The situation in the Middle East remains tense, with the war continuing for a 16th day after the attack by Hamas and Israel preparing for its ground operation in Gaza Strip.
Alongside, we had new exchanges of fire on Saturday between the Israeli army and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, which caused deaths and injuries on the border between Israel and Lebanonan area where tensions have risen since the war began on October 7.
In Lebanon, the Shiite movement Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, announced that six of its fighters were killed in clashes. Islamic Jihad, an armed Palestinian group, said one of its members was killed.
Lebanon’s national news agency NNA reported last night that the Israeli Air Force had carried out raids near the border, mainly in Alma al-Shaab, Yarin and Daira, while speaking of “heavy shelling near Yaroun”.
For its part, the Israeli army announced that during Saturday a series of incidents occurred in northern Israel, such as the firing of an anti-tank rocket by Hezbollah fighters in the direction of the village of Baram, which resulted in the wounding of three Israeli soldiers, one of them seriously .
The military also said it hit a position from which Hezbollah would fire anti-tank rockets toward the border town of Shlomi.
Two Thais were wounded by shrapnel near the village of Margaliot.
Israel announced Friday the evacuation of Kiryat Shmona, a town on the border with Lebanon that has about 25,000 residents.
Hezbollah announced that it had targeted the Hanita sector with “guided missiles” as well as “al-Abad”, noting that it had destroyed “technical equipment” there. It added that it had bombed “the Rughaishat al-Alam position.”
Hezbollah’s second-in-command, Sheikh Naim Qassem, issued fresh warnings about the possibility of escalation: “Based on the facts, if there is an incident that requires enhanced intervention on our part, we will do so,” he said during the funeral of a member of the Shiite organization.
These new exchanges of fire occurred while Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galand was visiting Israeli soldiers stationed in the northern part of the country. “Hezbollah decided to take part in the fighting and is paying the price,” he said.
In a phone call Friday with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken expressed his “growing concern about the escalation of tension” on the border. He also “underscored continued American support” to Lebanon’s security forces, according to a State Department statement.
The international community is worried about the possibility of opening a second front in northern Israel, where there are daily exchanges of fire.
After the Hamas attack on October 7, the israeli army is on alert on the northern border of the country for a potential Hezbollah attack.
At least 26 people have been killed in southern Lebanon since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, among 15 Hezbollah fighters, but also civilians such as a Reuters journalist, according to an AFP count.
On the Israeli side, three soldiers and a civilian have been killed in an exchange of fire with Hezbollah, as the army has announced.
Air raid in Jenin leaves four dead
At least four people were killed and many injured after his airstrike Israel in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that the Al Ansar mosque in the area was bombed. The television network is broadcasting images from the scene of the attack, where rescue teams have rushed to search for survivors in the rubble.
The Israeli Armed Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet – Israel’s internal security agency – confirmed the airstrike in Jenin in the West Bank. In a joint statement they issued, they claim that they hit an underground shelter in the area of the mosquewhich was used as a base by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad fighters.
The Shin Bet and the IDF claim they had information about an imminent terrorist attack planned by this cell. They also released images that – according to the relevant information – show a hatch that led from the mosque to the underground shelter, as well as a diagram of the area where weapons and ammunition were stored.
The Jenin refugee camp was targeted by an Israeli military operation earlier this year.
According to the Palestinian Authority, at least 84 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since October 7, when the attack launched by Hamas fighters on Israeli soil sparked a new war with thousands of casualties on both sides.
Since, the Israeli armed forces have made hundreds of arrests of suspects in the West Bank. At the same time, they are relentlessly pounding the Gaza Strip, preparing the next phase of their operation against the Palestinian enclave that has been under Hamas control since 2007.
Source: News Beast
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