At least 19 people were injured during the night of Friday November 1 to Saturday November 2 in Tira, in central Israel, when a rocket fell on a building. “This is the result of a direct strike from a Hezbollah rocket in the Arab Israeli town of Tira, injuring 19 civilians,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry wrote on its X account, showing images of an explosion and ‘a building partially gutted in the night.
A little later, Lebanese Hezbollah claimed responsibility for rocket attacks on a military intelligence base near Tel Aviv. After a year of cross-border exchanges of fire in southern Lebanon, a “support front” opened by Hezbollah in solidarity with Palestinian Hamas in Gaza, the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese movement turned into open war on the 23 september.
Information to remember
⇒ Iranian leader threatens to retaliate against any attack against Iran or its allied groups
⇒ Hezbollah claims to have fired rockets at intelligence base near Tel Aviv
⇒ Pentagon announces new military deployments in the Middle East
10:13 a.m.
Iranian leader threatens to retaliate against any attack against Iran or its allied groups
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei promised this Saturday to respond to any attack by Israel and its ally, the United States, against Iran or its allied groups in the region. “The enemies, both the United States and the Zionist regime, must know that they will certainly receive a scathing response to their actions against Iran, the Iranian nation and the resistance front,” he said during of a speech to students in Tehran.
9:00 a.m.
Hezbollah claims it fired rockets at intelligence base near Tel Aviv
Lebanese Hezbollah claimed responsibility this Saturday for rocket attacks carried out shortly before dawn on a military intelligence base near Tel Aviv, in central Israel. At 2:30 a.m. (local time), Hezbollah fighters “fired a salvo of rockets at the Glilot base of Unit 8200 of military intelligence in the suburbs of Tel Aviv,” the pro-Iranian movement said in a statement. .
The latter claims daily shootings on military bases or urban areas in Israeli territory. He thus mentioned several “salvos of rockets” fired “Saturday morning” at localities in the north of Israel, in particular north of the city of Safed. Furthermore, at least 19 people were injured during the night from Friday to Saturday in Tira, in central Israel, by the fall of a rocket on a building, authorities said.
8:00 a.m.
In the West Bank, Israeli settlers hope for a second term for Trump
A few days before the election of the next president of the United States, Israeli-Americans living in a colony of West Bank busy are hoping for a victory for Republican candidate Donald Trump. During his previous term, Donald Trump made numerous gestures in favor of Israel, moving the American embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights and contributing to the normalization of ties between Israel and several Arab countries with the Abraham Accords. According to a recent survey by Israeli television channel 12, 66% of respondents aspire to see Donald Trump return to the White House.
7:30 a.m.
Pentagon announces new military deployments in the Middle East
The United States has announced new military deployments in the Middle East which will arrive “in the coming months” for the “defense of Israel” and as a warning to Iran, according to a Pentagon statement on Friday. Pentagon chief “continues to make clear that if Iran, its partners or affiliated groups take advantage of this moment to target American personnel or interests in the region, the United States will take all necessary measures to defend our people “, underlines the text. These new military deployments include ballistic missile defenses, fighter jets, B-52 bombers and other types of military aircraft.
7:10 a.m.
Yemen: “unprecedented” external military support for the Houthis
Yemen’s Houthi rebels are transforming into a “powerful military organization” expanding its operational capabilities, thanks to “unprecedented” military support, notably from Iran and Hezbollah, warns a UN expert report published Friday. Since the start of the war in Gaza a year ago, the Houthis, who control large swaths of Yemen, have “exploited the regional situation and strengthened their cooperation with the ‘axis of resistance'” which unites Iran and groups like Palestinian Hamas or Lebanese Hezbollah, write the experts mandated by the UN Security Council.
7:07 a.m.
Lebanon accuses Israel of refusing truce after series of strikes on Beirut
The Lebanese Prime Minister accused Israel on Friday of refusing any ceasefire with Hezbollah, after a series of airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, the first this week on this stronghold of the Islamist movement. The Israeli air force carried out new strikes in Lebanon, including at least ten strikes on the southern suburbs of the capital which caused strong explosions and transformed entire buildings into piles of rubble and smoking ashes.
7:00 a.m.
Lebanon announces 52 deaths in Israeli strikes in the east
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced Friday evening the death of 52 people in Israeli strikes on the east of the country, which had not been preceded by the evacuation advice usually issued by Israel. The ministry reported “52 dead and 72 injured according to an updated toll of Israeli enemy strikes on the Baalbek-Hermel region.”