Skip next section Israeli strikes kill 52 in east Lebanon: Lebanese Health Ministry
11/02/2024November 2, 2024
Israeli strikes kill 52 in east Lebanon: Lebanese Health Ministry
More than 50 people in eastern Lebanon were killed in Israeli strikes on Friday, the Lebanese Health Ministry said, as Israel continues its offensive against the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement.
It said 72 other people were injured in the strikes in 14 different areas in the province of Baalbek-Hermel.
The highest death toll of 12 was recorded in the town of Amhaz.
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Skip next section 11 injured in Israel by missile launched from Lebanon: Israeli rescue service
11/02/2024November 2, 2024
11 injured in Israel by missile launched from Lebanon: Israeli rescue service
Eleven people were injured on Saturday when a rocket fired from Lebanon hit a building in the central Israeli town of Tira, the Magen David Adom rescue service said.
It said the wounded had been struck by shrapnel from the projectile.
The Israeli military said altogether three rockets were fired from toward central Israel on Saturday morning, with some intercepted.
The Iranian-backed Shiite militia has been striking northern Israel almost daily since Israel for in which some 1,200 Israelis were killed.
On Thursday, seven people were killed after rockets launched from Lebanon hit northern Israel.
Israel has now begun a ground offensive against the militia after initially responding with airstrikes to the Hezbollah attacks.
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Skip next section Hezbollah commanders killed: IDF
11/02/2024November 2, 2024
Hezbollah commanders killed: IDF
The Israeli military has said its forces have “eliminated” two commanders of the Lebanese Iran-backed militia.
Writing on X, formerly Twitter, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the two commanders, Mousa Izz al-Din and Hassan Majid Daib, had been behind the launch of more than 400 projectiles at Israel over the past month, including an attack on the Haifa Bay area on Thursday.
The IDF said the commanders were killed during Israeli strikes in the Tyre region of Lebanon on Friday.
Hezbollah is an Iran-backed political party and militia in Lebanon. Some countries, including the US and Germany, have classified Hezbollah as a terror group while the EU considers only Hezbollah’s armed wing to be a terror group.
Initially an overspill from the conflict, months of trading fire across the joint border between Israel and Lebanon, where Hezbollah is based, escalated into a full conflict in late September.
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Skip next section Iran’s supreme leader threatens Israel, US once more
11/02/2024November 2, 2024
Iran’s supreme leader threatens Israel, US once more
The supreme leader of , Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday once more threatened Israel and the United States with dire consequences for their hostile actions toward Tehran
“The enemies, whether the Zionist regime or America, will certainly receive a crushing response to what they are doing to Iran and the Iranian nation and to the resistance front,” Khamenei, 85, said at an event in Tehran.
“Resistance front” appears to refer to an alliance of Islamist militant groups that support Iran, which include the Lebanese militia and the Palestinian group.
Khamenei’s comments came as Israel braces for possible retaliation for .
There have been contradictory statements from Iran about whether its military would respond to the Israeli attacks, which in their turn were described as retaliation for an Iranian missile attack in early October.
tj/kb (Ap, AFP, dpa, Reuters)
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