The Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, affirmed on Monday October 14 that Israel would continue “ to mercilessly strike Hezbollah » in Lebanon, the day after the deadliest attack by the Shiite movement on Israeli soil in nearly a month of military escalation. A drone attack carried out by the Lebanese Islamist movement on October 13 on a military base in Binyamina, in northern Israel, killed four soldiers and left more than 60 injured, according to rescuers.
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What to remember:
► At least 21 people were killed in a Israeli strike on village in northern Lebanonthe first in this region.
► The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, condemned the attacks on Monday October 14 “ unacceptable » of Israel against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). UNIFIL will remain in its positions in Lebanon, assures the head of UN peacekeeping operations.
► Hezbollah claimed on Monday to have launched missiles on a military base south of Haifa. The Israeli army deplored four soldiers killedwhile the Iranian movement threatens other attacks in the event of a continuation of the offensive in Lebanon.
► In the Gaza Strip, a Israeli bombing in the courtyard of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, where displaced people lived, killed at least four people. Another bombing hit a humanitarian aid distribution center in the Jabaliya refugee camp, this time in the north of the Palestinian enclave, killing at least ten people.
Times are in UT universal time (Paris – 2h),
4:50 a.m.: WHO spokesperson denounces difficulty of traveling in Gaza
Two hospitals in northern Gaza were able to be supplied by a joint mission between the Palestinian Red Crescent and the World Health Organization (WHO), we learned this Monday, October 14. Northern Gaza is the area most affected by the conflict which has lasted in the Palestinian enclave for more than a year. This refueling also enabled the exfiltration of 13 patients in critical condition to southern Gaza. An operation carried out after around ten attempts by humanitarians to access this part of the enclave. WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic denounces the difficulty for humanitarian workers to move around Gaza.
When we try to move from point A to point B in Gaza, we use a system where we inform all parties. Often, our travel requests are rejected.
WHO spokesperson denounces difficulty of traveling in Gaza
4:40 a.m.: “ Israel is not invulnerable », according to Pierre Razoux, academic director of the Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies
Hezbollah booby-trapped drones killed four Israeli soldiers and two military sites were attacked. Sirens sounded in central Israel on Monday evening as projectiles launched from Lebanon approached.
For 24 hours, Israeli anti-aircraft defense has been undermined by the Shiite movement which succeeded in thwarting the Iron Dome. For Pierre Razoux, academic director of the Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies, author of IDF new history of the Israeli army for Perrin, these attacks show that Israel is not invulnerable. He is questioned by Pierre Olivier.
Hezbollah still has coordination capabilities and is still capable of occasionally surprising Israel.
Explanations from Pierre Razoux, academic director of the Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies
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