The Israeli army announced Wednesday morning that it had intercepted “two projectiles” coming from Lebanon shortly after warning sirens had sounded in several localities on the coastal plain south of Haifa.
The Lebanese Hezbollah movement said on Wednesday it had twice repelled Israeli troops trying to infiltrate southern Lebanon. In two separate statements released after midnight Tuesday and early Wednesday, the pro-Iranian movement indicated that Israeli soldiers had attempted to infiltrate the border areas of Blida (southeast) and Labouneh (southwest).
Already at odds with Tel Aviv, Paris did not at all appreciate this outing by the Israeli Prime Minister. “If this provocation were followed through, it would drag Lebanon, a country friendly to France which is already so fragile, into chaos. And this would pose even greater security problems for Israel than those which prevailed before the military operations in Lebanon,” warned Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, interviewed on France 2.
On the first anniversary of the deadly Hamas attack on Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, Benjamin Netanyahu promised Monday to continue the fight until victory against Lebanese Hezbollah and Hamas, both supported by Iran.
With regard to this objective, the Israeli Prime Minister, on Tuesday, directly threatened in a video message in English the Lebanese of suffering “destructions” like in Gaza if they did not “liberate” their country from Hezbollah.
Hello everyone. Like every day, the editorial staff of 20 Minutes is mobilized to give you all the information on the situation in the Middle East.
This Wednesday, October 9, Israel continues its offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Since October 2023, more than 2,000 people have been killed in this country, including more than 1,110 since the start of massive Israeli bombings against Hezbollah on September 23, according to a count based on official figures. More than a million people have been displaced.
