Exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel along the front line
There is an exchange of fire between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah along the front line between northern Israel and southern Lebanon that opened a month ago. This was reported by Lebanese media and local sources close to the dividing line between the two countries. During these hours, the central and western sections of the demarcation line are most affected by the exchange of fire. No casualties have been reported at this time.
Israel has attacked Lebanese territory several times in the last 24 hours, the Israeli army said, defining its attacks as “fire responses” against the Jewish state and on “a suspicious air target” detected in Israeli territory. Late in the evening, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said that IDF warplanes had repeatedly attacked Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, including a “warehouse, launch positions, infrastructure and locations where technological assets are located.”
Israeli army: “Hamas leaders are dead”
Hamas leaders are “dead men walking” as it is only a matter of time before they are “captured or killed” by Israeli forces, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Jonathan Conricus told Sky News Australia.
The “instruction” is to “kill or capture” all Hamas leaders “who planned, facilitated and carried out the murderous October 7 massacre in Israel,” he added.
Israel reopens the North-South humanitarian corridor in the Gaza Strip
The Israeli army announced that by 2 p.m. today (local time) it had reopened a humanitarian corridor from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip along the Salah ad Din road, which runs through the entire Gaza Strip. This was announced by the army spokesman in Arabic, Avichay Adraae, calling on Gaza’s citizens to move south. “If you care about yourself and your loved ones,” he stressed, “go south.”
Blinken, Israel must not reoccupy Gaza
Israel must not “reoccupy” Gaza. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said this while answering questions at a press conference in Tokyo at the end of the G7 summit
The Pope, the war has been defeated, God grant us a just peace
“Let us think and pray for the people who suffer from the war. Let us not forget the tormented Ukraine and remember the Palestinian and Israeli people. May the Lord lead us to a just peace. We are suffering a lot, the children are suffering, the sick, the old and many young people are dying. War is always a defeat, let us not forget, it is always a defeat.” This is what the Pope said at the end of the general audience.
Iran: “If Israel continues to attack Gaza, the war will expand”
“If the crimes of the Zionist regime against Gaza continue, the dimension of the conflict and war in the region will increase,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said. “America cannot, on the one hand, send us the message that they do not support the spread of conflict in the region, and then allow the Zionist regime to commit large-scale war crimes against the Palestinian nation,” Kanani added. This was announced by the Tehran government.
Israel: Hamas weapons production chief killed
The Israeli army killed Mohsen Abu Zina, Hamas’ head of weapons production, in a targeted airstrike that night. This was made known by the military spokesman, according to whom Abu Zina was “one of Hamas’ most important weapons developers and an expert in the development of strategic weapons and missiles for terrorists.” The spokesman added that last night “a terrorist cell that planned to launch anti-tank missiles against soldiers” was eliminated.
Israel: Bodies of 843 people killed on October 7 identified
Police have identified the bodies of 843 Israeli citizens killed in the Hamas attack on border kibbutzim on October 7. The police themselves announced this.
Israel: The number of soldiers killed in fighting in Gaza rises to 31
The number of Israeli soldiers who have died since the land operation began in Gaza in response to the Hamas attack on October 7 has risen to 31. The last in chronological order – according to the army – was Yaacov Ozeri (28 years old) of the 410th Armored Brigade, who was killed yesterday in northern Gaza. In addition, according to the same source, there are also three soldiers who were seriously injured in yesterday’s fighting.
Israel: “14,000 Hamas targets hit in one month”
A month after the start of the military operation against Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has carried out attacks on more than 14,000 targets in the Gaza Strip, army spokesman Daniel Hagari said at a press conference last night. The IDF claims to have demolished over a hundred tunnel entrances, destroyed more than 4,000 weapons of various types and killed “many Hamas terrorists, including those with the rank of commander.” Hagari explained that many of the targets hit were in mosques, kindergartens and residential areas. “This shows that Hamas is cynically using its population as a human shield,” said the Israeli army spokesman.
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