Netanyahu angers his troops at Lebanon border as they bomb Beirut and Gaza: “You are lions” international

Marking the first anniversary of the start of the war, Israel is determined to project strength on all fronts open to it. While it keeps up pressure on the North with its attacks on Lebanon, which the United Nations considers a violation of international humanitarian law, it has not deviated from its attacks on Gaza, which it has also ruled illegal, over the past 12 months. The Middle East region is also awaiting the Jewish state’s announced response to last Tuesday’s Iranian attack. Although there have been no signs in the past few hours that this retaliation will be imminent, Tehran authorities ordered the closure of its airports between 9 pm on Sunday and 6 am on Monday. Israeli response could occur at any time without warning.

Israeli bombardment of the Lebanese capital and other areas of the country continued throughout the day on Sunday. Pictures showed huge plumes of smoke and flames stretching several kilometers above southern Beirut in what Israel described as “precision” attacks on Hezbollah weapons depots and infrastructure. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went this Sunday to Israel’s northern border, over which missiles launched by Shia party-militia sponsored by Iran continue to fly, to encourage his troops in a triumphant tone: “You are lions.” He said, “The whole world is astounded by the attacks you have been making on our enemies (in the last year).”

The United Nations commends “numerous cases of violations” of international humanitarian law, including the way Israel bombards Lebanon, killing civilians and damaging civilian and humanitarian infrastructure, Filippo Grandi, head of the humanitarian agency in Beirut. It has been condemned by the United Nations Office for Refugees (UNHCR), Reuters reports. As Israel stepped up its attacks, including ground offensives, over the past two weeks, Lebanon has suffered more than 2,000 deaths, nearly 10,000 injured and some 1.2 million displaced people, 220,000 of whom have fled to Syria. About 70% are refugees who arrived in Lebanon fleeing the war that is rocking their country.

“You are a hero worthy of praise. You, along with your other fellow soldiers, Israel Defense Forces fighters, and security forces in Gaza, Judea and Samaria (as the West Bank is called), are doing amazing work throughout the region. You are a lion,” Netanyahu said near the border with Lebanon.

The Prime Minister wanted to sound a triumphant tone this Sunday, despite the fact that, in addition to the various open war fronts, there are still hundreds of hostages who have been in Gaza for 12 months and no one suggests an agreement that would lead to their early release. Will provide the facility. , “A year ago, we suffered a terrible shock. In the 12 months since, we’ve changed reality around the world. The whole world is astonished by the attacks you are inflicting on our enemies. “I congratulate you and say: You are the generation of victory,” he told the army, according to a government statement.

The Israeli military continues to show photos of tunnels dug next to the border, which were allegedly being used by Hezbollah members to try to repeat another attack like the one on October 7 on Israeli territory, with Radwan Vehicles and weapons are also being shown. Force, elite corps of the Lebanese Shia militia.

One killed in Beersheva attack

Meanwhile, also this Sunday, an Israeli citizen, Bedouin Ahmed Al Uqbi, has been identified as the perpetrator of an attack in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva. There he killed a 19-year-old border police officer and injured a dozen people before being killed. The attack came just five days after another attack, for which Hamas claimed responsibility, killed two of its own people after killing seven in the city of Yaffa, next to Tel Aviv, in the worst such attack since the war. Bad incident had started.

The fighting and bombings are not stopping in the Gaza Strip, about thirty kilometers from Beersheba, in an effort by the army to weaken Hamas’s military and political capacity. According to Hamas government sources, at least 26 people were killed and almost a hundred were injured this Sunday after attacks on a mosque and a school, where civilians driven from their homes were taking refuge.

Occupation troops, for their part, have reported an operation against “terrorists” of the Palestinian radical group. Israeli military operations over the past 12 months have resulted in more than 41,000 deaths, devastated much of the area and forced most of the 2.3 million residents to be displaced.