The Israeli army carried out intense bombardments against positions of Israel has no intention of staying permanently in Gaza, says defense minister”>Hezbollah in Beirut and the south of Lebanonexpanding their offensive against the group Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Stripwhere at least 87 people were killed in a previous attack. The bombings took place after the complaint of the first Israeli Minister Benjamin Netanyahuwho accused Hezbollah of trying to assassinate him using a drone.
Although the Shiite group did not claim responsibility for the action, the Iranian mission to the HIM stated that Hezbollah was behind the attack.
“I say to the Iranians and their allies in the Axis of Evil: anyone who harms the citizens of the State from Israel “He will pay dearly for it,” Netanyahu said.
Israeli forces attacked a Hezbollah command center and an underground weapons plant in Beirut, as well as other positions in the south of the country. Lebanon. Multiple projectiles launched from Lebanese territory were also reported, some of which were intercepted.
The clashes, which have continued since mid-September, have left more than 1,450 dead in Lebanon and caused the displacement of 700 thousand people.
In Gaza, the situation remains critical. At least 73 people were killed in Beit Lahia, in the north of the Strip, in an Israeli bombardment, the Civil Defense indicated. The press office of the Gaza government, under the command of Hamas, confirmed the death toll.
Palestinians in that region endure “unspeakable horrors,” said the acting head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Joyce Msuya.
The war in Gaza broke out after the incursion that day by Hamas militiamen who killed in the south of Israel 1,206 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 hostages, 97 of whom remain captive, according to data-based counts officers Israelis.
In the Israeli retaliation offensive against Gaza, 42,603 Palestinians died, according to data from the Gaza Ministry of Health.