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Fires in northern Israel after strikes from Lebanon on June 3, 2024.
INTERNATIONAL – Fires in Galilee. Israeli authorities are fighting intense forest fires in the north of the country this Tuesday, June 4, which broke out shortly after rocket and drone fire from neighboring Lebanon and required the partial evacuation of a locality.
“Firefighting units, assisted by various entities, are working to extinguish the fires”Israeli police said in a statement, specifying that several residences in Kiryat Shmona had been “evacuated”. Images were shared by Israel’s official X account, as well as by journalists as you can see below.
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An AFP photographer in this northeastern city saw intense fires devouring sections of this area adjoining the border with Lebanon, the scene of almost daily exchanges of fire between the Israeli army and ally Hezbollah. of Hamas, on the sidelines of the war in Gaza.
Israeli retaliation against Lebanon
The Israeli army indicated that it had deployed reinforcements in particular to support firefighters overwhelmed by the scale of the fires. “Six reservist soldiers suffered minor injuries from smoke inhalation and were transferred to hospital for medical treatment”specified the army, assuring “no human life” was not in danger ” at this stage “.
The leaders of the army’s Northern Command arrived overnight in Kiryat Shmona to “assess the situation” in this sector.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated that it was closely monitoring, in conjunction with the army, the evolution of these fires which broke out on Monday after rocket fire and the fall of armed drones launched from Lebanon. In retaliation for these shots, the Israeli army claimed airstrikes on what it said were Hezbollah elements in southern Lebanon.
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