12:39 – Hezbollah claims attack on military base
Lebanese Hezbollah announced this Friday that it had attacked a military base in Haifa, Israel, with drones. The formation thus specified in a press release that it had “launched a squadron of attack drones on an air base in Haifa”.
11:40 – Shooting of peacekeepers causes international outcry
On Thursday, two Indonesian peacekeepers, a United Nations peacekeeping force, came under Israeli fire at the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, southern Lebanon. A shot which caused a real diplomatic outcry. “An attack against a United Nations peacekeeping mission is irresponsible, unacceptable, and this is why we call on Israel and all parties to fully respect international humanitarian law,” responded the President of the European Council, Charles Michel , this Friday. Same story for Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations: “I condemn the fact that there was shooting against a United Nations site, injuring two peacekeepers, which constitutes a violation of international humanitarian law.” It would not be over: the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out new Israeli fire on a position of Sri Lankan peacekeepers in southern Lebanon this Friday.
11:10 – New Hezbollah strike
This Friday, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a new strike targeting an Israeli soldier site “with a large salvo of rockets”. He targeted “the Yiftah barracks and its surroundings” and particularly “technical equipment on a crane in Abbad with a guided missile”. Hezbollah assured that it had hit its target.
10:55 – Iran ready to “defend its sovereignty”
Iran warned on Friday that the country was “ready to defend its sovereignty” if Israel carried out an attack. Iran “is fully prepared to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity against any aggression targeting its vital interests and security”, declared Amir Saeid Iravani, representative of the Islamic Republic to the United Nations, during a Security Council , reports The World. He explains that Tehran “does not seek war or escalation” but will not hesitate if necessary to use its “inherent right to self-defense”. Israel has, in fact, promised to respond to the Iranian missile launches of October 1, which sounded like a response to the assassination of the leader of Palestinian Hamas in Tehran and the leader of Lebanese Hezbollah, attributed to Israel.