The war between Lebanon and Israel, which began on September 23, continues after the capture on Saturday of a Hezbollah agent by the Israeli army. According to the Lebanese National News Agency, citing residents, “a military force” carried out a “landing from the sea on the coast of Batroun”. She “went with all her armament to a bungalow near the beach, kidnapping a Lebanese man before heading out into the open sea on a speedboat.” This is the first time that such an operation has occurred since the start of violence between the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah and Israel.
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⇒ Six injured including 4 children after a vaccination center was “hit” in northern Gaza
⇒ Israel confirms having captured a Hezbollah “agent” in Lebanon during a commando operation
⇒ Lebanon-Syria: new Israeli strike on a border post
8:50 a.m.
Six injured including 4 children after vaccination center ‘hit’ in northern Gaza
“The primary health care center in Sheikh Radouane, northern Gaza, was hit today as parents brought their children for polio vaccination, in an area where a humanitarian pause had been agreed to allow the continuation of vaccination”, wrote the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on At least three people were injured by debris from a missile fired by an Israeli drone on a wall of the health center, located west of Gaza City.
Contacted by AFP, the Israeli army denied having fired on a vaccination center in Gaza. “An initial review determined that the army did not carry out a strike on this area at the indicated time,” she said in a statement, stressing that she had participated in the coordination of the vaccination campaign against polio, which affects children in Gaza. The WHO launched a campaign on September 1, after the confirmation of the first case of polio in 25 years in the Palestinian territory besieged by Israel. This is the only case detected at the moment but the dangerousness of the disease has prompted action quickly.
8:30 a.m.
Two “projectiles” fired from northern Gaza, according to Israel
The Israeli army announced on Saturday that two “projectiles” fired from the north of the Gaza Strip, where it is leading a large offensive against Hamas, had crashed into southern Israel without causing any injuries. “Following the triggering of warning sirens in several communities along the Gaza Strip, two projectiles were spotted (entering Israeli territory) from the north of the Gaza Strip and crashed into the countryside. No casualties “has not been reported,” the army said in a statement. These are the first launched from Palestinian territory in several weeks.
8:20 a.m.
Israel confirms having captured a Hezbollah “agent” in Lebanon during a commando operation
Israel confirmed on Saturday that it had captured a “high-ranking Hezbollah operative” during an operation led by an elite navy unit in Batroun, north of Beirut, after a military source in Lebanon reported the kidnapping of a “civilian” by a “naval commando”. “During a special operation carried out by “Shayetet 13” (“Flottilla-13”, the navy commandos) in the Lebanese town of Batroun, a high-ranking Hezbollah agent was apprehended,” a military official said in a press release.
The man, whose name was not made public, “was transferred to Israeli territory” and “is currently the subject of an investigation”, added this official, speaking under cover of the anonymity. This is the first time that such an operation has occurred since the start of violence between the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah and Israel a year ago and which entered into open war on September 23.
8:10 a.m.
Lebanon-Syria: new Israeli strike on a border post
An Israeli strike targeted the Al-Qaa-Jousieh border post, between Lebanon and Syria, on Saturday, the second bombing of its kind in almost a week, with a UN official citing “humanitarian structures” affected. Targeted for the first time on October 25, this border crossing, which has become crucial for the passage of refugees fleeing the war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, was hit again on the Syrian side in the early hours of Saturday.
“A new Israeli strike hit the Jousieh border post, where many Lebanese and Syrians cross from Lebanon to Syria,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, told X. Israeli aircraft had already carried out a raid on October 4 in eastern Lebanon near the Masnaa border post with Syria, cutting the main road between the two countries.