Israeli attacks intensify
The Israeli army bombed dozens of <a href="http://www.time.news/israel-has-no-intention-of-staying-permanently-in-gaza-says-defense-minister/" title="Israel has no intention of staying permanently in Gaza, says defense minister”>Hezbollah targets in Beirut and southern Lebanon on Sunday, and continued its offensive against Hamas in Gaza, where an attack the day before had killed more than 70 people, according to reports. emergency.
Warring against these Iranian-backed Islamist movements, Israel announced that it had targeted a Hezbollah “command center” on the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital and carried out airstrikes on dozens of locations in southern Lebanon.
The war, which spread to Lebanon in mid-September, now rages on two fronts as Israel celebrates the Jewish holiday of Sukkot until October 23, the last day of which was a year ago. On October 7, Hamas carried out an unprecedented attack on its country. soil that triggered the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Hezbollah’s responses
Hezbollah, for its part, claimed responsibility for rocket attacks in northern Israel, specifically targeting three military bases near Haifa and Safed, as well as against Israeli troops in southern Lebanon. At least 1,454 people have been killed in Lebanon since September 23, according to an AFP tally based on official data, and as of mid-October the UN registered nearly 700,000 displaced people.
A stronger offensive in Gaza
At the same time, the Israeli offensive against Hamas has intensified in the Gaza Strip in recent days. The army announced on Sunday that it had carried out operations in the “north, center and south” and had “eliminated dozens of terrorists”. The day before, a strike had caused 73 deaths “and a large number of injuries” in Beit Lahia, in the north of the Palestinian territory, according to Civil Protection.
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