Israel kills two senior Hamas officials in Lebanon attack
The Israeli military claimed to have killed two senior Hamas officials in separate attacks on Lebanon this Saturday in coordinated operations between the armed forces and the internal intelligence agency, Shin Bet, which has led to an expansion of the bombardment towards the north. Of the country.
“Air Force attacked and killed the terrorist Muhammad Hussain Ali Al Mahmoud“Which was part of the executive authority of Hamas in Lebanon and directed terrorist activities in Judea and Samaria (West Bank),” the military first reported of the attacks, which it did not provide further details.
the other is deceased Ala Naif Ali saidA veteran member of Hamas’s armed wing, who is accused of recruiting militiamen for the organization in a neighboring country and who “carried out terrorist attacks against Israeli targets.” Naif Ali was killed in a bomb attack on the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, which has a Sunni Muslim majority while Hezbollah is Shiite.
it has been done Israel’s first attack on Tripoli city Since the 2006 war His wife and two daughters have also died.When they were in a building near the Al Bedawi refugee camp.
The army says the operations are part of its efforts to eliminate the Hamas threat to Israel, and are a blow to the Islamic organization’s ability to attack Israel from Lebanese territory. At the same time, the spokesperson of the Israeli army. Daniel Hagarihas assured the armed forces They have killed about 440 fighters from the Shiite group Hezbollah during their raids in southern Lebanon.Which started early on Tuesday.
“We are pushing Hezbollah to the north. Some militants fled and others are being defeated by our troops in close combat,” Hagari said in a video appearance this Saturday. For his part, the Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Army, Herzi Haleviis emphasized Maintain pressure on Hezbollah “without any concessions”In statements issued by the Israeli Armed Forces. Halevi said, “We must maintain pressure on Hezbollah and inflict additional and sustained damage to the enemy, without any concessions and without giving any respite to the organization.”
Israeli military preparing “significant” response to Iranian attack
All this while many local media are pointing out that Israeli military is preparing a “serious and significant” attack on IranFollowing the Iranian bombing of Israel on Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahuHas said his country has the right to defend itself and will respond to the attack by Iran, which fired about 200 missiles against the Jewish state on Tuesday.
“Iran has already launched hundreds of missiles, ballistic missiles (…) against our territory and our cities on two occasions, no country in the world will accept such an attack (…). Israel “We have a duty and a right to defend ourselves and respond to these attacks,” Netanyahu said in a statement. Iran’s first missile attack against Israel took place in April.
Shelling continues in Beirut’s southern suburbs
This Saturday, the Israeli army continued the bombardment of Beirut’s southern suburbs, known as Dahaye, with the intention of destroying command posts and infrastructure that it labels as “terrorists” from the Shia group Hezbollah. Does it.
The attacks follow another bombing campaign that the army launched overnight against “weapons warehouses, command posts and additional terrorist infrastructure” of the pro-Iranian organization in the Lebanese capital. Israel bombed this Saturday also A mosque near Salah Ghandour hospital in Bint JbeilAbout five kilometers from the Lebanese border, claiming it contained a hidden Hezbollah command center.
However, to date, there is no known number of victims due to the latest attacks. Lebanon’s health ministry puts the death toll from Israeli attacks across the country this Friday at 25.,
The military statement regarding this latest bombing campaign said, “Prior to the attacks, a number of measures were taken to reduce the risk of harm to civilians, including sending advanced warnings to civilians, the use of precision weapons and aerial surveillance. Was involved.”
For its part, the Israel Defense Forces have reported approximately Hezbollah fired 130 shells Who entered Israeli territory from Lebanon. some of them reached the country Two shells of 30 rockets Each was intercepted by 2:00 pm local time (1:00 pm Spanish Peninsular time), with most being intercepted and others falling into open positions.
In addition, according to the newspaper, this Saturday a still undefined number of rockets fell on a building in the Arab city of Deir al Assad, about 20 kilometers from Israel’s northern border, causing three minor injuries. israel timeThe Shia group Hezbollah said it had attacked a military industrial plant near the city of Acre.
Since the start of hostilities on 8 October, Israel launched attacks on the south, the Bekaa Valley and the capital, Beirut. They have killed about 2,000 people And 1.2 million have been forced to leave their homesMainly in the south and east of the Mediterranean country.
Israel raises the number of terrorists killed in the West Bank to 12
The Israeli army has increased the number of Palestinian terrorists killed in Thursday night’s bomb blast to 12. tulkaremNorthern West Bank, which includes 18 people lost their livesWhich also includes two children. “At least 12 members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad were killed,” a military statement said. The statement accused the terrorists of participating in the manufacture of explosives and “supporting terrorist activities against Israeli civilians.”
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Initially, the army revealed the names of the two most senior officers killed in the attack: Zahi Yasser Abd al Razek Aufi, the Hamas leader in Tulkarem, and Jit Radwan, Islamic Jihad’s “key” operator in the city. Also, this afternoon, they published the names of another ten dead whom they identified as part of the militia. Nine of them were linked to Hamas: Majdi Salem, Ayman Tangi, Bassel Nafa, Ahmed Gamal Obaid, Issam Kouzakh, Mahmoud Harwish, Tayer Majdi Hussein al-Lawisi, Anwar Muhammad Moussa Massimi and Ma’moun Anabatawi. The tenth and last Palestinian would be part of Islamic Jihad, and has been identified as Rakan Bilal.
The dead included all four members of the family including Abu Zahra Two children, 8 and 6 years oldit’s about Deadliest Israeli attack on West Bank since second intifada (2000–2005), and Palestinian media have raised the total death toll to 20, although official sources have not yet updated their figures.
In Tulkarem alone, at least 94 Palestinians have been killed since January, including eight minors.