Israel reports Hezbollah attack with 130 projectiles from Lebanon

International Editorial Staff (EFE).- The Israel Defense Forces reported this Saturday about 130 projectiles fired by Hezbollah that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory and confirmed the attack against Hamas in Gaza.

The Shiite Hezbollah militia launched rockets against cities in northern Israel in a new day of clashes, with the Israeli army again this Saturday bombing the southern suburbs of Beirut and announcing the death of two Hamas officials in Lebanese territory.

Chief of the Israeli Army General Staff Harzi Halevi stressed maintaining pressure on Hezbollah in Lebanon “without concessions” in statements issued by the Israeli Armed Forces.

Among the Hamas casualties are Muhammad Hussein Ali al-Mahmoud, who was part of Hamas’s executive authority in the Levantine country, killed in an attack about which no further information was released; and Sayid Alaa Naif Ali, a senior officer of the Al Qassam Brigades, who died in a bombing in Tripoli that also killed three of his relatives.

For its part, Hezbollah assured that during the early hours of the morning it responded to “an attempt to advance” by Israeli troops into the town of Odaiseh, on the southern border of Lebanon, where just a few hours earlier it had reported another attempted infiltration. Was given, which was foiled. An attack that led to “a huge explosion” caused casualties among its ranks, according to the militia.

Since the start of hostilities, Israeli attacks in the Bekaa Valley and the capital Beirut in the south have killed nearly 2,000 people and forced 1.2 million from their homes, mainly in the south and east of the Mediterranean country.

Israel attacked Hamas command center

The Israel Defense Forces announced in a communication through its Telegram channel that they had launched an attack against the Hamas group in the Jabaliya area, north of the Gaza Strip.

“The command and control center was integrated into a complex that previously served as a center for the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and was (and is now) used by Hamas militants against the IDF. Used to plan and execute terrorist attacks against. The army and the State of Israel,” the organization said.

Since the conflict escalated, Israel has accused UNRWA of collaborating with Hamas, leading 118 countries, including the United States, to decide to halt its funding.

But last July, more than a hundred countries considered re-funding UNRWA. However, due to an express prohibition by Congress, the United States will not be able to do so until 2025.

It is noteworthy that last week, the head of the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA), Philip Lazzarini, had once again rejected the campaign being run by Israel against the image of this organization.

Next October 7 will mark one year since a Hamas attack on Israel that killed 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped another 251 – 97 of whom remain in the hands of the armed group – sparked an intensified Israeli offensive against Gaza in which Already approximately 42,000 people have been killed, mostly women and children.