Israel will “extend its offensive to the north and increase attacks” against Hezbollah. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said this in a meeting at the army’s Northern Command.
Gallant added that Israel’s action “is becoming more offensive than defensive and we will come wherever Hezbollah is. Beirut, Baalbek, Tyre, Sidon and all along the border: and further afield, like Damascus.”
Today, in fact, Israel struck near Aleppo, in Syria where, according to an NGO, 42 people died, including a senior Hezbollah commander.
Syria’s Defense Ministry had said several civilians and soldiers were killed following attacks by the Israeli army and a militant group in the northern city. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights speaks of around 30 deaths. Israeli airstrikes against several areas in the countryside surrounding Aleppo occurred “in conjunction” with a drone attack on civilians that the ministry described as being conducted by “terrorist organizations” in the city of Idlib, several Arab media reported.
ANSA Agency Netanyahu, delegations to Doha and Cairo in the next few days – News – Ansa.it Mossad and Shin Bet appointed to continue hostage negotiations (ANSA) The Syrian government has not yet provided figures on the number of victims. A military source told the official SANA news agency that “at around 1.45am the Israeli enemy launched an air strike from the direction of Athriya, southeast of Aleppo”, adding that “civilians and military personnel” were killed and injured in the attack.
In response to Israeli attacks in Syria, in which, according to local sources, Hezbollah fighters were killed, the Lebanese armed movement announced that it had fired some Burkan missiles at an Israeli military base in the Upper Galilee. The al Manar TV of the Lebanese Party of God claims to have hit the Biranit base, home of the 91st division of the Israeli army close to the front line, not far from the Lebanese Christian village of Rameish.
On the other hand, the Israeli army confirmed the killing in a raid in the Bazouriye area of Lebanon of “Ali Abed Akhsan Naim, deputy commander of Hezbollah’s rocket launch unit.” The military spokesperson made this known, according to which the man “was considered a significant source of knowledge for the terrorist organization and a leader in the field of rockets”. “He was also,” the same source continued, “one of the leaders for launching heavy warhead rockets and responsible for conducting and planning attacks against Israeli civilians.”
Subsequently, Hezbollah confirmed the killing of its leader, but simply defined him as a “fighter” and did not provide further details about his alleged leading role in the military cadres of the Lebanese armed movement. Previously it was reported of an Israeli attack conducted with an armed drone against a car traveling this morning in the Tire region, near the town of Bazuriye.
ANSA Agency Abu Mazen to the Pope: your appeals for peace give us hope – News – Ansa.it Gaza, Hamas: 66 killed in Israeli raids and fighting last night. Rain of rockets from Hezbollah. 6 dead in an Israeli raid in southern Lebanon (ANSA)
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