On the first anniversary of the deadly Hamas attack on Israeli territory, Benjamin Netanyahu promised Monday to continue the fight until victory against Lebanese Hezbollah and the Palestinian Islamist movement, both supported by Iran. “Liberate your country from Hezbollah,” the Israeli Prime Minister launched Tuesday in a video message in English addressed to the Lebanese, threatening otherwise Lebanon would experience “destruction and suffering like those we see in Gaza,” where he Israeli army has been carrying out an offensive for a year which has left tens of thousands dead.
Information to remember
⇒ Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Lebanon with “destruction” like in Gaza
⇒ French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot denounces a “provocation” by the Israeli Prime Minister after these remarks
⇒ Israeli army says it has eliminated Hassan Nasrallah’s replacement
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Israel says it intercepted “two projectiles” fired from Lebanon towards the coastal plain
The Israeli army announced Wednesday morning that it had intercepted “two projectiles” coming from Lebanon shortly after warning sirens had sounded in several localities on the coastal plain south of Haifa. Sirens also sounded in the north of the country. On Tuesday, the army indicated that “around 180 projectiles” had been fired from Lebanon by Hezbollah, mainly at Haifa and the north of the country.
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Lebanon: Hezbollah says it has repelled two infiltration attempts by Israeli soldiers
The Lebanese movement Hezbollah said on Wednesday that it had twice repelled Israeli troops who were trying to infiltrate southern Lebanon. In a statement released after midnight, the party announced that its fighters had detonated “an explosive device on an Israeli enemy force” and engaged “in combat with it as it attempted to infiltrate the border town of Blida” (south-east). In another statement, Hezbollah declared that its fighters had targeted Israeli soldiers in particular “with artillery shells” while they tried to advance “at 4:55 a.m. Wednesday towards the border area of Labouneh” (south west).
07:00
Middle East: London calls on the world “not to weaken”
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy warned on Wednesday that countries “must not waver” in their efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, as he visited two regional allies . “We must not waver at this critical time to secure ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, to deliver the aid that Gaza desperately needs, and to secure the release of all hostages,” he said. to be worth.
David Lammy, who will speak to the leaders of Bahrain and Jordan and meet British armed forces personnel stationed in the Middle East, described the situation as “incredibly dangerous”. He will “press to end the cycle of violence” and express London’s fears about the “risk of escalation and miscalculation”, according to the Foreign Office. The head of British diplomacy will also reiterate his country’s calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, and ask regional partners to urge Iran and its proxies to exercise restraint.
06:45
Netanyahu’s threat against Lebanon: Paris denounces a “provocation”
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot denounced Tuesday a “provocation” by Benjamin Netanyahu, who threatened Lebanon with “destruction and (suffering) like those we see in Gaza” if he did not get rid of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah militia.
“If this provocation were followed through, it would drag Lebanon, a country friendly to France which is already so fragile, into chaos. And this would pose even greater security problems for Israel than those which prevailed before the military operations in Lebanon. “, warned Jean-Noël Barrot, interviewed on France 2. “The situation in Lebanon is catastrophic,” he recalled.
06:30
Hassan Nasrallah’s replacement eliminated, says Israel
“We have eliminated (Hassan) Nasrallah”, the leader of Hezbollah killed on September 27 in an Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut “and the replacement of Nasrallah and the replacement of his replacement”, declared Tuesday Benyamin Netanyahu, without giving of names. His Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, had affirmed shortly before that Hezbollah was now “a bruised and broken organization”, after the intense Israeli strikes which targeted it.
06:20
Lebanese national agency reports series of strikes on southern suburbs of Beirut
The Lebanese National News Agency (Ani) reported a series of strikes that caused “massive destruction” Tuesday evening on the southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah, after an evacuation order from the Israeli army. “The southern suburbs of Beirut are subject to a series of strikes causing massive destruction” in several neighborhoods, Ani reported. “Four buildings collapsed in the Bourj al-Barajneh neighborhood after one of the Israeli strikes,” Ani added. The southern suburbs of Beirut have been shelled for more than two weeks by the Israeli army, which says it is targeting pro-Iranian Hezbollah positions.
06:15
Hezbollah threatens to intensify its strikes if Israel continues bombing Lebanon
Hezbollah threatened on Tuesday to intensify its strikes on Israel, and in particular on Haifa, the large northern city, if this country continues to bomb Lebanon. In a statement, the pro-Iranian movement said that “Haifa and other places will be targeted by our rockets, as are Kyriat Shmona and Metoula”, two localities regularly targeted in northern Israel along the border with Lebanon.
06:00
Seven civilians killed in Israeli strike in Damascus, Syrian government says
The Syrian Defense Ministry reported at least seven civilians killed in an Israeli strike Tuesday in Damascus on a building which, according to a London-based NGO, was frequented by Iranian Revolutionary Guards and members of Hezbollah. “The Israeli enemy launched an aerial attack targeting a residential and commercial building in the densely populated Mazzeh neighborhood, killing seven civilians, including women and children,” said a ministry statement, adding that rescuers continued to search. survivors.
For its part, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), based in London and with a vast network of sources in the country, reported nine deaths, including five civilians, in a new report. According to this NGO, the strike targeted “a building frequented by senior leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (Editor’s note: the ideological army of the Islamic Republic) and members of the Lebanese Hezbollah, as well as a car parked in front of the building”.