Israel says it killed Iranian scientists and is bracing for attacks from Iran
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said Iran “crossedred lines” by firing missiles at “civilian population concentrations” and warned it would pay a “very heavy price”, the Times of Israel reported. Netanyahu said that the attack on Iran was in the works for months after his assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon.
Lebanon says 2 people were hurt as Israeli troops fired into the air
The UN’s refugee agency said it hopes that the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon will bring an end to the war that has killed over 3,000 people, including over 270 children. The UN refugee agency said that fighting has limited access to southern Lebanon, where almost 188,000 people currently live in more than 1,000 collective shelters.
The war in Lebanon could be stopped if Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah
Israel’s Security Cabinet on Tuesday approved a US proposal for a ceasefire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said. The announcement came during fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. US President Joe Biden said the deal “will cease the fighting in Lebanon and secure Israel from the threat of Hezbollah and other terrorist organisations operating from Lebanon”.
People who have been displaced by the war fear Hezbollah might be hiding among them
Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed at least 18 people, including eight women and four children, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. A strike on a building east of Lebanon killed at least six people. Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 46 people in Gaza so far, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.
Israel struck Hezbollah-linked banks in Lebanon
Israeli forces carried out air strikes on Lebanon’s al-Qard al-Hassan Bank and its branches on Sunday, the state media reported. This comes after a bomb attack on the bank’s building in Lebanon’s Beirut on Saturday. At least 14 people were killed and 67 others were injured in the attack, according to Lebanese Health Ministry.
Israel launched an airstrike on Lebanon because it was targeting Hezbollah’s financial arm
Israel’s military on Saturday carried out airstrikes in Lebanon that the military says are linked to a financial institution that undergirds the militant group Hezbollah. The strikes on targets in southern Lebanon have led to Israel increasing airstrikes there. The army of Israel published messages in Arabic telling inhabitants of Lebanon to move away from the buildings that hold the Al- Qard Al-Hassan bank branches.
drone targets Benjamin Netanyahu house, strikes in Gaza kill 50
Israel’s military has announced that it is now taking aim at the Lebanon-based Hezbollah financial arm and will attack a “large number of targets” in Beirut and elsewhere. At least 87 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza over the past 24 hours, the territory’s Health Ministry said. In Lebanon, the Lebanese army said three soldiers were killed in an Israeli strike.
The strike on the mosque killed 19 people
Israel’s military on Saturday said it had struck targets in Lebanon and that about 30 projectiles had crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory. According to Gaza’s health ministry, at least 41,000 people have been killed by Israel in Gaza. Last month, electronic pagers belonging to members of Hezbollah suddenly exploded across Lebanon, killing more than a dozen people.
Israel is sending troops to Lebanon as it vows to respond harshly to Iran’s missiles
US Ambassador to Israel Austin Austin said the US supports Israel’s ground incursion in Lebanon but is warning Israel about “mission creep”. The US has not restricted the duration of Israel’s incursion but that it’s concerned about a regional escalation. Israeli troops on Tuesday launched an operation targeting Hezbollah military compounds close to the border.
Lebanon’s government is asking for support during the Israel invasion
The number of dead in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon rose to 105, according to the country’s Health Ministry. The death toll is among the highest recorded in an attack on Lebanon. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said that its military and security commanders in Lebanon, and a third member, were killed in the attack.