The regional war front is intensifying, from Lebanon to Syria, between Iran, the United States and Israel, with intense back and forth between Hezbollah in the north of the Jewish state and Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon.
A Lebanese journalist and some Israeli civilians were injured in exchanges of fire, while a Syrian civilian died and eight pro-Iranian fighters were killed in US airstrikes against pro-Iranian militias on the Syria-Iraq border. These attacks in eastern Syria were followed by drone attacks on US military bases by Tehran-backed fighters stationed on the Syria-Iraq border.
In the same hours, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited troops in the Upper Galilee and warned Hezbollah not to “play with fire.” Amid rising tensions, the UN mission (Unifil) stationed in southern Lebanon warned of the danger that the spiral of violence could take unexpected turns due to “mistakes” that the warring parties may make in daily exchanges of fire.
In Lebanon, Al Jazeera reporter was injured live on television by an Israeli bombing near the front lines near the Lebanese town of Yarun. On the Israeli side, some civilians were injured near the Netu’a Moshav. On October 13, Lebanese journalist Issam Abdallah was killed by shots fired from Israeli territory.
The war between Hezbollah and Israel began on October 8, a few hours after the Hamas offensive from Gaza began. Since then, 74 pro-Iranian fighters have been killed by Israeli bombing, according to the leaders of the Lebanese Party of God itself. In recent days, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah confirmed that southern Lebanon was a “front of support” for the Hamas resistance in Gaza and a “front of pressure” against Israel, reaffirming Hezbollah’s desire to Failure to turn the current war will result in attrition with Israel leading to an all-out conflict.
In recent days, three girls aged 10, 12 and 14 and their mother were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon. And on Sunday, a Ghanaian peacekeeper was wounded by a bullet along the Israel-Lebanon line.
“The situation in southern Lebanon remains very tense, but the UN mission is operating 24 hours a day on the ground near the demarcation line,” Unifil spokesman Andrea Tenenti told ANSA. “The mission commander, General Aroldo Lazaro, is in constant contact with the Israeli and Lebanese armies. We are the only entity that speaks to the parties involved at the same time,” Tenenti recalled.
The Lebanese Hezbollah is in direct contact with the security services of the Lebanese army. And Unifil has repeatedly received messages from Hezbollah through the Lebanese Regular Forces. “This ongoing dialogue with the parties is essential to prevent mistakes that could turn this conflict into a regional war,” Tenenti said.
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