Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again vowed to hit Hezbollah hard, during a trip to the border with Lebanon, where his army has intensified its deadly strikes on strongholds of the pro-Iranian Lebanese movement.
In northern Israel, warning sirens sounded after around a hundred rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Israeli territory, the army said, saying it had intercepted some projectiles while others fell on land waves.
On its southern border, Israel continued its war against Hamas in Gaza, where 30 Palestinians including women and children were killed, according to local emergency services.
The war in Gaza was triggered by the attack carried out on October 7, 2023 by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Israeli soil. The day after the attack and in support of Hamas, Hezbollah opened a front against Israel, which degenerated into open war last September.
A few days before the November 5 presidential election in the United States, Israel's main ally, and despite international pressure, attempts to put an end to hostilities in Gaza and Lebanon have remained in vain.
On Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu, who vowed to put Hamas and Hezbollah, two movements allied to Iran, out of harm's way, once again went to the Lebanese border.
“I want to be clear: with or without a (ceasefire) agreement, the key to restoring security in the north (of Israel) is first and foremost to keep Hezbollah beyond the Litani River, to respond to any attempt at rearmament on its part and to retaliate firmly to any operation against us,” he said in front of soldiers.
– Hospital damaged –
Since September 23, Israel has intensified its strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, saying it wants to neutralize this movement in the southern border regions and keep its fighters away north of the Litani River, located around thirty km from the Israeli border. Objective: the return of 60,000 inhabitants in northern Israel, displaced by Hezbollah fire.
On Sunday, the Israeli army carried out strikes against areas of southern Lebanon, including Tyre, Tebnine, Ghaziyeh and Haret Saida where three people died according to the Ministry of Health. Two rescue workers linked to Hezbollah were killed in a strike near Tyre, according to this source.
The surroundings of the Tebnine public hospital were affected and the establishment risks being out of service because of the extent of the damage, according to the mayor, Nabil Fawaz.
The Israeli army claimed to have killed several Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon, where its troops have been engaged in a ground offensive since September 30.
In eastern Lebanon, Israel carried out strikes on several localities in the Bekaa plain, after an Israeli call to evacuate the town of Baalbeck and its region. The official Lebanese news agency Ani reported the destruction of a café-restaurant in a raid.
At least 1,940 people have been killed since September 23 in Lebanon, according to an AFP count based on official data.
– At least 30 dead in Gaza –
In the devastated and besieged Gaza Strip, at least 30 people died in Israeli raids, including 17 in the north of the territory, where the Israeli army has been leading an offensive since October 6 to prevent Hamas from regrouping its forces. , according to Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal.
Strikes targeted houses belonging to two families in Beit Lahia and Jabalia, killing 10 people, including women and children, he said.
In the south of the Gaza Strip, 13 Palestinians were killed including four children in Khan Younes according to the Ministry of Health.
Houses sheltering civilians are hit “without prior warning”, accused Mr. Bassal. “In the north of the Gaza Strip, the siege is complete: more than 100,000 residents are without food, water and medicine.”
Israel vowed to destroy Hamas after its attack on October 7, 2023, which resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli data, including hostages killed or died in captivity . Of 251 people kidnapped, 97 remain hostages in Gaza, 34 of whom were declared dead by the army.
The Israeli army in retaliation launched a devastating offensive in Gaza which left 43,341 dead, mostly civilians, according to data from the Hamas Ministry of Health, and caused colossal destruction and a humanitarian disaster.
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