Israel said it thwarted a large-scale attack by Hezbollah with bombings in Lebanonbut the Islamist movement claimed that it managed to launch hundreds of drones y rockets against Israeli positions in retaliation for the assassination of one of their leaders.
The international community has been expressing for weeks its fear of a regional military escalation between Iran and its allies, on the one hand, and Israel, on the other, following the war in Gaza, where after ten months a ceasefire has still not been achieved despite negotiations.
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which is waging a war against Israel in Gaza For more than ten months, he welcomed the “strong” response of the Lebanese Shiite group and considered it a “slap in the face” to the Israeli government.
For his part, the American president, Joe Bidenis following the events “closely” and a Pentagon spokesman said that Washington is “ready to support” the defense of Israel.
Hezbollah, armed and financed by Iran, has threatened retaliation following the death on July 30 of one of its military chiefs, Fuad Shukr, in an Israeli attack on the southern outskirts of Beirut.
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