichay Adraee in a message on X accompanied by maps of the intended targets. He also called for the evacuation of the village of Dourres, near the thousand-year-old town which was already the target of a series of strikes on October 30.
11:30 a.m.
American B-52 bombers in the Middle East to warn Iran. American B-52 fighter jets have arrived in the Middle East, the United States armed forces said on Saturday, the day after the Pentagon announced new military deployments for “defend Israel” and warn Iran. “B-52 strategic bombers from the Minot base of the United States Air Force (in North Dakota) are under the responsibility of Centcom”the central command of the United States armed forces in the Middle East, according to a brief message on social networks. The Pentagon announced Friday evening upcoming military deployments in the region, on the horizon “next months” with a view to the “defense of Israel” and as a warning to Tehran, sworn enemy of the Jewish state and bête noire of Washington.
