Israel carried out a violent air raid against Beirut on the night of Thursday to Friday, some strikes were intended to target the potential future leader of Hezbollah. In Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei must speak after threatening the United States and any state that helps Israel last night.
08:08 – “We can avoid” a “total war” according to Joe Biden
Joe Biden, for his part, estimated on Thursday evening that “we can avoid” a “total war” in the Middle East. However, the international community does fear an escalation and generalization of the conflict. Shortly before his statement, the American president, as Israel’s main ally, discussed with the Jewish state possible Israeli responses against Iran: strikes on nuclear infrastructure were ruled out, but strikes against oil structures are still under study.
08:03 – A speech by Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei scheduled for this Friday
Rare event this Friday, October 4: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is due to take the floor to lead the great weekly prayer and deliver a sermon that could clarify Iran’s positions and plans vis-à-vis -screw Israel and the war in the Middle East.
Yesterday evening, Tehran already expressed itself via a letter sent by the Iranian mission to the UN and warned all countries which would come to the aid of Israel, and more particularly the United States, indicating that they ” would be considered accomplices and would become a legitimate target.
07:59 – The potential future leader of Hezbollah targeted by Israel’s strikes?
Some Israeli strikes targeted Hassan Nasrallah’s potential successor as leader of Hezbollah. Three Israeli officials cited by American media Axios and The New York Times confirm that attacks were launched against “a meeting of senior Hezbollah leaders, including Hassan Nasrallah’s presumed successor, Hachem Safieddine.” But neither the Israeli army nor Hezbollah announced the death of the leader of the Shiite movement.
07:55 – One of the most violent salvos of Israeli strikes
Israel carried out a new air raid against Lebanon during the night from Thursday to Friday and this salvo of strikes was one of the most violent since the start of the Israeli offensive. The strikes mainly targeted the south of the capital Beirut, known to be a Hezbollah stronghold. Israel had announced that it would continue to inflict “severe blows” on the Shiite movement.
03/10/24 – 23:33 – New strikes heard in Beirut
END OF LIVE – Earlier in the evening, a resumption of Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon had already been reported. L’Orient-Le Jour suggests that there would have been at least six. The French-speaking Lebanese daily also indicates that new strikes described as “strong” were heard around 11 p.m., Paris time, in the Lebanese capital and as far as Kesrouan.
03/10/24 – 23:02 – Israeli offensive in Lebanon: “This goes well beyond what happened in 2006”
At the microphone of CNNthe Lebanese Minister of the Economy deplored that the Israeli offensive in Lebanon “destroyed[se] the country.” “This goes well beyond what happened in 2006,” said Amin Salam, pointing to an Israeli strike this Thursday morning less than three kilometers from the Government Palace. And the minister noted again : “We have hospitals full of people, schools full of people, people sleeping on the streets, and this war continues. In my opinion, this war has no purpose. It’s just destroying the country.”
03/10/24 – 22:35 – The G7 expresses its “deep concern” about the deteriorating situation in the Middle East
The members of the G7 did not hide their “deep concern” Thursday evening about “the deterioration of the situation” in the Middle East. Warning against “an uncontrollable escalation”, they called on the various parties to act “responsibly and with restraint”. “International humanitarian law must be respected,” they argued.
03/10/24 – 22:09 – Iran’s warning to the United States
Thursday evening, Tehran clearly warned Washington, Israel’s loyal supporter. “If any country provides assistance to the aggressor, it will also be considered complicit and will become a legitimate target,” the Iranian mission to the UN said, adding: “We advise countries to refrain from “get involved in the conflict between the Israeli regime and Iran and stay away from the fray.”
03/10/24 – 9:37 p.m. – Israel – Iran: for Michel Barnier, it is not “too late to stop” the risk of conflagration
Guest of the show The Eventbroadcast on France 2 Thursday evening, the French Prime Minister returned to the situation in the Middle East. After restating the position of Paris, which judges that the “security of Israel is not negotiable” while recognizing that the “Palestinian victims are too numerous”, Michel Barnier estimated that between Israel and Iran there is indeed had “a risk of conflagration”. However, the tenant of Matignon was optimistic, saying he did not believe “that it is too late to interrupt it”.
03/10/24 – 9:01 p.m. – What human toll has been on Israel for three days in southern Lebanon?
If a large part of the Lebanese population has suffered the full brunt of Israeli strikes in recent days, the army of the Hebrew state has announced that “Captain Ben Zion Falach, aged 21, fell [mercredi] during fighting in southern Lebanon”, bringing to nine the number of soldiers dead since the start of the ground offensive on Monday.
03/10/24 – 8:36 p.m. – A warehouse near the airport targeted this evening by an Israeli strike
While the Lebanese National Information Agency recently confirmed the resumption of Israeli strikes “in a very intense manner” in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah, a source close to the organization revealed on condition of anonymity that “an Israeli airstrike targeted a warehouse adjacent to Beirut airport”, without further information regarding what was in the famous warehouse being revealed.